Michaël

given name · Latin script

Meaning: a male given name, a variant of Michel, popular in the end of the 20th century

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/mikaɛl/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Michaël 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.

rarermore common
  • 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 Michaël 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)

3,476,721 people, 2020

#3 (measured from records)

of 15M given names

10 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
726 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 69 (inferred from the name graph)

Ireland, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

MichaëlLatin(measured from records)
МихаилCyrillic(measured from records)
מיכאלHebrew(measured from records)
ΜιχαηλGreek(measured from records)
ՄիքայելArmenian(measured from records)
ไมเคิลThai(measured from records)
მიხეილიGeorgian(measured from records)
মাইকেলBengali(measured from records)
미카엘Hangul(measured from records)
ମାଇକେଲOdia(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)

a male given name, a variant of Michel, popular in the end of the 20th century

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 19 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Michaël 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.

Where Michaël is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States#23,476,7211 in 963.5MMichael726
RU Russia#22≈1,600,000 est.≈1 in 89#8Михаил272
DE Germany#2≈1,100,000 est.≈1 in 71listedMichael389
GB United Kingdom#3≈900,000 est.≈1 in 73626Michael482
NG Nigeria#13≈710,000 est.≈1 in 300—Michael200
CZ Czechia#3246,648as Michal1 in 43247KMichal211
FI Finland#144106,915as Mikael1 in 52133KMikael112
IE Ireland#3≈75,000 est.≈1 in 69—Michael225

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).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Michaël is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name9 spellings in the group

    Also written Michae͏l, Michaēl, Michäel, Michaél, Michaḗl

  • French (Côte d’Ivoire) given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Côte d’Ivoire

    Also written Michael

  • Indonesian given name16 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Indonesia, United States, Philippines, Malaysia

    Languages: Indonesian, Malay, Malagasy

    Also written Michael, 'Michael, Mïçhäël, Mìçhåèl, Mïċhäël

  • Hungarian given name31 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Hungary, United States, United Kingdom, Estonia

    Languages: Hungarian, Finnish, Estonian

    Also written Michael, Mihhail, Michae͏̈l, Michaél, Michâêl

30 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

194019601980Mike Leigh, b. 1943Mike DeWine, b. 1947Mike Starr, b. 1950Mike Pence, b. 1959Mike J. Dunleavy, b. 1961Mike Pompeo, b. 1963Mike Tyson, b. 1966Mike Phiromphorn, b. 1966Mike Colter, b. 1976Mike Bryan, b. 1978
  • Mike Leighb. 1943GBnot in their usual nameEnglish writer and director (born 1943)
  • Mike DeWineb. 1947USnot in their usual nameGovernor of Ohio since 2019
  • Mike Starrb. 1950USnot in their usual nameAmerican actor (born 1950)
  • Mike Penceb. 1959USnot in their usual nameVice President of the United States from 2017 to 2021
  • Mike J. Dunleavyb. 1961USnot in their usual nameGovernor of Alaska since 2018
  • Mike Pompeob. 1963USnot in their usual nameAmerican politician, United States Secretary of State
  • Mike Tysonb. 1966USnot in their usual nameAmerican boxer and media personality (born 1966)
  • Mike Phiromphornb. 1966THnot in their usual nameThai singer from Isan (northeastern) region
  • Mike Colterb. 1976USnot in their usual nameAmerican actor
  • Mike Bryanb. 1978USnot in their usual nameAmerican tennis player

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

InformalBonjour Michaël,Hi Michaël, (English)

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 24 sources across 17 countries.

Official registers attesting Michaël
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
CZ CzechiaMVČR — living population register 2017—10#5,877
FI FinlandDVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register)—10—

Reference works 3

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Michaël mean, and where does it come from?
a male given name, a variant of Michel, popular in the end of the 20th century Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Michaël?
A machine transcription gives /mikaɛl/ (IPA) for French.
Is Michaël a male or female name?
Michaël 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.
What are other forms of the name Michaël?
In the etymology graph, Miguel, Mike and Michel are forms of the same name in other languages.
In which country does Michaël have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 3.5 million people named Michaël, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled michael.
How common is the name Michaël?
In the United States, the national register counted 3,476,721 people named Michaël in 2020, about 1 in 96 residents.
How common is Michaël compared with other names?
In the United States, Michaël is the 2nd most common given name of 2,815,431 given names recorded there.

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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, “Michaël” — the 2nd most common given name in United States. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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