Mihael

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Michael in US United States, GB United Kingdom, DE Germany and 15 more, Михаил in RU Russia, KZ Kazakhstan, TR Türkiye, Mikael in FI Finland, SE Sweden and Михайло in UA Ukraine.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested across 20 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Mihael is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Romanian given name444 records spelled Mihael2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Romania, United States, Spain, Moldova

  Also written Mihaél

• Russian given name100 records spelled Mihael7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Russia, Ukraine, Türkiye, Israel

  Languages: Russian, Ukrainian

  Also written Михаель, Mihael', Mihaèl'

29 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Over time●

SI SURS — Najpogostejša imena in priimki (population register) — 33 years between 1992–2024. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Franz von Papenb. 1879DEnot in their usual nameGerman general staff officer, politician, diplomat, nobleman and Chancellor of Germany (1879–1969)
• Michael Bondb. 1926GBnot in their usual nameBritish writer (1926–2017)
• Michael Collinsb. 1930USnot in their usual nameAmerican astronaut (1930–2021)
• Michael Caineb. 1933GBnot in their usual nameEnglish actor (born 1933)
• Michael Douglasb. 1944USnot in their usual nameAmerican actor, producer and activist (born 1944)
• Ozzy Osbourneb. 1948GBnot in their usual nameEnglish musician and television personality (1948–2025)
• Michael Keatonb. 1951USnot in their usual nameAmerican actor
• Michael Giacchinob. 1967USnot in their usual nameAmerican music composer
• Michael Ballackb. 1976DEnot in their usual nameGerman association football player (born 1976)
• Michael Owenb. 1976GBnot in their usual nameEnglish association football player

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 194 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Mihael?

We estimate roughly 6.3 million people bear Mihael (counting its spellings and scripts) across 12 countries in our records.

In which country does Mihael have the most bearers?

Mihael is most frequently recorded in Russia, where it is most often spelled михаил.

How common is Mihael compared with other names?

In Russia, Mihael is the 21st most common given name of 418,751 given names recorded there.

Is Mihael a male or female name?

Mihael is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.