Meaning & History
Russian and Belarusian form of Michael, and an alternate transcription of Bulgarian Mihail). This was the name of two Russian tsars. Other notable bearers include the Russian poet Mikhail Lermontov (1814-1841), the Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev (1931-2022), and the Latvian-Russian-American dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov (1948-).
Related Names
Other Languages & CulturesMikha'il (Arabic) Mikayel (Armenian) Mikayıl (Azerbaijani) Mikel, Mitxel (Basque) Michael (Biblical) Michael, Mikhael (Biblical Greek) Mikha'el (Biblical Hebrew) Michael, Michahel (Biblical Latin) Mikael (Breton) 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) Mihai, Mihail, Mihăiță (Romanian) 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 DescendantsMikhailov, Mikhailova, Mikhaylov, Mikhaylova (Russian)
Same SpellingMikha'il
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Entry updated May 26, 2026