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Michiel

“who is like God”

masculineLatin script

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Dutch

Origin: Not established
3 language contexts: Spanish Dutch Old French
Follow the evidence: 8 cited sources Source-reported

01 / Meaning & origin

About Michiel

Michiel is a masculine given name documented in Spanish, Dutch and Old French. Polish Wiktionary gives the meaning “who is like God”.

Meaning in the sources

Source-reported

Meaning: “who is like God”

łac. Michael < gr. Μιχαήλ (Michael) < hebr. מיכאל (michael) < hebr. אל + כ־ + מי → dosł. „któż jak Bóg”

Sources for this account (6)

Polish Wiktionary: MichielCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wikidata Q15621024CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: MichielCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: MichielCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: MichielCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Dutch Wiktionary: MichielCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

02 / Across borders

Where Michiel is used

Explore published naming statistics and documented language connections around the world.

The name atlas

Across borders

countries in our sources

Select a country to follow Michiel’s connections around the world.

5 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

United States

Published statistics

United States, 2006: 8 boys (rank 8732).

Explore United States

4 of 8 countries

03 / By the numbers

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

United States

1880–2025 Spelling: Michiel

Region and dataset

Latest · 2006: 8; applications; Rank #8,732
Peak year: 1956; 39 applications

Hover to explore a year. Use arrow keys when a chart point has focus.

Source: US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)

Integer application counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

Show the data table

Michiel in United States, boys: applications and rank by year
Year	Applications	Rank	Status
1880	no value	no value	not covered
1881	no value	no value	not covered
1882	no value	no value	not covered
1883	no value	no value	not covered
1884	no value	no value	not covered
1885	no value	no value	not covered
1886	no value	no value	not covered
1887	no value	no value	not covered
1888	no value	no value	not covered
1889	no value	no value	not covered
1890	no value	no value	not covered
1891	no value	no value	not covered
1892	no value	no value	not covered
1893	no value	no value	not covered
1894	no value	no value	not covered
1895	no value	no value	not covered
1896	no value	no value	not covered
1897	no value	no value	not covered
1898	no value	no value	not covered
1899	no value	no value	not covered
1900	no value	no value	not covered
1901	no value	no value	not covered
1902	no value	no value	not covered
1903	no value	no value	not covered
1904	no value	no value	not covered
1905	no value	no value	not covered
1906	no value	no value	not covered
1907	no value	no value	not covered
1908	no value	no value	not covered
1909	no value	no value	not covered
1910	no value	no value	not covered
1911	no value	no value	not covered
1912	no value	no value	not covered
1913	no value	no value	not covered
1914	no value	no value	not covered
1915	5	3,825	observed
1916	no value	no value	not covered
1917	no value	no value	not covered
1918	no value	no value	not covered
1919	no value	no value	not covered
1920	7	3,489	observed
1921	no value	no value	not covered
1922	no value	no value	not covered
1923	no value	no value	not covered
1924	no value	no value	not covered
1925	no value	no value	not covered
1926	no value	no value	not covered
1927	no value	no value	not covered
1928	no value	no value	not covered
1929	no value	no value	not covered
1930	no value	no value	not covered
1931	no value	no value	not covered
1932	no value	no value	not covered
1933	no value	no value	not covered
1934	no value	no value	not covered
1935	no value	no value	not covered
1936	no value	no value	not covered
1937	no value	no value	not covered
1938	7	2,868	observed
1939	5	3,480	observed
1940	no value	no value	not covered
1941	6	3,133	observed
1942	8	2,712	observed
1943	13	2,074	observed
1944	12	2,080	observed
1945	12	2,009	observed
1946	21	1,557	observed
1947	18	1,786	observed
1948	19	1,703	observed
1949	36	1,185	observed
1950	32	1,272	observed
1951	38	1,171	observed
1952	26	1,485	observed
1953	31	1,357	observed
1954	25	1,525	observed
1955	34	1,294	observed
1956	39	1,218	observed
1957	31	1,411	observed
1958	28	1,483	observed
1959	31	1,416	observed
1960	32	1,400	observed
1961	35	1,349	observed
1962	22	1,713	observed
1963	25	1,585	observed
1964	27	1,510	observed
1965	23	1,625	observed
1966	18	1,814	observed
1967	23	1,609	observed
1968	36	1,258	observed
1969	20	1,861	observed
1970	25	1,743	observed
1971	17	2,279	observed
1972	19	2,080	observed
1973	17	2,311	observed
1974	8	3,837	observed
1975	13	2,902	observed
1976	8	4,012	observed
1977	15	2,791	observed
1978	11	3,400	observed
1979	12	3,357	observed
1980	14	3,098	observed
1981	10	3,858	observed
1982	9	4,234	observed
1983	13	3,230	observed
1984	9	4,215	observed
1985	6	5,785	observed
1986	9	4,457	observed
1987	no value	no value	not covered
1988	5	7,270	observed
1989	5	7,905	observed
1990	6	7,178	observed
1991	11	4,760	observed
1992	no value	no value	not covered
1993	6	7,638	observed
1994	6	7,770	observed
1995	6	7,792	observed
1996	no value	no value	not covered
1997	no value	no value	not covered
1998	6	8,479	observed
1999	5	9,912	observed
2000	5	10,349	observed
2001	no value	no value	not covered
2002	no value	no value	not covered
2003	5	10,894	observed
2004	no value	no value	not covered
2005	6	10,151	observed
2006	8	8,732	observed
2007	no value	no value	not covered
2008	no value	no value	not covered
2009	no value	no value	not covered
2010	no value	no value	not covered
2011	no value	no value	not covered
2012	no value	no value	not covered
2013	no value	no value	not covered
2014	no value	no value	not covered
2015	no value	no value	not covered
2016	no value	no value	not covered
2017	no value	no value	not covered
2018	no value	no value	not covered
2019	no value	no value	not covered
2020	no value	no value	not covered
2021	no value	no value	not covered
2022	no value	no value	not covered
2023	no value	no value	not covered
2024	no value	no value	not covered
2025	no value	no value	not covered

