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Michael
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Michaël
English
Alternative forms
en Michaell Mykal
Etymology
en :inh enm:Michael 1
From en enm Michael, from en fro Michel, en ang Michahel, from their source en la Michaēl,Michāhēl, from en grc Μιχαήλ Μῐχᾱήλ, from en hbo מִיכָאֵל mîḵāʾēl who is like God?. en Miguel Mikhail.
Pronunciation
mīʹkəl, en /ˈmaɪkəl/ [ˈmɐɪ.kɫ̩]
en /ˈmaɪɡəl/ [ˈmɐɪ.ɡɫ̩] Northeast
en /ˈmaɪɡō/ [ˈmɐɪ.ɡo̞ʊ] Nuyorican
en en-us-Michael.ogg US
en aɪkəl 2
Proper noun
~
en countable en male Hebrew.
en 1629 Thomas Adams Meditations upon Creed: The Works of Thomas Adams, James Nichol (1862) 3 212 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.
en 2008 w:Philip Hensher The Northern Clemency HarperCollins 9780007174799 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."
26 July 2013 Elisheva Baskin and Michael Stein https://web.archive.org/web/20130729214914/http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/28/fashion/weddings/elisheva-baskin-and-michael-stein.html?_r=0 Elisheva Baskin and Michael Stein are to be married Sunday evening at the Palisadium, an event space in Cliffside Park, N.J. Rabbi Yaacov Love is to officiate.
en Andrew Francis Wallace Brampton Centennial students still haunted by shooting rampage 40 years on 2015-05-23 w:Toronto Star https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/brampton-centennial-students-still-haunted-by-shooting-rampage-40-years-on/article_7e5f40cf-63aa-56fb-b166-dbc674b0e6a7.html On May 28, 1975, 16-year-old Michael Slobodian walked into Brampton Centennial Secondary School and opened fire, killing two people and wounding 13 others before turning the gun on himself. https://web.archive.org/web/20231116090751/https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/brampton-centennial-students-still-haunted-by-shooting-rampage-40-years-on/article_7e5f40cf-63aa-56fb-b166-dbc674b0e6a7.html
en 2015-08-25 Sue Grafton X Penguin 9781101614341 277 He looked more like a Michael; big guy, dark-haired, good posture, his back ramrod straight.
en Haley Talbot and Kristin Wilson House votes to censure Democratic congressman who led Trump investigations w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/21/politics/adam-schiff-censure-vote-house 2023-06-21 The vote was 213-209 along party lines. Republican members of the House Ethics Committee – Michael Guest of Mississippi, Dave Joyce of Ohio, Andrew Garbarino of New York, John Rutherford of Florida and Michelle Fischbach of Minnesota – voted present. GOP Rep. Ken Buck of Colorado also voted present but he is not on the Ethics Committee. https://web.archive.org/web/20240303143108/https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/21/politics/adam-schiff-censure-vote-house/
en Judaism Christianity Islam An archangel associated with defending the faithful in the tribulation.
en Provost of Heaven Provost of Paradise Saint Michael
Daniel 12 1 And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince that standeth for the children of thy people.
Revelation 12 7 And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon.
en given names.
en parish/and/sheading cdep/Isle of Man.
