Michãel
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Michãel is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country, where it is the 2nd most common given name. Recorded meaning: From Vulgate Latin Michaēl, Michahēl, from Biblical Hebrew מיכאל (mikhael, literally “who is like God?”).
- IEIreland≈1 in 69(inferred from the name graph)
- DEGermany≈1 in 71
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 73
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Michãel itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- #3 (measured from records)
- 10 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 726 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 69 (inferred from the name graph)
3,476,721 people, 2020
of 15M given names
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Ireland, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
9 other spellings are counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Michael in US United States, GB United Kingdom, DE Germany and 2 more, Михаил in RU Russia, Michal in CZ Czechia and Mikael in FI Finland.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
- Vulgate LatinMichaēl(measured from records)
- Biblical Hebrewמיכאלmikhael“who is like God?”(measured from records)
From Vulgate Latin Michaēl, Michahēl, from Biblical Hebrew מיכאל (mikhael, literally “who is like God?”).
Sources 9
- A concise dictionary of first names
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Wiktionary
- Biblical Names Compiled Database
Attested across 28 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Michãel counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | #2 | 3,476,721 | 1 in 96 | 3.5M | Michael | 726 |
| RU Russia | #22 | ≈1,600,000 est. | ≈1 in 89 | #8 | Михаил | 272 |
| DE Germany | #2 | ≈1,100,000 est. | ≈1 in 71 | listed | Michael | 389 |
| GB United Kingdom | #3 | ≈900,000 est. | ≈1 in 73 | 626 | Michael | 482 |
| NG Nigeria | #13 | ≈710,000 est. | ≈1 in 300 | — | Michael | 200 |
| CZ Czechia | #3 | 246,648as Michal | 1 in 43 | 247K | Michal | 211 |
| FI Finland | #144 | 106,915as Mikael | 1 in 52 | 133K | Mikael | 112 |
| IE Ireland | #3 | ≈75,000 est. | ≈1 in 69 | — | Michael | 225 |
3,476,721 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; ONS — Baby names England and Wales (2024); MVČR — living population register 2017; DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Evidence(measured from records)
No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Michãel mean, and where does it come from?
- From Vulgate Latin Michaēl, Michahēl, from Biblical Hebrew מיכאל (mikhael, literally “who is like God?”). Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names and Dictionary of American Family Names and 7 other sources.
- Is Michãel a male or female name?
- Michãel is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Michãel have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 3.5 million people named Michãel, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled michael.
- How common is the name Michãel?
- In the United States, the national register counted 3,476,721 people named Michãel in 2020, about 1 in 96 residents.
- How common is Michãel compared with other names?
- In the United States, Michãel is the 2nd most common given name of 2,815,431 given names recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/mich%C3%A3elThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Michãel” — the 2nd most common given name in United States. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.