Mikail
Michael is a common masculine given name usually thought to be from the Hebrew rhetorical question מי כאל, "Who [is] like [the Hebrew god] El?", thus being a theophoric name whose answer is "there is none like El", or "there is none as famous and powerful as God." This question is known in Latin as Quis ut Deus? Paradoxically, the name is also sometimes interpreted as "One who is like God."
- Turkish
Meaning & Origin of Mikail
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Michael is a common masculine given name usually thought to be from the Hebrew rhetorical question מי כאל, "Who [is] like [the Hebrew god] El?", thus being a theophoric name whose answer is "there is none like El", or "there is none as famous and powerful as God." This question is known in Latin as Quis ut Deus? Paradoxically, the name is also sometimes interpreted as "One who is like God."
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Turkish
The Story of Mikail
American parents first put Mikail on the record books as a baby boy name in 1984, with 7 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2016, when 52 Mikails were born — ranking #2,437 that year. About 35% of every Mikail on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Mikail ranks #3,026 for baby boys with 41 births, gradually falling (-8%). All told, over 1K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Notable people named Mikail
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- List of people with given name Michael
- List of people with given name Mikhail
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Names that sound like Mikail
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About the name Mikail
Mikail is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1984 and has accumulated 1K births in the dataset. Mikail's peak popularity came in 2016 when it ranked #2,437. Use the chart and map above to compare Mikail'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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