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 [ syll. mi-sae(l), mis-a-el ] The boy name Misael is pronounced MIHS-L KEY. Misael is of Hebrew origin. It is used mainly in English, German, and Spanish. The meaning of Misael is 'Who is what God is?'. Biblical name derived from miy which means 'who' ; el which means 'God, powerful'. An old form of the name is Meshach (Hebrew). The name was borne in the Book of Daniel of the Bible by a young man who refused the orders of King Nebuchadnezzar to worship a golden idol. Variant forms of the name include the Slavic Misail, the German Mischael, and the Hebrew Mishael. Misael is a variant form (Spanish) of the Hebrew Mishael. Misael is rather popular as a baby boy name. The name has been rising in popularity since the 1980s; prior to that, it was of only very light use. At the modest peak of its usage in 2006, 0.017% of baby boys were named Misael. It was #620 in rank then. In 2008, it ranked at #672 with a usage of 0.017%, and it was the most frequently used out of all boy names in its family. Baby names that sound like Misael include the Catalan Miquel, 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 Portuguese and Spanish Miguel, the Estonian Mihkel, and the Scandinavian Mikael. KEY: approx pronunciation for Misael: M as in "me (M.IY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)"   |
