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 [ 2 syll. mic-hea(l), mi-che-al ] The boy name Micheal is sometimes used as a girl name. Its pronunciation is MAYKahL KEY. Micheal is largely used in the English and Scottish languages, and it is derived from Hebrew origins. Micheal is a variant of the name Michael (Czech, English, German, and Yiddish). Micheal is a classic favorite. Currently it is still fairly popular as a baby name for boys, though to a lesser extent than it was previously. The name's popularity jumped from the 1930s up to the 1950s. At the modest height of its usage in 1957, 0.221% of baby boys were given the name Micheal. Its ranking then was #85. The baby name has since declined in popularity. In 2008, its usage was only 0.027% and its ranking #475. Within the group of boy names directly linked to Micheal, Michael (Czech, English, German, and Yiddish) was the most widely used. In 2008, its use outnumbered Micheal's by 35 times. Micheal has predominantly been a boy name in the past century. Baby names that sound like Micheal include Michael (Czech, English, German, and Yiddish), Mìcheal (Scottish), Mícheál (Irish), Mykal (English), Macawlay (English), Maxwell (English and Scottish), Meical (Welsh), Micael (Portuguese), Mical (English), Michail (Greek and Russian), Michal (Czech and Polish), Michale (English), Micheil (Scottish), Michel (Czech, French, and German), Michele (Italian), Michiel (English), Mickaël (French), Mickel (English and Scandinavian), Miguel (Portuguese and Spanish), and Mihkel (Estonian). KEY: Pronunciation for Micheal: 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)"   |
