Michael

• Michaell

From Latin Michāēl, Michāhēl, from Biblical Hebrew מִיכָאֵל‎ (mîḵāʾēl, literally “who is like God?”).

• enPR: mīʹkəl, IPA^(key): /ˈmaɪkəl/

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• Rhymes: -aɪkəl

Michael

1. A male given name.
   • 1629, Thomas Adams, Meditations upon Creed, The Works of Thomas Adams, James Nichol (1862), volume 3, page 212:

     Yea, it seems to me not fit for Christian humility to call a man Gabriel or Michael, giving the names of angels to the sons of mortality.

   • 2008, Philip Hensher, The Northern Clemency, Harpercollins, →ISBN, page 498:

     He works in the steelworks, the boyfriend, on the factory floor. I'd say that was quite unusual, he's called Michael. Insists on that, he does, not being called Mike or Micky or Mick, pretends not to hear you, then, "No, my name's actually Michael."

2. (Judaism, Christianity, Islam) An archangel associated with defending Israel in the tribulation.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Daniel 12:1:

     And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince that standeth for the children of thy people.

   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Revelation 12:7:

     And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon.

   Synonyms: Provost of Heaven, Provost of Paradise, Saint Michael

• (pet forms): Mick, Mickey, Micky, Mike, Mikey
• (variants): Miles, Mitchell
• (feminine forms): Michaela, Michele, Michelle

• Micheal, chameli, helicam

From English Michael, from Latin Michael, Michahel, from Biblical Hebrew מִיכָאֵל‎ (mîḵāʾēl, “who is like God?”).

Michael

1. a male given name

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:Michael.

• Michal

From Vulgate Latin Michael, Michahel, from Biblical Hebrew מִיכָאֵל‎ (mîḵāʾēl, literally “who is like God?”).

Michael m

1. A male given name, equivalent to English Michael

• Michael in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• Michael in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

• Mikael

From Vulgar Latin Michael, Michahel, from Hebrew מיכאל‎ (mikhael, “who is like God?”).

Michael

1. A common Danish male given name.

• (male given names) Mike, Mikkel
• (female given names) Michala, Michella, Michelle
• (surnames) Michaelsen, Mikkelsen

• Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 60 908 males with the given name Michael (compared to 9 297 named Mikael) have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1960s. Accessed on 19 May, 2011.

• Michaël

Borrowed from English Michael.

• IPA^(key): /mi.ka.ɛl/

Michael

1. A male given name of modern usage.

From Vulgate Latin Michael, Michahel, from Hebrew מיכאל‎ (mikhael, “who is like God?”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɪçaːʔeːl]

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• Hyphenation: Mi‧cha‧el

Michael m (genitive Michaels, diminutive Michi n, feminine Michaela)

1. A common German male given name.
2. Michael the Archangel.

• Michi
• Michel
• Swiss German: Michi (Zürich), Michue (Bern)

• Michāhēl (the spelling used in some Vulgate)

From the Ancient Greek Μῐχᾱήλ (Mikhāḗl), from the Hebrew מִיכָאֵל‎ (mikha'él, “Michael”, literally “Who is like God?”).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /miˈkʰaː.eːl/, [mɪˈkʰaː.eːɫ]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /miˈka.el/, [miˈkaː.el]

Michāēl m (genitive Michāēlis); third declension

1. A male given name: Michael
   • ante AD 405, Biblia Vulgata, Num. 13:14:

     De tribu Aser, Sthur, filium Michahel.

     Of the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael. ― World English Bible translation (Num. 13:13)

2. the Archangel Michael
   • ante AD 407, Biblia Vulgata, Dan. 10:13:

     Princeps autem regni Persarum restitit mihi viginti et uno diebus; et, ecce, Michahel, unus de principibus primis, venit in adiutorium meum: et ego remansi ibi iuxta regem Persarum.

     But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me twenty-one days; but, behold, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me: and I remained there with the kings of Persia. ― World English Bible translation

Third declension.

• Michaēlium

• Michaeās
• Michās

• Italian: Michele
• Old French: Michel
  • French: Michel
• Portuguese: Miguel
• Spanish: Miguel
• → Danish: Michael
• → English: Michael
• → Czech: Michael
• → Finnish: Mikael
• → German: Michael
• → Icelandic: Mikael
• → Irish: Micheál
• → Japanese: ミカエル (Mikaeru)
• → Korean: 미카엘 (Mika-el)
• → Latvian: Miķelis
• → Norwegian: Michael
• → Polish: Michał
• → Swedish: Michael

• Michāēl in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Michael in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Michael in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

• Mikael

From Vulgate Latin Michael, Michahel, from Hebrew מיכאל‎ (mikhael, “who is like God?”).

Michael

1. A male given name, spelling variant of Mikael.

• Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
• Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 4192 males with the given name Michael (compared to 2365 named Mikael) living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1980s. Accessed on 19 May, 2011.

• Mikael

From Vulgate Latin Michael, Michahel, from Hebrew מיכאל‎ (mikhael, “who is like God?”). First recorded as a given name in Sweden in the 13th century.

Michael c (genitive Michaels)

1. A male given name, a less common spelling of Mikael.

• Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
• Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 38 690 males with the given name Michael (compared to 126 744 named Mikael) living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1960s. Accessed on May 19th, 2011.