Michael

For information on the World War I German military Operation Michael, see Spring Offensive.

The given name Michael or Micha'el (מִיכָאֵל "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 borne by several rulers of the Byzantine and Russian empires.

Other forms of the name Michael

ميخائيل (Mikha'il) – Arabic
Mikel – Basque
Miquel Catalan
麥可 (mài kě) – Chinese (Mandarin)
米迦勒(mi3 jia1 le4) – Chinese (Biblical) (Mandarin)
Mygal – Cornish
Mihovil – Croatian
Michal – Czech, Slovak
Miikael – Estonian
Mikael – Danish
Michiel – Dutch
Mikelo – Esperanto
Mikko – Finnish
Michel – French
Miguel – Galician
მიხეილი (Mikheili) – Georgian
Μιχαήλ/Μιχάλης (Mikhaíl/Mikhális) – Greek
Mikala – Hawaiian
Mihaly – Hungarian
Mícheál – Irish
Michele – Italian
マイケル (ma i ke ru) – Japanese
ミカエル (mi ka e ru) – Japanese (Biblical)
마이클 (ma i keul) – Korean
미가엘 (mi ka el) – Korean (Biblical)
Miķelis – Latvian
Mikalos – Lithuanian
Michał – Polish
Miguel – Portuguese
Mihai – Romanian
Михаил (Mikhail) – Russian
Mikkel – Scandinavian
Micheal – Scottish
Mihajlo – Serbian
Mihael – Slovenian
Miguel – Spanish
Mikael – Swedish
Mikail – Turkish
Михайло (Mykhailo) – Ukrainian
- also Mихаїл (Mykhayil, especially biblical, influenced by Church Slavonic)
- diminutive: Михась (Мykhas’), Михайлик (Mykhailyk), Михасик (Mykhasyk), Михасько (Mykhas’ko), Місько (Mis’ko), Місьо (Mis’o)
Meical – Welsh