Meaning & History
Romanian form of Michael. Mihai the Brave was a prince of Wallachia who united Romania in the early 17th century.
Related Names
VariantMihail
DiminutiveMihăiță
Feminine FormMihaela
Other Languages & CulturesMikha'il (Arabic) Mikayel (Armenian) Mikayıl (Azerbaijani) Mikel, Mitxel (Basque) Mikhail (Belarusian) Michael (Biblical) Michael, Mikhael (Biblical Greek) Mikha'el (Biblical Hebrew) Michael, Michahel (Biblical Latin) Mikael (Breton) Mihail, Mikhail, Mincho, Minko, Misho (Bulgarian) Miquel (Catalan) Myghal (Cornish) Mihael, Mihovil, Miho, Mijo, Miško (Croatian) Michael, Michal (Czech) Michael, Mikael, Mikkel (Danish) Maikel, Michaël, Michael, Michel, Michiel, Micha, Mick, Mischa (Dutch) Michael, Micheal, Mick, Mickey, Micky, Mike, Mikey (English) Miĥaelo, Mikelo, Miĉjo (Esperanto) Mihhail, Mihkel (Estonian) Mikkjal (Faroese) Mikael, Mika, Mikko, Miko, Miska (Finnish) Michel, Michaël, Mickaël (French) Miguel (Galician) Mikheil, Misho (Georgian) Michael, Micha, Michel, Michi, Mischa (German) Michail, Michalis, Mihail, Mihalis (Greek) Mikala (Hawaiian) Michael, Mikhael (Hebrew) Mihály, Miksa, Misi (Hungarian) Mikael (Icelandic) Mícheál (Irish) Maicol, Michele (Italian) Mihails, Miķelis, Miks (Latvian) Mykolas (Lithuanian) Mihail (Macedonian) Mikiel (Maltese) Mikaere (Māori) Michael, Mikael, Mikkel (Norwegian) Michał (Polish) Miguel, Micael, Miguelito (Portuguese) Maicon (Portuguese (Brazilian)) Mikha'il (Quranic) Michail, Mikhail, Misha, Mishka (Russian) Mihkkal (Sami) Mìcheal, Mìcheil (Scottish Gaelic) Mihailo, Mihajlo, Mijo, Miša, Miško (Serbian) Michal (Slovak) Mihael, Miha (Slovene) Maikel, Miguel, Miguelito (Spanish) Michael, Mikael, Micael (Swedish) Mikail (Turkish) Mikhailo, Mykhailo, Mykhaylo, Mykhail (Ukrainian) Meical (Welsh)
Surname DescendantMihai (Romanian)
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Entry updated February 28, 2019