en Ballaugh Jurby
Derived terms
en Creech St Michael Feast of Saint Michael and All Angels Kirkmichael,Kirk Michael Michael acceptor Michael addition Michael donor Michael Jordan Michael reaction Michaelite Michaelmas Michaels Michaelson Saint Michael Saint Michaels St Michael St Michael Caerhays St Michael Penkevil,St Michael Penkivel St Michael's St Michael's Mount St Michael's on Wyre Stoke St Michael take the Michael Michael Corleone
Related terms
en pet forms Mick Mickey Micky Mike Mikey
en variants Michell Miles Mitchell
en feminine forms Michaela Michele Michelle
Descendants
2 transliterations from English
hy Մայքլ
zh 邁克爾 Màikè'ěr
el Μάικλ
cy Meical
Translations
male given name
Albanian: sq Mhill m, sq Mëhill m
Arabic: ar مِيكَائِيل, ar مِيخَائِيل m, ar مِيكَال m, ar مَايْكِل m English name, ar مِيشَال m French name, ar مِيشِيل m French name
Aragonese: an Miguel m
Armenian: hy Միքայել
Asturian: ast Miguel m
Azerbaijani: az Mikayıl
Basque: eu Mikel
Belarusian: be Міхаі́л, be Майкл m transliteration
Breton: br Michel m, br Mikael m
Bulgarian: bg Михаил, English name bg Ма́йкъл m
Burmese: my မိုက်ကယ် transliteration
Catalan: ca Miquel m
Cherokee: chr ᎹᎦᎵ
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 米高 mai5 gou1
Mandarin: cmn 邁克爾 Màikè'ěr mainland China, cmn 麥可 Màikě Taiwan
Cornish: kw Mygal
Corsican: co Micheli m, co Michele m
Czech: cs Michal m
Danish: da Michael, da Mikael, da Mikkel
Dutch: nl Michiel, nl Michaël, nl Michel, nl Maikel
Esperanto: eo Mikelo, eo Miĥaelo, eo Mikaelo
Estonian: et Miikael, et Mihkel
Faroese: fo Mikkjal, fo Mikal
Finnish: fi Mikko
French: fr Michel m, fr Michaël m
Old French: fro Michiel m
Galician: gl Miguel m
Georgian: ka მიხეილი
German: de Michael m
Old High German: goh Michel m
Greek: el Μιχαήλ m, el Μιχάλης m
Ancient Greek: grc Μιχαήλ m
Greenlandic: kl Mikaali
Hawaiian: haw Mikaʻele, haw Mikala
Hebrew: he מיכאל Mîḵāʾēl
Hindi: hi माइकल m
Hungarian: hu Mihály
Icelandic: is Michael, is Mikael, is Mikjáll
Inuktitut: iu ᒥᑲᐃᓪ
Irish: ga Micheál m
Italian: it Michele m
Japanese: ja マイケル Maikeru, English name ja マイクル Maikuru
Kannada: kn ಮೈಕೆಲ್
Khakas: kjh Мухонис
Korean: ko ^마이클 English name, ko ^미카일
Latin: la Michaēl m
Latvian: lv Miķelis m, English name lv Maikls m
Leonese: roa-leo Micael, roa-leo Migel
Old Leonese: roa-ole Migael
Lithuanian: lt Mikalos, lt Mykolas m
Lombard: lmo Michee m
Macedonian: mk Ми́хаил m
Malay: ms Mikail
Maltese: mt Mikiel
Māori: mi Mikaere
Middle English: enm Michel
Norman: nrf Miché m Jersey, nrf Michi Continental Normandy
Norwegian: no Mikael
Occitan: oc Miquèl m, oc Miquèu m, oc Micheu m
Persian: fa میکائیل mikâ'il, fa مایکل mâykel English name
Piedmontese: pms Michel
Polish: pl Michał m
Portuguese: pt Miguel m, pt Maicon m
Romanian: ro Mihai m
Cyrillic: ro Михай m
Russian: ru Михаи́л m cognate, ru Майкл m English name
Sami:
Northern Sami: se Mihkkal, se Mikkal
Sardinian: sc Micheli m
Scottish Gaelic: gd Mìcheal m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Михајло m, sh Миховил m
Latin: sh Mihajlo m, sh Mihovil m
