Michael

See also: Michaël

English

Alternative forms

• Michaell

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• enPR: mīʹkəl, IPA^(key): /ˈmaɪkəl/, [ˈmɐɪ.kʰɫ̩]

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -aɪkəl

Proper noun

Michael

1. 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."

2. (Judaism, Christianity, Islam) An archangel associated with defending the faithful in the tribulation.
   • Template:RQ:Authorized Version

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

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

   Synonyms: Provost of Heaven, Provost of Paradise, Saint Michael

Derived terms

• Michael acceptor
• Michael addition
• Michael donor
• Michael reaction
• 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: Mhill m
• Arabic: مِيكَائِيل (mīkāʔīl), مِيخَائِيل m (mīḵāʔīl), مَايْكِل m (māykil), مِيكَال m (mīkāl), مِيشِيل m (mīšīl), مِشْعَل m (mišʕal)
• Aragonese: Miguel m
• Armenian: Միքայել (Mikʻayel)
• Basque: Mikel (eu)
• Belarusian: Міхаі́л (Mixaíl)
• Breton: Michel m, Mikael (br) m
• Bulgarian: Михаил (Mihail), (transliteration) Майкъл m (Majkǎl)
• Catalan: Miquel (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 米高 (mai⁵ gou¹)

  Mandarin: 麥可／麦可 (zh) (Màikě), 麥可／麦可 (zh) (Màikě), 邁克爾／迈克尔 (zh) (Màikè'ěr), 迈克尔 (zh) (Màikè'ěr)

• Cornish: Mygal
• Czech: Michal (cs) m
• Danish: Michael, Mikael, Mikkel
• Dutch: Michiel (nl), Michaël (nl), Michel (nl), Maikel (nl)
• Esperanto: Mikelo, Miĥaelo
• Estonian: Miikael, Mihkel
• Faroese: Mikkjal, Mikal
• Finnish: Mikko (fi)
• French: Michel (fr) m, Michaël (fr) m

  Old French: Michiel m

• Galician: Miguel (gl) m
• Georgian: მიხეილი (mixeili)
• German: Michael (de) m
• Greek: Μιχαήλ (el) m (Michaḯl), Μιχάλης (el) m (Michális)

  Ancient: Μιχαήλ m (Mikhaḗl)

• Greenlandic: Mikaali
• Hawaiian: Mikaʻele, Mikala
• Hebrew: מיכאל (Mîḵāʾēl)
• Hungarian: Mihály (hu)
• Icelandic: Michael (is), Mikael (is), Mikjáll (is)
• Inuktitut: ᒥᑲᐃᓪ (mikail)
• Irish: Micheál m
• Italian: Michele (it) m
• Japanese: マイケル (Maikeru), (transliteration) マイクル (Maikuru)
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• Korean: 마이클 (Maikeul) (transliteration), 미카일 (Mikail)
• Latin: Michael m
• Latvian: Miķelis m, (transliteration) Maikls m
• Lithuanian: Mikalos, Mykolas (lt) m
• Macedonian: Ми́хаил m (Míhail)
• Malay: Mikail
• Maltese: Mikiel
• Maori: Mikaere
• Norman: Miché m (Jersey), Michi (Continental Normandy)
• Northern Sami: Mihkkal, Mikkal
• Norwegian: Mikael (no)
• Occitan: Miquèl (oc) m, Miquèu (oc) m
• Old High German: Michel m
• Persian: مایکل (mâykel)
• Piedmontese: Michel
• Polish: Michał (pl) m
• Portuguese: Miguel (pt) m, Maicon (pt) m
• Romanian: Mihai (ro) m
• Russian: Михаи́л (ru) m (Mixaíl) (cognate), Майкл (ru) m (Majkl) (transliteration)
• Scottish Gaelic: Mìcheal m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Михајло m, Миховил m

  Roman: Mihajlo m, Mihovil m

• Slovak: Michal (sk) m
• Slovene: Míchael (sl) m, Míha (sl) m
• Spanish: Miguel (es) m, (transliteration) Máicol m, Misel m
• Swedish: Mikael (sv)
• Thai: ไมเคิล (Mai-kə̂ən)
• Turkish: Mikail (tr)
• Ukrainian: Миха́йло (uk) m (Myxájlo), Михаї́л m (Myxajíl) (especially Biblical, influenced by Church Slavonic), Майкл m (Majkl)
• Vietnamese: Micae
• Vilamovian: Mychuł
• Walloon: Mitchî (wa) m
• Welsh: Meical, Mihangel
• Westrobothnian:
• Yakut: Мэхээлэ (Meqeele)
• Yiddish: מיכאל m (Mikhoyl)

archangel

• Arabic: مِيكَائِيل (mīkāʔīl), مِيخَائِيل (mīḵāʔīl), مِيكَال m (mikāl)
• Aramaic:

