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Mikael
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Mikaël
Danish
Etymology
da
Pronunciation
da [ˈmikʰæːˀl]
Proper noun
da proper noun
da biblical character Michael.
da male, often also spelled Michael
References
Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 9 298 males with the given name Mikael (compared to 60 908 named Michael) 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.
Finnish
Etymology
From fi la Michāēl, from fi grc Μιχαήλ Μῐχᾱήλ, from fi hbo מִיכָאֵל mikha'él Michael who is like God?.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
fi biblical character Michael
fi The Holy Bible Daniel 12:1 1776 Silloin nousee suuri päämies Mikael, joka sinun kansas lasten edessä seisoo; And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince that standeth for the children of thy people.
fi The Holy Bible Revelation 12:7 1776 Ja (suuri) sota tapahtui taivaassa: Mikael ja hänen enkelinsä sotivat lohikärmeen kanssa, ja lohikärme soti ja hänen enkelinsä. And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon.
fi male
fi Naisten vuonna w:fi:Alpo Ruuth 85 1975 WSOY 951-30-3515-8 Voi suokaa nyt anteeks, mutta minä aloin olla jo niin väsynyt, teen nääs ilmoituksen lauantai-iltana saunan jälkeen, niin, tämä se on, Armas Miikael. Sitä kirjoittaa miten sanotaan, kun kaikki sanoivat lapsena Miikael, ei kukaan Mikael. Kai minä sitten ajattelin. Kun minua lapsena kututtiin Miikaeliks ja Mikoks muttei koskaan Armakseks, ei, ennen kuin menin naimisiin ja vaimo sanoi Armas. Oh forgive me, but I started to be so fed up, so I'll announce something on Saturday night after the sauna, yes, this is it, Armas Miikael. One spells as one says, as everyone called me Miikael as a child, never Mikael. I guess I thought that since I always got called Miikael and Mikko but never Armas, not until I got married and my wife called me Armas.
fi Harjunpää ja poliisin poika w:Matti Yrjänä Joensuu 7–8 1983 Otava (2010) 978-951-1-24846-0 ―Sua sanotaan Mikuks siks että se sopii sulle paremmin kuin joku Mikael, Leo rähähti lopulta. ― Et sä mikään enkeli ole. Sä olet vielä parempi kuin broidis. Varsinainen pieni perkele sä olet! ―You're called Mikku because it suits you better than something like Mikael, Leo eventually snarled. ― You're no angel. You're even better than your brother, a real son of a bitch is what you are!
fi Voimattomuus w:Pirkko Saisio 130 2005 WSOY 951-0-30789-0 Mutta kaunis se on, sietämättömän kaunis, niin kuin Mikael. Miksi noin kaunis mies kutsuu itseään Jokeksi? Tuollaiselle miehelle sopisi enkelin nimi, niin kuin Mikael. But beautiful he is, unbearably beautiful, just like Mikael. Why does such a beautiful man call himself Jokke? A man like him should have an angel's name, like Mikael.
Usage notes
A popular middle name in Finland today.
Declension
Mikael a 0
Derived terms
fi Mikkeli city
Related terms
male given names fi Miika, fi Miikka, fi Mika, fi Mikko, fi Miko, fi Miska
female given names fi Mikaela
surnames fi Mikkelä, fi Mikkilä, fi Mikkola, fi Mikkonen, fi Mikola
Statistics
dvv_20250813 10776 95856 66 31 81
References
Anagrams
fi aeiklm kameli
Icelandic
Etymology
is
Pronunciation
[`el]
is ɛːl 3
Proper noun
@@
is biblical character Michael.
is male
Declension
m.dat-
Related terms
is Mikjáll
Norwegian Bokmål
Mikael no
Etymology
nb la Michael male given name, from nb grc Μιχαήλ Mikhaḗl male given name, from nb hbo מִיכָאֵל Mīḵāʾēl who is like God?.
Compare da Mikael, sv Mikael, is Mikael and fi Mikael male given name.
Pronunciation
nb /ˈmiː.kɑː.ɛl/
nb iːkɑːɛl 3
nb Mi ka el
Proper noun
nb proper noun
nb biblical Michael, an archangel
nb male Latin < Ancient Greek < Biblical Hebrew Michael
Usage notes
The Norwegian name day for nb Mikael is 29 September, shared with nb Mikal and nb Mikkel.
nb Mikael became particularly popular in Norway around the year 2000.
Derived terms
nb Mikaela female equivalent
nb Mikkel Norwegian and Danish form
nb Mikaelsen patronymic surname
Statistics
According to Statistics Norway, 3,148 men in Norway had nb Mikael as their sole or first given name as of 31 December 2025.Table 10501: “Persons, by year and first name”, Statistics Norway.
References
Alhaug, Gulbrand (2024), “Mikael” in Store norske leksikon.
Mikael no
Anagrams
nb aeiklm alkemi
Swedish
Etymology
sv
Pronunciation
sv /ˈmiːkaːˌel/
Proper noun
c
sv biblical character Michael.
sv male
sv 1933 w:Ivar Lo-Johansson Godnatt, jord Albert Bonniers förlag 1950 127–128 —Du fick heta Mikael du, sade hon en gång, då hon gick förbi med grädden i en båtformad snäcka. Det var jag som föreslog det. Jag hade alltid tyckt om det namnet.Mikael hörde hjärtat dunka under blusen och förblev stum.—Pappa heter Immanuel, sade han äntligen stammande. Det har väl farmor också gett honom?
Usage notes
The most common given name of men born in Sweden in the 1960s.
Related terms
sv Micael, sv Michael, sv Mickael
References
Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, 9119551622: 126 744 males with the given name Mikael (compared to 38 690 named Michael) living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1960s. Accessed on May 19th, 2011.
Anagrams
sv aeiklm alkemi