Sicilian: scn Micheli m
Slovak: sk Michal m
Slovene: sl Mihael Míchael m, sl Míha m
Spanish: es Miguel m, transliteration es Máicol m, es Misel m
Swedish: sv Mikael
Tamil: ta מייקל ג׳קסו மைக்கேல்
Telugu: te మైఖేల్
Thai: th ไมเคิล Mai-kə̂ən
Turkish: tr Mikâil
Ukrainian: uk Миха́йло m, uk Михаї́л m especially Biblical influenced by Church Slavonic, uk Майкл m
Uyghur: ug مىكائىل, ug مايكېل English name
Uzbek: uz Mikoil
Venetan: vec Michièl m
Vietnamese: vi Mai-cơn
Vilamovian: wym Mychuł
Walloon: wa Mitchî m
Welsh: cy Meical m, literary, rare cy Mihangel m
Yakut: sah Мэхээлэ
Yiddish: yi מיכאל m mikhoyl
archangel
Albanian: sq Mhill m,
Arabic: ar مِيكَائِيل used indifferently, ar مِيخَائِيل used by Christians, ar مِيكَال m used by Muslims
Aramaic:
Classical Syriac: syc ܡܝܟܐܝܠ Mīḵāʾēl, syc ܡܝܟܝܠ rare
Armenian: hy Միքայել
Catalan: ca Miquel m
Cherokee: chr ᎹᏱᎩᎵ
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 米迦勒 Mǐjiālè, cmn 彌額爾 Mí'é'ěr Catholic
Czech: cs Michael m
Danish: da Mikael
Esperanto: eo Miĥaelo, eo Mikaelo
Estonian: et Miikael
Faroese: fo Mikael m
Finnish: fi Mikael
French: fr Michel m
Old French: fro Michel m, fro Michiel m
Galician: gl Miguel m
German: de Michael m
Greek:
Ancient Greek: grc Μιχαήλ m
Hawaiian: haw Mikaʻela
Hebrew: he מיכאל
Hindi: hi मीकाईल m
Hungarian: hu Mihály
Irish: ga Mícheál m
Italian: it Michele m
Japanese: ja ミカエル Mikaeru, ja ミハイル Mihairu, ja ミヒャエル Mihyaeru
Kazakh: kk Микәйіл
Korean: ko ^미카엘
Latin: la Michaēl m
Latvian: lv Miķelis m
Leonese: roa-leo Micael, roa-leo Migel
Old Leonese: roa-ole Migael
Lithuanian: lt Mykolas m
Macedonian: mk Михаил
Malay: ms Mikail
Māori: mi Mikaere
Middle English: enm Michel
Norman: nrf Saint Miché m Jersey, nrf Miché m Jersey
Norwegian: no Mikael
Persian: fa میکائیل mikâ'il
Polish: pl Święty Michał Archanioł m, pl Michał m
Portuguese: pt Miguel m
Romanian: ro Mihail m
Cyrillic: ro Михаил m
Russian: ru Михаи́л m
Sami:
Northern Sami: se Mikael
Scottish Gaelic: gd Mìcheal m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Михајло m, sh Микаил m
Latin: sh Mihajlo m, sh Mikail m
Spanish: es Miguel m
Swahili: sw Mikaeli
Swedish: sv Mikael
Tatar: tt Микаил
Turkish: tr Mikâil
Ukrainian: uk Михаї́л
Uyghur: ug مىكائىل
Uzbek: uz Mikoil
Vietnamese: vi Micae
Walloon: wa Mitchî m
Welsh: cy Mihangel m
Yiddish: yi מיכאל m mikhoyl
Statistics
Michael is the most common given name in the United States, with an estimated 3.8 million people bearing this name.
Anagrams
en acehilm Micheal chameli helicam
en Biblical characters
Cebuano
Etymology
From ceb en Michael, from ceb la Michaēl,Michahēl, from ceb hbo מִיכָאֵל mîḵāʾēl who is like God?. ceb Miguel.
Pronunciation
ceb
Proper noun
ceb proper noun
ceb male English < Hebrew
Quotations
ceb
Czech
Alternative forms
cs Michal
Etymology
cs :lbor la:Michāēl ++
Pronunciation
Proper noun
m-an
cs male Hebrew Michael
Declension
m.an.voci
Further reading
Danish
Alternative forms
da Mikael
Etymology
From da la Michāēl,Michāhēl, ultimately from da hbo מיכאל mikhael who is like God?.
