Biblical Hebrew origin
Source-reportedMeaning: “who is like God?”
From Latin Michael, Michahel, from Biblical Hebrew מִיכָאֵל (mîḵāʾēl, literally “who is like God?”).
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- Wiktionary: MìchealCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
