Michael: Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)

The given name Michael or Micha'el (מיכאל "who is like God?" or "likened unto God", Standard Hebrew Miḫaʾel, Tiberian Hebrew Mîḵāʾēl; Septuagint Greek Μιχαηλ, Mikhaēl) derives from the name of the archangel Michael mentioned in the Bible, who is also considered a saint by Catholics. The name has been particularly popular in Orthodox nations, and was bourne by several rulers of the Byzantine and Russian empires.

Other forms of the name Michael

• Meical - Welsh
• Michael - German
• Michał - Polish
• Michal - Czech
• Micheal - Scottish
• Mícheál - Irish
• Miguel - Spanish
• Michel - French
• Michele - Italian
• Michiel - Dutch
• Miguel - Spanish and Portuguese
• Mihael - Slovenian
• Mihai - Romanian
• Mihajlo - Serbian
• Mihaly - Hungarian
• Mihovil - Croatian
• Mikael - Swedish
• Mikala - Hawaiian
• Miķelis - Latvian
• Mikalos - Lithuanian
• Mikel - Basque
• Mikelo - Esperanto
• Михаил (Mikhail) - Russian - and ميخائيل Arabic
• Mikkel - Scandinavian
• Mikko - Finnish
• Mikail - Turkish
• Mygal - Cornish
• Mykhailo - Ukrainian

• Michael I (811-813)
• Michael II (811-813)
• Michael III (820-829)
• Michael IV (1034-1041)
• Michael V (1041-1042)
• Michael VI (1056-1057)
• Michael VII (1067-1078)
• Michael VIII Palaeologus (1259-1282)

• Michael I (1613-1645)
• Michael II (1917)

Prince Michael of Kent is a prominent member of the British Royal Family. He was named in honor of the last tsar and speaks fluent Russian.

• Michael the Brave (1558-1601)