Michael

See also Michaël

English

Alternative forms

• Michaell

Etymology

From Vulgate Latin Michael, Michahel, from Hebrew מיכאל (mikhael, “who is like God?”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: mī'kəl, IPA: /ˈmaɪkəl/, X-SAMPA: /"maIk@l/

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• Rhymes: -aɪkəl

Proper noun

Michael

1. A male given name.
   • 1629 Thomas Adams, Meditations upon Creed, The Works of Thomas Adams, James Nichol (1862), Vol.III, page 212:

     Yea, it seems to me not fit for Christian humility to call a man Gabriel or Michael, giving the names of angels to the sons of mortality.

   • 2008 Philip Hensher, The Northern Clemency, Harpercollins, ISBN 9780007174799, page 498

     He works in the steelworks, the boyfriend, on the factory floor. I'd say that was quite unusual, he's called Michael. Insists on that, he does, not being called Mike or Micky or Mick, pretends not to hear you, then, "No, my name's actually Michael."

2. (Judaism, Christianity) An archangel associated with defending Israel in the tribulation.
   • 1611, King James Version of the Bible (Authorized Version), Daniel 12:1

     And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince that standeth for the children of thy people.

   • 1611, King James Version of the Bible (Authorized Version), Revelation 12:7

     And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon.

Derived terms

• Michael reaction
• Michael addition
• take the Michael

Related terms

• (pet forms): Mick, Mickey, Micky, Mike, Mikey
• (variants): Miles, Mitchell
• (feminine forms): Michaela, Michele, Michelle

Translations

male given name

• Albanian: Mëhill (sq) m
• Arabic: ميخائيل (ar) (mikhaʼiil) m, مايكل (ar) (maykl) m, ميكال (ar) (mikal) m, ميشيل (ar) (mishel) m
• Armenian: Միքայել (hy) (Mik'ayel) 
• Basque: Mikel (eu)
• Breton: Michel (br)
• Bulgarian: Михаил (bg) (Mihail) , (transliteration) Майкъл (bg) (Majkăl) m 
• Catalan: Miquel (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 麥可 (cmn), 麥可 (cmn) (Màikě), 邁克爾 (cmn), 迈克尔 (cmn) (Màikè'ěr)

• Cornish: Mygal (kw)
• Czech: Michal (cs)
• Danish: Michael (da), Mikael (da)
• Dutch: Michiel (nl), Michaël (nl), Michel (nl), Maikel (nl)
• Esperanto: Mikelo (eo)
• Estonian: Miikael (et), Mihkel (et)
• Faroese: Mikkjal (fo), Mikal (fo)
• Finnish: Mikko (fi)
• French: Michel (fr)
• Galician: Miguel (gl)
• Georgian: მიხეილი (ka) (mikheili) 
• German: Michael (de)
• Greek: Μιχαήλ (el) (Michaíl) m , Μιχάλης (el) (Michális) m 
• Greenlandic: Mikaali (kl)
• Hawaiian: Mikaʻele, Mikala
• Hebrew: מיכאל (he) (Mikha'el)
• Hungarian: Mihály (hu)
• Inuktitut: ᒥᑲᐃᓪ (iu) (Mikail)
• Irish: Mícheál (ga) m
• Italian: Michele (it)

• Japanese: マイケル (ja) (Maikeru)
• Korean: 마이클 (ko) (Maikeul), 미카일 (ko) (Mikail)
• Latin: Michaelus (la)
• Latvian: Miķelis (lv), (transliteration) Maikls (lv) m
• Lithuanian: Mikalos (lt)
• Macedonian: Михаил (mk) (Míhail)
• Malay: Mikail (ms)
• Maltese: Mikiel (mt)
• Northern Sami: Mihkkal, Mikkal
• Norwegian: Mikael (no)
• Old High German: Michel
• Persian: میکائیل (fa) (mikâ'il), (literally) مایکل (fa) (mâykel)
• Polish: Michał (pl)
• Portuguese: Miguel (pt) m, Maicon (pt) m
• Romanian: Mihai (ro)
• Russian: Михаил (ru) (Mixaíl) m  (cognate), Майкл (ru) (Majkl) m  (transliteration)
• Scottish Gaelic: Mìcheal (gd) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Михајло (sh) m, Миховил (sh) m

