Gender Masculine
Usage Greek, Russian
Scripts Μιχαήλ(Greek) Михаил(Russian)
Pronounced Pron. /mʲɪ.xɐ.ˈil/(Russian)  [key·simplify]

Meaning & History

Modern Greek transcription of Michael. It is also an alternate transcription of Russian Михаил (see Mikhail).

Related Names

Rootsmi + ke + ʾel
VariantsMichalis, Mihail, Mihalis(Greek) Mikhail(Russian)
DiminutivesMisha, Mishka(Russian)
Feminine FormMichaela(Greek)
Other Languages & CulturesMikha'il(Arabic) Mikayel(Armenian) 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) 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) Mikala(Hawaiian) Mikhael(Hebrew) Mihály, Miksa, Misi(Hungarian) Mícheál(Irish) Michele(Italian) Mihails, Miķelis(Latvian) Mykolas(Lithuanian) Mihail(Macedonian) Mikiel(Maltese) Mikaere(Maori) Michael, Mikael, Mikkel(Norwegian) Michał(Polish) Miguel, Micael, Miguelito(Portuguese) 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)

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Entry updated May 29, 2020