  Classical Syriac: ܡܝܟܐܝܠ (Mīḵāʾēl), ܡܝܟܝܠ (rare)

• Armenian: Միքայել (Mikʻayel)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 米迦勒 (Mǐjiālè)

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

  Old French: Michel m, Michiel m

• Galician: Miguel (gl) m
• German: Michael (de) m
• Greek:

  Ancient: Μιχαήλ m (Mikhaḗl)

• Hawaiian: Mikaʻela
• Hebrew: מיכאל
• Hungarian: Mihály (hu)
• Irish: Mícheál m
• Italian: Michele (it) m
• Japanese: ミカエル (Mikaeru), ミハイル (Mihairu), ミヒャエル (Mihyaeru)
• Korean: 미카엘 (ko) (mikael)
• Latvian: Miķelis m
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• Lithuanian: Mykolas (lt) m
• Macedonian: Михаил (Mihail)
• Malay: Mikail
• Maori: Mikaere
• Norman: Saint Miché m (Jersey), Miché m (Jersey)
• Northern Sami: Mikael
• Norwegian: Mikael (no)
• Persian: میکائیل (fa) (mikâ'il)
• Polish: Święty Michał Archanioł m, Michał (pl) m
• Portuguese: Miguel (pt) m
• Russian: Михаи́л (ru) m (Mixaíl)
• Scottish Gaelic: Mìcheal m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Михајло m, Микаил m

  Roman: Mihajlo m, Mikail m

• Spanish: Miguel (es) m
• Swedish: Mikael (sv)
• Tatar: Микаил (Mikail)
• Ukrainian: Михаї́л (Myxajíl)
• Uyghur: مىكائىل (mika'il)
• Vietnamese: Micae
• Walloon: Mitchî (wa) m
• Welsh: Mihangel
• Yiddish: מיכאל m (Mikhoyl)

Anagrams

• Micheal, chameli, helicam

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Cebuano

Etymology

From English Michael, from Latin Michael, Michahel, from Biblical Hebrew מִיכָאֵל (mîḵāʾēl, “who is like God?”).

Proper noun

Michael

1. a male given name from Hebrew

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Michael.

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Czech

Alternative forms

• Michal

Etymology

From Vulgate Latin Michael, Michahel, from Biblical Hebrew מִיכָאֵל (mîḵāʾēl, literally “who is like God?”).

Proper noun

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

Further reading

• Template:R:PSJC
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Danish

Alternative forms

• Mikael

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Michael

1. A common Danish 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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French

Alternative forms

• Michaël

Etymology

Borrowed from English Michael.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mi.ka.ɛl/
• IPA^(key): /maj.kœl/

Proper noun

Michael

1. a male given name from English of modern usage.

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German

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɪ.çaˌʔeːl/, /ˈmɪ.ça.(ʔ)ɛl/

• Audio (Austria):

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• Hyphenation: Mi‧cha‧el

Proper noun

1. A common German male given name.
2. Michael the Archangel.

Related terms

• Michi
• Michel
• Michue (Swiss; Bern)

Descendants

transliterations of the German given name Michael

• Armenian: Միխայել (Mixayel)
• Georgian: მიხაელ (mixael)
• Greek: Μίχαελ (Míchael)

• Japanese: ミハエル (Mihaeru), ミヒャエル (Mihyaeru)
• Korean: 미하엘 (Miha-el)
• Russian: Михаэ́ль (Mixaélʹ)

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Latin

Alternative forms

• Michahēl (the spelling used in some Vulgate)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.kʰa.eːl/, [ˈmɪkʰäeːɫ̪]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.ka.el/, [ˈmiːkäel]

Proper noun

Michaēl m sg (genitive Michaēlis); third declension

1. a male given name from Hebrew: Michael
   • ante AD 405, Biblia Vulgata, Num. 13:14:

     De tribu Aser, Sthur, filium Michahel.

     Of the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael. ― World English Bible translation (Num. 13:13)

2. 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

Third-declension noun, singular only.

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

Derived terms

• Michaēlium

Related terms

• Michaeās
• Michās

Descendants

• Italian: Michele
• Old French: Michel
  • French: Michel
• Portuguese: Miguel
• Albanian: Mëhill
• Spanish: Miguel
• → Danish: Michael
• → English: Michael
• → Czech: Michael
• → Finnish: Mikael
• → German: Michael
• → Icelandic: Mikael
• → Irish: Micheál
• → Japanese: ミカエル (Mikaeru)
• → Korean: 미카엘 (Mika'el)
• → Latvian: Miķelis
• → Norwegian: Michael
• → Polish: Michał
• → Swedish: Michael

References

• “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

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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, variant of Mikael.

References

• Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
• [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 c (genitive Michaels)

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

References

• Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
• [3] 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.