Michiel

given name · Latin script

Meaning: forma reduzida de Michiele

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

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

Michiel 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
  • NLNetherlands1 in 672(measured from records)
  • CZCzechia1 in 43as Michal
  • FIFinland1 in 52as Mikael

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 Michiel 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 named Michael, 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 672 (inferred from the name graph)

Netherlands

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

MichaelLatin(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)

8 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Michael in US United States, GB United Kingdom, DE Germany and 3 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)

forma reduzida de Michiele

Sources 1

  • Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos

Attested across 23 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Michiel 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 Michiel is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States#23,476,721as Michael1 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
NL Netherlands#1225,7241 in 67226KMichael211

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); Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018). 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)

Michiel is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Netherlands, Brazil, Peru, United States

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Michiël

  • Swahili given name6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in South Africa, Netherlands, Philippines, United States

    Languages: Swahili, Southern Sotho

    Also written Michiél, Michiël

47 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)

1400160018002000Michiel Jansz. van Mierevelt, b. 1566Michiel de Ruyter, b. 1607Michiel Sweerts, b. 1618Michiel van Musscher, b. 1645Michael Dorn, b. 1952Tijs Verwest, b. 1969Michiel Mol, b. 1969Pieter-Christiaan van Oranje-Nassau, van Vollenhoven, b. 1972Michiel Huisman, b. 1981Michiel Kramer, b. 1988

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)

InformalHallo Michiel,Hi Michiel, (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 39 sources across 22 countries.

Official registers attesting Michiel
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
NL NetherlandsMeertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018)—26K#92
NL NetherlandsMeertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017)—16K#237
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020723#14,716
NL NetherlandsMeertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018)—178#3,884
FI FinlandDVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)—78#3,644
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex202073#14,716
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)195639—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)195138—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)196836—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)194936—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)196135—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)195534—

Reference works 5

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikipedia surname 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 Michiel mean, and where does it come from?
forma reduzida de Michiele Recorded by Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos.
How do you pronounce Michiel?
A machine transcription gives /mɪxil/ (IPA) for Dutch.
Is Michiel a male or female name?
Michiel 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 Michiel have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 3.5 million people named Michael, more than in any other country we hold.
Where is Michiel most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Michiel is densest in the Netherlands — about 1 in 672 people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
What are other forms of the name Michiel?
In the etymology graph, Michael, Miguel and Mike are forms of the same name in other languages; Mick is a recorded short or pet form.
How common is the name Michiel?
In the Netherlands, the national register counted 25,724 people named Michiel, about 1 in 672 residents.
How common is Michiel compared with other names?
In the United States, Michiel 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, “Michiel” — the 2nd most common given name in United States. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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