About this dataset and its counting rules

Statistics count the spelling “Michiel” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure applications. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: US national Social Security card applications by name, sex and birth year; not a complete birth registry, especially before 1937.
Rounding: Integer application counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: Only names with at least 5 occurrences in a year and sex are included. Missing observations are not zeros.
Ranking: computed by NameStoria from published counts; ties share a rank, next rank skips. The mirror's derived rank column is not used.

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC0-1.0

Read our methodology

04 / Through time

History

Historical scholarship

Passages quoted verbatim from public-domain reference works. They reflect the scholarship of their time, not current consensus, and may use obsolete spellings.

1884From the archives
Michiel— “who is like to God”
Michiel, _m._ _Dutch_, Heb. who is like to God, 54
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Glossary of Christian Names · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)

Notable bearers

People recorded with this given name in Wikidata. Their names may use a different spelling, or include it as a middle or baptismal name.

Michiel de Ruyter
1607–1676
Dutch admiral (1607-1676)
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Michiel Huisman
born 1981
Dutch actor (born 1981)
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Michiel Coxie
1499–1592
Flemish painter (1499-1592)
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Michiel Jansz. van Mierevelt
1566–1641
Dutch painter (1566–1641)
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Michiel de Swaen
1654–1707
southern Dutch playwright and poet
Wikipedia Wikidata source

A little story to keep

A name worth keeping.

Take the story of Michiel with you. Create a personal name passport with its meaning, roots and connections.

06 / Behind the facts

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms6

Wikidata Q15621024CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: MichielCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: MichielCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Polish Wiktionary: MichielCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
French Wiktionary: MichielCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Dutch Wiktionary: MichielCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Pronunciation recordingsAudio credits and individual recording licences1

Wikimedia Commons: File:Nl-Michiel.oggCC-BY-SA-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Historical referencesOriginal texts and their publication details1

Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Glossary of Christian NamesPublic domain (Project Gutenberg) · rev. 2023-03-30 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates6

SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Netherlands — SVB newborn names from child-benefit administration, 2017–2025
Sociale Verzekeringsbank (SVB), Netherlands · Dutch public-sector database reuse assessment; no standard publisher licence stated · retrieved 2026-10-15
South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017
Attorney-General's Department, South Australia (via data.sa.gov.au) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Spain — first names of residents, census snapshot 2025-01-01
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Ontario top baby names, historical archive 1917–2013
Government of Ontario (Office of the Registrar General) · OGL-ON-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Ontario first baby names, 1913–2023 (verified redistribution)
Government of Ontario; redistributed by helloharun · OGL-ON-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

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About Michiel

Michiel is a masculine given name documented in Spanish, Dutch and Old French. Polish Wiktionary gives the meaning “who is like God”.