Proper noun
da proper noun
da male a common Danish
Related terms
male given names da Mike, da Mikkel
female given names da Michala, da Michella, da Michelle
surnames da Michaelsen, da Mikkelsen
References
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
Alternative forms
fr Michaël
Etymology
fr :bor en:Michael
fr en Michael.
Pronunciation
Mikhaël
Mailkheul English-based pronunciation
Proper noun
m
fr male English of modern usage
German
Etymology
From Vulgate de la Michaēl, la Michahēl, from de hbo מיכאל mikhael who is like God?.
Pronunciation
de /ˈmɪçaˌeːl/ /-ˌɛl/ [ˈmɪ.çaˌ(ʔ)eːl] [-ˌ(ʔ)ɛl]
de De-at Michael.ogg Austria
de De-Michael.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de Mi cha el
Proper noun
m a
de male common
de biblical character Michael the Archangel
Related terms
de Michi
de Michel
de Michue Swiss; Bern
Descendants
2 transliterations of the German given name Michael
hy Միխայել
zh 米夏埃爾 Mǐxià'āi'ěr
ka მიხაელ
el Μίχαελ
ja ミハエル Mihaeru ミヒャエル Mihyaeru
ko ^미하엘
ru Михаэ́ль
Italian
it:
Etymology 1
it :bor en:Michael
it en Michael.
Pronunciation
Màikol<r:DiPI<<name:dipi>>>
Proper noun
mfbysense
it en male given name,surname
Etymology 2
it :bor de:Michael
it de Michael.
Pronunciation
Mìkael,!Mì[x]ael<r:<<name:dipi>>>
Proper noun
mfbysense
it de male given name,surname
References
Latin
Alternative forms
la Michāhēl the spelling used in some Vulgate
la Michaël used to signal that ae is not to be read as /e/ in Ecclesiastical pronunciation
Etymology
la :bor grc-koi:Μῐχᾱήλ ++ 1 Michāēl
Pronunciation
yes Michāēl
Proper noun
Michāēl<3> m
la male Hebrew Michael
Numbers 13 14 De tribu Aser, Sthur, filium Michahel From the Asher tribe, Sethur, son of Michael
Daniel 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. The prince, however, of the Persian kingdom withstood me for twenty-one days; and behold, Michael, one of the foremost [angelic] leaders, came to my aid, and there I stayed with the king of the Persians.
Declension
((Michāēl<0>,Michāēl<3>))
Derived terms
la Michāēlium
Related terms
la Michaeās
la Michās
Descendants
sq Mëhill
it Michele
roa-ole Migael
ast Miguel
roa-leo Micael Migel
fro Michel
fr Michel
pt Miguel
scn Micheli
es Miguel
da Michael 1
en Michael 1
cs Michael 1
fi Mikael 1
de Michael 1
is Mikael 1
ga Micheál 1
→ Japanese: ミカエル y
ko ^미카엘 1
lv Miķelis 1
no Mikael 1
pox Maixăl 1
pl Michał 1
sv Mikael 1
References
Michāēl
la Biblical characters
Middle English
enm :bor fro:Michel :inh ang:Michahel
Proper noun
enm proper noun 1
enm Michel
Norwegian
Alternative forms
no Mikael
Etymology
From Vulgate no la Michaēl, la Michahēl, from no hbo מיכאל mikhael who is like God?.
Proper noun
no proper noun
no male Mikael
References
Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, 82-521-4483-7
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
Alternative forms
sv Mikael
Etymology
From Vulgate sv la Michaēl, la Michahēl, from sv hbo מיכאל mikhael who is like God?. First recorded as a given name in Sweden in the 13th century.
Proper noun
c
sv male, a less common spelling of sv Mikael
References
Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, 91-21-10937-0
Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, 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.