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The name Michael is used to a great extent; it has 32 variants that are used in both English and other languages. Variants of Michael used in English include Micheal (also used in Scottish) and Mikel (also used in Basque). Other English variants include the short forms Mick, Midge, and Mike, and the pet forms Mickey, Micky, Mikey, and Misha (also used in Russian). Foreign variants of Michael include Maik (German), Meical (Welsh), Micael (Portuguese), Micha (German), Michail (Russian), Michal (Polish), Michel (Czech, French, and German), Michele (Italian), Miguel (Portuguese and Spanish), Mihai (Romanian), Mihangel (Welsh), Mihály (Hungarian), Mika (Finnish), Mikael (Scandinavian), Mikail (Russian), Mikhail (Russian), Mikhailo (Ukrainian), Mikkel (Scandinavian), Mikko (Finnish), Miquel (Catalan), Mischa (German and Russian), Mìcheal (Scottish), and Mícheál (Irish). See also the related forms, Micah (English, German, and Welsh), Michelangelo (Italian), and Miles (English). Michael is very popular as a baby name for boys. The name's popularity jumped from the 1920s up to the 1960s. At the peak of its usage in 1969, 4.656% of baby boys were given the name Michael. Its ranking then was #1. The baby name has since experienced a fall in popularity. In 2007, its usage was 0.992% and its ranking #2, but it was nonetheless the most popular out of all boy names in its group. In 2007, Michael was more widely used than the next most popular name, Miguel (Portuguese and Spanish), by 4 times. Michael has predominantly been a boy name in the past century. In 1994, boys named Michael outnumbered girls by 221 times. Baby names that sound like Michael include Micheal (English and Scottish), Mìcheal (Scottish), Mícheál (Irish), Maxwell (English and Scottish), Meical (Welsh), Micael (Portuguese), Michail (Russian), Michal (Polish), Michel (Czech, French, and German), Michele (Italian), Miguel (Portuguese and Spanish), Mikael (Scandinavian), Mikail (Russian), Mikel (Basque and English), Mikhail (Russian), Mikkel (Scandinavian), Mitchel (English), Mitchell (English), Micolau (Catalan), Mihangel (Welsh), Mikhailo (Ukrainian), Mikolaj (Polish), Miquel (Catalan), Misael (English and German), and Mishael (Hebrew). 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)" Details of famous persons named Michael:
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