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 [ 2 syll. mi-guel, mig-u-el ] The boy name Miguel is pronounced MihGEHL KEY. Miguel has its origins in the Hebrew language. It is used largely in Portuguese and Spanish. Miguel is a variant form of the Czech, English, German, and Yiddish Michael. See also the related forms, the Spanish José Miguel, the Spanish Luis Miguel, and the Spanish Miguel Ángel. Miguel is popular as a baby boy name. The name has been increasing in popularity since the 1910s. At the height of its usage in 2002, 0.225% of baby boys were named Miguel. It was #88 in rank then. In 2008, it ranked at #101 with a usage of 0.204%. Within the family of boy names directly related to Miguel, the Czech, English, German, and Yiddish Michael was the most regularly used. It was 5 times more commonly used than Miguel in 2008. Baby names that sound like Miguel include the English Macawlay, the English and Scottish Maxwell, the Welsh Meical, the Portuguese Micael, the English Mical, the Czech, English, German, and Yiddish Michael, the Greek and Russian Michail, the Czech and Polish Michal, the English Michale, the English and Scottish Micheal, the Scottish Micheil, the Czech, French, and German Michel, the Italian Michele, the English Michiel, the French Mickaël, the English and Scandinavian Mickel, the Estonian Mihkel, the Scandinavian Mikael, the Russian Mikail, and the Basque and English Mikel. A famous person named Miguel is Miguel de Cervantes, Author, born 29 September 1547 - 23 April 1616, Alcala de Henares, Spain. KEY: English pronunciation for Miguel: M as in "me (M.IY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; G as in "green (G.R.IY.N)" ; EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)"   |
