Mikal

Meaning & origin

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

Attested across 32 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◐

Mikal is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish given name5.0K records spelled Mikal3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Brazil, Chile, Argentina

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Mĭkal

• a separate given name1.0K records spelled Mikal5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, India, Ethiopia, Norway

  Also written Mīḵal, Miḵal, Mîḵal, Mīkāl

• French given name819 records spelled Mikal4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United States, Norway, Gabon

  Also written Mika-L, Mikäl

• a separate given name421 records spelled Mikal2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Norway, United States, Canada, United Kingdom

  Also written Mikäl

• Bangla given name232 records spelled Mikal5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, India, Bangladesh, Malaysia

  Also written Mical, Mikaal, মিকাল

• Bulgarian given name168 records spelled Mikal7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States

  Languages: Bulgarian, Croatian, Slovenian

  Also written Микал

40 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.

Other recorded senses●

Mikal is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In ale, to play.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 82 years between 1943–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Isak Sabab. 1875NOnot in their usual nameSami politician, teacher, and poet (1875-1921)
• Hans Solsemb. 1912NOnot in their usual nameNorwegian politician (1912-1972)
• Mikal Kirkholtb. 1920NONorwegian cross-country skier
• Arent M. Henriksenb. 1946NOnot in their usual nameNorwegian politician
• Mikal Gilmoreb. 1951USAmerican writer
• Mikal Wattsb. 1967USAmerican politician
• Hugo Mikal Skårb. 1978PTNorwegian actor
• Mikal Croninb. 1985USAmerican musician
• Mark Tyndaleb. 1986USnot in their usual nameAmerican basketball player and coach (born 1986)
• Mikal Bridgesb. 1996USAmerican basketball player (born 1996)

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 · 455 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Mikal?

We estimate roughly 4.0 thousand people bear Mikal (counting its spellings and scripts) across 8 countries in our records.

In which country does Mikal have the most bearers?

Mikal is most frequently recorded in Eritrea, where it is most often spelled mikal.

How common is Mikal compared with other names?

In Eritrea, Mikal is the 3rd most common given name of 73 given names recorded there.

Is Mikal a male or female name?

Mikal 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.