Mihhail
given name · Latin script
Meaning: A transliteration of the Russian male given name Михаи́л (Mixaíl), equivalent to Michael
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Mihhail is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. In Hungary it is the 31st most common given name.
- EEEstonia≈1 in 860(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 96as Michael
- DKDenmark1 in 133as Michael
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 Mihhail 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)
- Sources
- 285 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 860 (inferred from the name graph)
3,476,721 named Michael, 2020
Highest-authority source
Estonia, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Michael in US United States, SE Sweden, HU Hungary.
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 transliteration of the Russian male given name Михаи́л (Mixaíl), equivalent to Michael
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 24 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Mihhail 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 | — | 3,476,721as Michael | 1 in 96 | 3.5M | Michael | 285 |
| BR Brazil | — | 65,688as Michael | 1 in 3.2K | 66K | — | — |
| DK Denmark | — | 43,976as Michael | 1 in 133 | 44K | — | 2 |
| SE Sweden | — | 43,683as Michael | 1 in 234 | 44K | Michael | 61 |
| EC Ecuador | — | 32,283as Michael | 1 in 524 | 32K | — | 5 |
| CZ Czechia | — | 25,854as Michael | 1 in 414 | 26K | — | — |
| GY Guyana | — | 3,206as Michael | 1 in 234 | 3.2K | — | 1 |
| EE Estonia | #63 | ≈1,400 est. | ≈1 in 860 | 3.2K | Mihhail | 69 |
| HU Hungary | #31 | — | — | — | Michael | 107 |
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; IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); IBGE — Nomes (census name API); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); INEC — civil registry names; MVČR — living population register 2017; Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025; Statistics Estonia — Ees- ja perekonnanimed (Population Register). 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).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Michael I of Russiab. 1596RUTsar of Russia (1613–1645)
- Mikhail Bakuninb. 1814FRnot in their usual nameRussian revolutionary anarchist and philosopher (1814–1876)
- Michel Fokineb. 1880USnot in their usual nameRussian ballet dancer and choreographer (1880–1942)
- Mikhail Sholokhovb. 1905RUnot in their usual nameSoviet writer (1905-1984)
- Mikhail Botvinnikb. 1911RUnot in their usual nameSoviet chess player
- Mikhail Timofeyevich Kalashnikovb. 1919RUnot in their usual nameSoviet and Russian small arms designer (1919–2013)
- Mikhail Gorbachevb. 1931RUnot in their usual nameleader of the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991 (1931–2022)
- Mikhail Talb. 1936LVnot in their usual nameSoviet-Latvian chess player (1936-1992)
- Mikhail Khodorkovskyb. 1963RUnot in their usual nameRussian businessman, philanthropist and former oligarch
- Mikhail Mishustinb. 1966RUnot in their usual nameRussian politician, Prime Minister of Russian Federation
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)
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 16 sources across 8 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EE Estonia | Statistics Estonia — Ees- ja perekonnanimed (Population Register) | — | 3.2K | #36 |
| EE Estonia | Statistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed) | — | 3.2K | #36 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 31 | #18,804 |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2020 | 19 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2019 | 19 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2018 | 18 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2017 | 17 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2016 | 15 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2015 | 11 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2014 | 11 | — |
| DK Denmark | Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts) | — | 4 | #12,629 |
| EE Estonia | Siseministeerium — population register name list 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Reference works 2
- 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 Mihhail mean, and where does it come from?
- A transliteration of the Russian male given name Михаи́л (Mixaíl), equivalent to Michael Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- Is Mihhail a male or female name?
- Mihhail 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 Mihhail 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.
- How common is the name Mihhail?
- In the United States, the national register counted 3,476,721 people named Michael in 2020, about 1 in 96 residents.
- How common is Mihhail compared with other names?
- In Hungary, Mihhail is the 31st most common given name of 18,528 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/mihhailThe 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, “Mihhail” — the 31st most common given name in Hungary. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.