Miquel

Meaning & origin●

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◐

Miquel is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name33K records spelled Miquel21 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Netherlands, Brazil, Spain

  Languages: English, Western Frisian, Dutch

  Also written Miquél, Miquèl, Miquël, Míquel, Mîquel

• Portuguese given name32K records spelled Miquel2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, Spain, United States, Portugal

  Also written Mïqüël

• a separate given name7.0K records spelled Miquel2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Spain, United Kingdom, Italy

  Also written Míquel

60 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●

Miquel is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In German, from Michael

  as a name·Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung

• Catalan 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●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 79 years between 1926–2023. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Michael Scotb. 1175GBnot in their usual nameScottish mathematician and scholar (1175–c.1232)
• Mikael Agricolab. 1508SEnot in their usual nameFinnish clergyman and de facto founder of literary Finnish (ca 1510-1557)
• Junípero Serrab. 1713ESnot in their usual nameChristian missionary
• Miguel Pobletb. 1928ESnot in their usual nameSpanish road racing cyclist (1928–2013)
• Miquel Brownb. 1945USCanadian actress and singer
• Miquel Barcelób. 1957ESpainter (born 1957)
• Miquel Solerb. 1965ESSpanish footballer (born 1965)
• Miquel Fernándezb. 1980ESSpanish actor and singer
• Jon Toralb. 1995ESnot in their usual nameSpanish association football player
• Miki Núñezb. 1996ESnot in their usual nameSpanish singer

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 · 257 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Miquel?

We estimate roughly 25 thousand people bear Miquel (counting its spellings and scripts) across 11 countries in our records.

In which country does Miquel have the most bearers?

We estimate about 19 thousand people bear Miquel in Spain, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled miquel.

How common is Miquel compared with other names?

In Spain, Miquel is the 255th most common given name of 161,694 given names recorded there.

Is Miquel a male or female name?

Miquel 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 Miquel mean?

Recorded meaning: a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Michael