Michael

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Male Male Name

Usage

Old Norse Old Norse
Old Swedish Old Swedish
Old Danish Old Danish
Denmark Danish
Sweden Swedish
Norway Norwegian
Finland Finnish
Faroe Islands Faroese
Iceland Icelandic
Greenland Greenlandic

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Origin and Meaning

Latin spelling of Μιξαελ (Mixael), a Greek form the Hebrew name מִיכָאֵל (Mikha'el):

First element (Mikha-):

Hebrew mikha' = 'who is like'

Last element (-el):

Hebrew el = 'God' (see ELI)

[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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See also

For female forms see Michaela

Patronyms [What's That?]

Male

Michaelsen Denmark Norway
Michaelson Norway Sweden
Michaelssen Norway
Michaelsson Faroe Islands Iceland Sweden
Michaelssøn Norway
Michaelsøn Norway

Female

Michaeldatter Norway
Michaelsdatter Denmark Norway
Michaelsdotter Norway Sweden
Michaelsdóttir Faroe Islands Iceland

Combinations

For combinations see MICHAEL (name element)

Grammar

Denmark - Danish
Nominative: Michael
Genitive: Michaels
Faroe Islands - Faroese
Nominative: Michael
Accusative: Michael
Dative: Michaeli
Genitive: Michaels
Finland - Finnish
Nominative: Michael
Genitive: Michaelin
Partitive: Michaelia
Iceland - Icelandic
Nominative: Michael
Accusative: Michael
Dative: Michael
Genitive: Michaels
Norway - Norwegian
Nominative: Michael
Genitive: Michaels
Sweden - Swedish
Nominative: Michael
Genitive: Michaels

Name Day

Denmark Denmark

29 September

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Strongest Period of Usage

Predominant Regional Usage

Bible

In the Old Testament Michael is the name of an archangel

Namesakes

Statistics

Name Count per Country (What's this?)

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Country
Commonness
Commonness
Total Female ♀ Male ♂
as
main
name#
also
middle
name&
as
main
name#
also
middle
name&
as
main
name#
also
middle
name&
Denmark Denmark[10]
44724
n.a.
1
n.a.
44723
n.a.
Sweden Sweden[11]
20549 42422 9 221 20540 42201
Finland Finland[12]
n.a.
9083
n.a.
22
n.a.
9061
Iceland Iceland[13]
129 209
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Greenland Greenland[14]
129 199
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Norway Norway[15]
4990
n.a.
4
n.a.
4986
n.a.
  #: count of main first name only
  &: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published
for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

Recent Statistics Trend

Name statistics for Michael (m) Sources: [11][10][15][12]

Top List Ranking

Name top list ranking for Michael (m) Sources: [16]

Norwegian Historic Statistics Trend

Norwegian historic statistics for Michael (m)

Swedish Regional Distribution

Regional distribution of Michael (m) in Sweden in the year 1880. Swedish Regional Distribution for Michael (m)


References

  1. Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
  2. 2.0 2.1 Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
  3. Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Eva Brylla: Förnamn i Sverige (2004)
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004)
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
  7. Mannanafnaskrá at island.is, http://www.island.is
  8. Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Navnemode og modenavne (1993)
  9. 9.0 9.1 9.2 © Nordic Names (Swedish Statistics - Regional Distribution)
  10. 10.0 10.1 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  11. 11.0 11.1 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  12. 12.0 12.1 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
  13. Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
  14. Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
  15. 15.0 15.1 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  16. details see Name Statistic tables