Mikkel

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 19 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◐

Mikkel is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• a separate given name576 records spelled Mikkel2 spellings in the group

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

  Also written Mikkēl

• Italian given name202 records spelled Mikkel2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Norway, Italy

  Also written Míkkel

• Croatian given name132 records spelled Mikkel15 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Croatia, Spain, Kosovo

  Languages: Croatian, Bulgarian, Serbian

  Also written Mikel, Микел

• Russian surname65 records spelled Mikkel7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Russia, Kazakhstan, United States

  Languages: Russian, Ukrainian

  Also written Миккель, Миккел, Mikkjal

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●

Mikkel is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In German, männl. Vom., dänische Nebenform von

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

• In Hungarian, instrumental plural of mi

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

• Danish and Norwegian form of MICHAEL .

  as a word

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●

NO SSB — Navn (1880–present) — 70 years between 1945–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Mikkel E.G. Nielsenb. 1973DKDanish film editor
• Mikkel Beckb. 1973DKDanish footballer
• Mikkel Beckmannb. 1983DKDanish footballer
• Mikkel Thygesenb. 1984DKDanish footballer
• Mikkel Hansenb. 1987DKDanish handball player
• Mix Diskerudb. 1990NOnot in their usual nameAmerican soccer player
• Mikkel Bratt Silsetb. 1991NONorwegian actor
• Mikkel Bjergb. 1998DKDanish cyclist, born 1998
• Mikkel Damsgaardb. 2000DKDanish association football player
• Mikkel Kaufmannb. 2001DKDanish footballer

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 · 403 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Mikkel?

We estimate roughly 35 thousand people bear Mikkel (counting its spellings and scripts) across 9 countries in our records.

In which country does Mikkel have the most bearers?

We estimate about 29 thousand people bear Mikkel in Denmark, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled mikkel.

Where is Mikkel most common?

Mikkel is densest in Denmark, where the national register counts about 1 in 200 people carrying it.

How common is Mikkel compared with other names?

In Denmark, Mikkel is the 28th most common given name of 31,396 given names recorded there.

Is Mikkel a male or female name?

Mikkel 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.

What does the name Mikkel mean?

Recorded meaning: a male given name, variant of Michael