Mikael
Mikael is a masculine given name, a variant of the Hebrew name Michael (מִיכָאֵל), which means "Who is like God". It is used predominantly throughout Scandinavia and Finland. Mikaela is the feminine form of the name. In France, the name is written Mikaël, a tréma on the letter e, and is of Breton origin.
- Swedish
- Danish
- Norwegian
- Icelandic
Meaning & Origin of Mikael
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Mikael is a masculine given name, a variant of the Hebrew name Michael (מִיכָאֵל), which means "Who is like God". It is used predominantly throughout Scandinavia and Finland. Mikaela is the feminine form of the name. In France, the name is written Mikaël, a tréma on the letter e, and is of Breton origin.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Swedish
- Danish
- Norwegian
- Icelandic
- Finnish
- Breton
The Story of Mikael
The earliest SSA record of Mikael as a baby boy name dates back to 1944, when 5 babies received it. 2023 was its biggest year on record, with 223 newborns named Mikael — #985 in the national rankings. About 27% of every Mikael on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Mikael ranks #1,089 for baby boys with 199 births, holding steady (+5%). All told, over 6K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1940s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Mikael
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Names that sound like Mikael
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About the name Mikael
Mikael is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1944 and has accumulated 6K births in the dataset. Mikael's peak popularity came in 2023 when it ranked #958. Use the chart and map above to compare Mikael's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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