Meaning in the sources

Source-reported

Meaning: “who is like God”

łac. Michael < gr. Μιχαήλ (Michael) < hebr. מיכאל (michael) < hebr. אל + כ־ + מי → dosł. „któż jak Bóg”

Sources for this account (6)

Polish Wiktionary: MichielCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wikidata Q15621024CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: MichielCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: MichielCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: MichielCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Dutch Wiktionary: MichielCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Where Michiel is used

Explore published naming statistics and documented language connections around the world.

The name atlas

Across borders

countries in our sources

Select a country to follow Michiel’s connections around the world.

5 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

United States

Published statistics

United States, 2006: 8 boys (rank 8732).

Explore United States

4 of 8 countries

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

United States

1880–2025 Spelling: Michiel

Region and dataset

Latest · 2006: 8; applications; Rank #8,732
Peak year: 1956; 39 applications

Hover to explore a year. Use arrow keys when a chart point has focus.

Source: US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)

Integer application counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

Show the data table

Michiel in United States, boys: applications and rank by year
Year	Applications	Rank	Status
1880	no value	no value	not covered
1881	no value	no value	not covered
1882	no value	no value	not covered
1883	no value	no value	not covered
1884	no value	no value	not covered
1885	no value	no value	not covered
1886	no value	no value	not covered
1887	no value	no value	not covered
1888	no value	no value	not covered
1889	no value	no value	not covered
1890	no value	no value	not covered
1891	no value	no value	not covered
1892	no value	no value	not covered
1893	no value	no value	not covered
1894	no value	no value	not covered
1895	no value	no value	not covered
1896	no value	no value	not covered
1897	no value	no value	not covered
1898	no value	no value	not covered
1899	no value	no value	not covered
1900	no value	no value	not covered
1901	no value	no value	not covered
1902	no value	no value	not covered
1903	no value	no value	not covered
1904	no value	no value	not covered
1905	no value	no value	not covered
1906	no value	no value	not covered
1907	no value	no value	not covered
1908	no value	no value	not covered
1909	no value	no value	not covered
1910	no value	no value	not covered
1911	no value	no value	not covered
1912	no value	no value	not covered
1913	no value	no value	not covered
1914	no value	no value	not covered
1915	5	3,825	observed
1916	no value	no value	not covered
1917	no value	no value	not covered
1918	no value	no value	not covered
1919	no value	no value	not covered
1920	7	3,489	observed
1921	no value	no value	not covered
1922	no value	no value	not covered
1923	no value	no value	not covered
1924	no value	no value	not covered
1925	no value	no value	not covered
1926	no value	no value	not covered
1927	no value	no value	not covered
1928	no value	no value	not covered
1929	no value	no value	not covered
1930	no value	no value	not covered
1931	no value	no value	not covered
1932	no value	no value	not covered
1933	no value	no value	not covered
1934	no value	no value	not covered
1935	no value	no value	not covered
1936	no value	no value	not covered
1937	no value	no value	not covered
1938	7	2,868	observed
1939	5	3,480	observed
1940	no value	no value	not covered
1941	6	3,133	observed
1942	8	2,712	observed
1943	13	2,074	observed
1944	12	2,080	observed
1945	12	2,009	observed
1946	21	1,557	observed
1947	18	1,786	observed
1948	19	1,703	observed
1949	36	1,185	observed
1950	32	1,272	observed
1951	38	1,171	observed
1952	26	1,485	observed
1953	31	1,357	observed
1954	25	1,525	observed
1955	34	1,294	observed
1956	39	1,218	observed
1957	31	1,411	observed
1958	28	1,483	observed
1959	31	1,416	observed
1960	32	1,400	observed
1961	35	1,349	observed
1962	22	1,713	observed
1963	25	1,585	observed
1964	27	1,510	observed
1965	23	1,625	observed
1966	18	1,814	observed
1967	23	1,609	observed
1968	36	1,258	observed
1969	20	1,861	observed
1970	25	1,743	observed
1971	17	2,279	observed
1972	19	2,080	observed
1973	17	2,311	observed
1974	8	3,837	observed
1975	13	2,902	observed
1976	8	4,012	observed
1977	15	2,791	observed
1978	11	3,400	observed
1979	12	3,357	observed
1980	14	3,098	observed
1981	10	3,858	observed
1982	9	4,234	observed
1983	13	3,230	observed
1984	9	4,215	observed
1985	6	5,785	observed
1986	9	4,457	observed
1987	no value	no value	not covered
1988	5	7,270	observed
1989	5	7,905	observed
1990	6	7,178	observed
1991	11	4,760	observed
1992	no value	no value	not covered
1993	6	7,638	observed
1994	6	7,770	observed
1995	6	7,792	observed
1996	no value	no value	not covered
1997	no value	no value	not covered
1998	6	8,479	observed
1999	5	9,912	observed
2000	5	10,349	observed
2001	no value	no value	not covered
2002	no value	no value	not covered
2003	5	10,894	observed
2004	no value	no value	not covered
2005	6	10,151	observed
2006	8	8,732	observed
2007	no value	no value	not covered
2008	no value	no value	not covered
2009	no value	no value	not covered
2010	no value	no value	not covered
2011	no value	no value	not covered
2012	no value	no value	not covered
2013	no value	no value	not covered
2014	no value	no value	not covered
2015	no value	no value	not covered
2016	no value	no value	not covered
2017	no value	no value	not covered
2018	no value	no value	not covered
2019	no value	no value	not covered
2020	no value	no value	not covered
2021	no value	no value	not covered
2022	no value	no value	not covered
2023	no value	no value	not covered
2024	no value	no value	not covered
2025	no value	no value	not covered

