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 [ 2 syll. mic-hae(l), mi-cha-el ] The girl name Michael is also used as a boy name, with the latter form being far more popular. It is pronounced MAYKahL KEY. Michael has its origins in the Hebrew language and it is used largely in English. The name Michael means 'Who is like God?'. Biblical name derived from miy which means 'who' ; el which means 'God, powerful'. The name is sometimes used as a feminine name in the USA. See Michael for more info. A form of the name is the English Micheal. See also the related form, the English Micah. Michael is rare as a baby girl name. At the peak of its usage in 1975, 0.036% of baby girls were named Michael. It had a ranking of #373 then. The baby name has substantially dropped in popularity since then, and is used only on a very modest scale today. In 2008, out of the family of girl names directly related to Michael, the English Micah was the most widely used. Michael has mainly been a boy name in the last century. There were 221 times more boys than girls who were named Michael in 1994. Baby names that sound like Michael include the English Michaele, the English Micheal, the Italian Michaelle, the English Michal, the English Michayla, the English Michel, the English Michele, the English, French, and German Michelle, the French Michèle, the Lithuanian Migle, the English Moselle, the English Mozell, the English Mozelle, the English and French Magali, the English and French Magalie, the English, French, and Spanish Magaly, the Spanish Magola, the English Makayla, the English Mckayla, and the Italian and Spanish Micaela. KEY: Pronunciation for Michael: M as in "me (M.IY)" ; AY as in "hide (HH.AY.D)" ; K as in "key (K.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)"   |
