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 [ 2 syll. mik-hai(l), mi-kha-il ] The boy name Mikhail is pronounced MihKEYL or MihKAYL KEY. Mikhail has its origins in the Hebrew language. It is used largely in the Greek and Russian languages. Mikhail is a form of Michael (Czech, English, German, and Yiddish). Mikhail is unusual as a baby boy name. Its usage peaked modestly in 1990 with 0.005% of baby boys being given the name Mikhail. It had a ranking of #967 then. The baby name has declined in popularity since then, and is currently of only sporadic use. In 2008, among the family of boy names directly linked to Mikhail, Michael (Czech, English, German, and Yiddish) was the most widely used. Baby names that sound like Mikhail include Micheil (Scottish), Mickaël (French), Macawlay (English), Maxwell (English and Scottish), Meical (Welsh), Micael (Portuguese), Mical (English), Michael (Czech, English, German, and Yiddish), Michail (Greek and Russian), Michal (Czech and Polish), Michale (English), Micheal (English and Scottish), Michel (Czech, French, and German), Michele (Italian), Michiel (English), Mickel (English and Scandinavian), Miguel (Portuguese and Spanish), Mihkel (Estonian), Mikael (Scandinavian), and Mikail (Russian). KEY: English pronunciation for Mikhail: M as in "me (M.IY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; K as in "key (K.IY)" ; EY as in "ate (EY.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; M as in "me (M.IY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; K as in "key (K.IY)" ; AY as in "hide (HH.AY.D)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)"   |