About this dataset and its counting rules

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: US national Social Security card applications by name, sex and birth year; not a complete birth registry, especially before 1937.
Rounding: Integer application counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: Only names with at least 5 occurrences in a year and sex are included. Missing observations are not zeros.
Ranking: computed by NameStoria from published counts; ties share a rank, next rank skips. The mirror's derived rank column is not used.

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC0-1.0

Read our methodology

History

Historical scholarship

Passages quoted verbatim from public-domain reference works. They reflect the scholarship of their time, not current consensus, and may use obsolete spellings.

1884From the archives
Michiel— “who is like to God”
Michiel, _m._ _Dutch_, Heb. who is like to God, 54
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Glossary of Christian Names · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)

Notable bearers

People recorded with this given name in Wikidata. Their names may use a different spelling, or include it as a middle or baptismal name.

Michiel de Ruyter
1607–1676
Dutch admiral (1607-1676)
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Michiel Huisman
born 1981
Dutch actor (born 1981)
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Michiel Coxie
1499–1592
Flemish painter (1499-1592)
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Michiel Jansz. van Mierevelt
1566–1641
Dutch painter (1566–1641)
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Michiel de Swaen
1654–1707
southern Dutch playwright and poet
Wikipedia Wikidata source

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms6

Wikidata Q15621024CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: MichielCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: MichielCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Polish Wiktionary: MichielCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
French Wiktionary: MichielCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Dutch Wiktionary: MichielCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Pronunciation recordingsAudio credits and individual recording licences1

Wikimedia Commons: File:Nl-Michiel.oggCC-BY-SA-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Historical referencesOriginal texts and their publication details1

Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Glossary of Christian NamesPublic domain (Project Gutenberg) · rev. 2023-03-30 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates6

SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Netherlands — SVB newborn names from child-benefit administration, 2017–2025
Sociale Verzekeringsbank (SVB), Netherlands · Dutch public-sector database reuse assessment; no standard publisher licence stated · retrieved 2026-10-15
South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017
Attorney-General's Department, South Australia (via data.sa.gov.au) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Spain — first names of residents, census snapshot 2025-01-01
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Ontario top baby names, historical archive 1917–2013
Government of Ontario (Office of the Registrar General) · OGL-ON-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Ontario first baby names, 1913–2023 (verified redistribution)
Government of Ontario; redistributed by helloharun · OGL-ON-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

A story to pass on.

About Michiel

Meaning in the sources

Where Michiel is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

United States

History

Historical scholarship

Notable bearers

Michiel de Ruyter

Michiel Huisman

Michiel Coxie

Michiel Jansz. van Mierevelt

Michiel de Swaen

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page

A story to pass on.

About Michiel

Meaning in the sources

Where Michiel is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

United States

History

Historical scholarship

Notable bearers

Michiel de Ruyter

Michiel Huisman

Michiel Coxie

Michiel Jansz. van Mierevelt

Michiel de Swaen

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page