Michael

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See also: Michaël

English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Middle English Michael, from Old French Michel, Old English Michahel, and directly from their source Latin Michaēl, from Ancient Greek Μῐχᾱήλ (Mikhāḗl), from Biblical Hebrew מִיכָאֵל (mîḵāʾēl, literally who is like God?). Doublet of Mikhail.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • enPR: mīʹkəl, IPA(key): /ˈmaɪkəl/, [ˈmɐɪ.kɫ̩]
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -aɪkəl

Proper noun[edit]

Michael (countable and uncountable, plural Michaels)

  1. (countable) A male given name from Hebrew.
    • 1629, Thomas Adams, Meditations upon Creed: The Works of Thomas Adams, James Nichol (1862), volume 3, 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, 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."
    • 2015 August 25, Sue Grafton, X, Penguin, →ISBN, page 277:
      He looked more like a Michael; big guy, dark-haired, good posture, his back ramrod straight.
  2. (Judaism, Christianity, Islam) An archangel associated with defending the faithful in the tribulation.
    Synonyms: Provost of Heaven, Provost of Paradise, Saint Michael
  3. A surname transferred from the given name.

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pet forms
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Statistics[edit]

  • Michael is the most common given name in the United States, with an estimated 3.8 million people bearing this name. [1]

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Cebuano[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From English Michael, from Latin Michaēl, Michahēl, from Biblical Hebrew מִיכָאֵל (mîḵāʾēl, who is like God?).

Proper noun[edit]

Michael

  1. a male given name from Hebrew

Quotations[edit]

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Michael.

Czech[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Vulgate Latin Michaēl, Michahēl, from Biblical Hebrew מִיכָאֵל (mîḵāʾēl, literally who is like God?).

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Michael m anim

  1. a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Michael

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Further reading[edit]

  • Michael in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • Michael in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Danish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Vulgar Latin Michael, Michahēl, from Biblical Hebrew מיכאל (mikhael, who is like God?).

Proper noun[edit]

Michael

  1. a common Danish male given name

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References[edit]

  • [2] 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.

French[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English Michael.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /mi.ka.ɛl/
  • IPA(key): (English-based pronunciation) /maj.kœl/

Proper noun[edit]

Michael m

  1. a male given name from English of modern usage

German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Vulgate Latin Michaēl, Michahēl, from Biblical Hebrew מיכאל (mikhael, literally who is like God?).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɪçaˌeːl/, /-ˌɛl/, [ˈmɪ.çaˌ(ʔ)eːl], [-ˌ(ʔ)ɛl]
  • (file)
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: Mi‧cha‧el

Proper noun[edit]

Michael m (proper noun, strong, genitive Michaels, feminine Michaela)

  1. a male given name of common usage
  2. (biblical) Michael the Archangel

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Italian[edit]

Italian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from English Michael.

Pronunciation[edit]

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Michael m or f by sense

  1. A male given name and surname in English

Etymology 2[edit]

Borrowed from German Michael.

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Michael m or f by sense

  1. A male given name and surname in German

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Michael in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Latin[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

  • Michahēl (the spelling used in some Vulgate)
  • Michaël (used to signal that ae is not to be read as /e/ in Ecclesiastical pronunciation)

Etymology[edit]

From the Ancient Greek Μῐχᾱήλ (Mikhāḗl), from the Biblical Hebrew מִיכָאֵל (mikha'él, Michael, literally Who is like God?).

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Michaēl m sg (genitive Michaēlis); third declension

  1. a male given name from Hebrew: Michael
  2. (biblical) the Archangel Michael
    • ante AD 407, Biblia Vulgata, Dan. 10:13:
      Princeps autem regni Persarum restitit mihi viginti et uno diebus; et, ecce, Michahel, unus de principibus primis, venit in adiutorium meum: et ego remansi ibi iuxta regem Persarum.
      But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me twenty-one days; but, behold, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me: and I remained there with the kings of Persia. ― World English Bible translation

Declension[edit]

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Michaēl
Genitive Michaēlis
Dative Michaēlī
Accusative Michaēlem
Ablative Michaēle
Vocative Michaēl

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References[edit]

  • Michāēl”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Michael in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • Michael”, in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Middle English[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Michael

  1. Alternative form of Michel

Norwegian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Vulgate Latin Michaēl, Michahēl, from Biblical Hebrew מיכאל (mikhael, who is like God?).

Proper noun[edit]

Michael

  1. a male given name, variant of Mikael

References[edit]

  • Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
  • [3] 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.

Swedish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Proper noun[edit]

Michael c (genitive Michaels)

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

References[edit]

  • Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
  • [4] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 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.