  Roman: Mihajlo (sh) m, Mihovil (sh) m

• Slovak: Michal (sk)
• Slovene: Míchael (sl) m, Míha (sl) m
• Spanish: Miguel (es), Máicol (es)
• Swedish: Mikael (sv)
• Turkish: Mikail (tr)
• Ukrainian: Михайло (uk) (Myxájlo) m , Mихаїл (uk) (Myxajíl) m  (especially Biblical, influenced by Church Slavonic), Майкл (uk) (Majkl) m 
• Welsh: Meical (cy), Mihangel (cy)
• Yiddish: מיכאל (yi) (Mikhoyl) m

archangel

• Arabic: ميخائيل (ar) (mikha’il), ميكائيل (ar) (mika'il), ميكال (ar) (mikaal) m
• Armenian: Միքայել (hy) (Mik'ayel) 
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 米迦勒 (cmn) (mǐjiālè)

• Czech: Michael (cs) m
• Danish: Mikael (da)
• Estonian: Miikael (et)
• Finnish: Mikael (fi)
• French: Michel (fr)

  Old French: Michel, Michiel

• German: Michael (de)
• Hebrew: מיכאל (he)
• Hungarian: Mihály (hu)
• Irish: Mícheál (ga) m
• Italian: Michele (it)
• Japanese: ミカエル (ja) (mikaeru), ミハイル (ja) (Mihairu), ミヒャエル (ja) (Mihyaeru)

• Korean: 미가엘 (ko) (migael)
• Latvian: Miķelis (lv) m
• Macedonian: Михаил (mk) (Míhail)
• Malay: Mikail (ms)
• Northern Sami: Mikael
• Norwegian: Mikael (no)
• Polish: (Święty Michał Archanioł) Michał (pl)
• Russian: Михаил (ru) (Mixaíl) 
• Scottish Gaelic: Mìcheal (gd) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Михајло (sh) m, Микаил (sh) m

  Roman: Mihajlo (sh) m, Mikail (sh) m

• Spanish: Miguel (es)
• Swedish: Mikael (sv)
• Ukrainian: Mихаїл (uk) (Mykhajíl) 
• Welsh: Mihangel (cy)
• Yiddish: מיכאל (yi) (Mikhoyl) m

Statistics

• Most common English words before 1923: America · servant · doctor · #995: Michael · fee · excellent · Peter

Anagrams

• chameli, Micheal

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Danish

Alternative forms

• Mikael

Etymology

From Vulgate Latin Michael, Michahel, from Hebrew מיכאל (mikhael, “who is like God?”).

Proper noun

Michael

1. A male given name.

Related terms

• (male given names) Mike, Mikkel
• (female given names) Michala, Michella, Michelle
• (surnames) Michaelsen, Mikkelsen

References

• [1] Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 60 908 males with the given name Michael (compared to 9 297 named Mikael) have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1960s. Accessed on 19 May, 2011.

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German

Etymology

From Vulgate Latin Michael, Michahel, from Hebrew מיכאל (mikhael, “who is like God?”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈmɪçaʔeːl/

Proper noun

Michael ?

1. A male given name of Hebrew origin.
2. Michael the Archangel.

Related terms

• Swiss German: Michi ( Zürich ), Michue ( Bern )

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Norwegian

Alternative forms

• Mikael

Etymology

From Vulgate Latin Michael, Michahel, from Hebrew מיכאל (mikhael, “who is like God?”).

Proper noun

Michael

1. A male given name, spelling variant of Mikael.

References

• Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, ISBN 82-521-4483-7
• [2] Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 4192 males with the given name Michael (compared to 2365 named Mikael) living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1980s. Accessed on 19 May, 2011.

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Swedish

Alternative forms

• Mikael

Etymology

From Vulgate Latin Michael, Michahel, from Hebrew מיכאל (mikhael, “who is like God?”). First recorded as a given name in Sweden in the 13th century.

Proper noun

Michael

1. A male given name, a less common spelling of Mikael.

References

• Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, ISBN 91-21-10937-0
• [3] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, ISBN 9119551622: 38 690 males with the given name Michael (compared to 126 744 named Mikael) living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1960s. Accessed on May 19th, 2011.