Meaning in the sources
Source-reportedMeaning: “Who is like God”
No etymology text in the cited sources.
Sources for this account (1)
- Wikipedia: MikaelCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Opening name…
Opening name…
A name. A world of connections.
“Who is like God”
Language contexts for this entry: French, Finnish
Matching spellings may have different histories. Explore matching entries
Hear the name
French
01 / Meaning & origin
Mikaël is a masculine given name documented in French and Finnish. It is a form of Mikael, for which English Wikipedia gives the meaning “Who is like God”.
Meaning: “Who is like God”
No etymology text in the cited sources.
02 / Across borders
Explore published naming statistics and documented language connections around the world.
The name atlas
5
countries in our sources
Select a country to follow Mikaël’s connections around the world.
3 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.
Selected country
Statistics + language records
France (France métropolitaine et départements-régions d'outre-mer; avant 2012 France hors Mayotte), 2025: 10 boys (rank 2189). Documented as a given name in French.
Explore France4 of 5 countries
03 / By the numbers
Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.
1900–2025 Spelling: MIKAËL
Recorded category boys
Hover to explore a year. Use arrow keys when a chart point has focus.
Source: Insee · Fichier des prénoms — édition 2026 (naissances 1900 à 2025), fichier national
« VALEUR : fréquence arrondie au multiple de 5 le plus proche ». « La mise en place de cet arrondi, à partir de la diffusion de juillet 2025, est motivée par la variabilité de quelques unités d'une année à l'autre des fréquences et par la mise en œuvre des obligations relatives au secret statistique. » « En raison des arrondis, la somme des effectifs départementaux peut différer des effectifs régionaux ou nationaux. » Every observation is therefore valueStatus=rounded (verified: 0 rows with a count that is not a multiple of 5).
Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.
| Year | Births | Rank | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 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 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 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 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1939 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1940 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1941 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1942 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1943 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1944 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1945 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1946 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1947 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1948 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1949 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1950 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1951 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1952 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1953 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1954 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1955 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1956 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1957 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1958 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1959 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1960 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1961 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1962 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1963 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1964 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1965 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1966 | 5 | 1,681 | rounded |
| 1967 | 5 | 1,024 | rounded |
| 1968 | 15 | 657 | rounded |
| 1969 | 15 | 699 | rounded |
| 1970 | 30 | 485 | rounded |
| 1971 | 35 | 450 | rounded |
| 1972 | 45 | 425 | rounded |
| 1973 | 70 | 348 | rounded |
| 1974 | 85 | 306 | rounded |
| 1975 | 105 | 282 | rounded |
| 1976 | 90 | 311 | rounded |
| 1977 | 95 | 303 | rounded |
| 1978 | 120 | 267 | rounded |
| 1979 | 120 | 271 | rounded |
| 1980 | 125 | 278 | rounded |
| 1981 | 155 | 255 | rounded |
| 1982 | 120 | 290 | rounded |
| 1983 | 120 | 287 | rounded |
| 1984 | 95 | 325 | rounded |
| 1985 | 75 | 374 | rounded |
| 1986 | 85 | 365 | rounded |
| 1987 | 85 | 365 | rounded |
| 1988 | 60 | 457 | rounded |
| 1989 | 55 | 476 | rounded |
| 1990 | 40 | 581 | rounded |
| 1991 | 30 | 720 | rounded |
| 1992 | 40 | 620 | rounded |
| 1993 | 30 | 733 | rounded |
| 1994 | 15 | 1,203 | rounded |
| 1995 | 30 | 754 | rounded |
| 1996 | 30 | 760 | rounded |
| 1997 | 35 | 704 | rounded |
| 1998 | 30 | 820 | rounded |
| 1999 | 5 | 2,118 | rounded |
| 2000 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2001 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2002 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2003 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2004 | 5 | 5,067 | rounded |
| 2005 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2006 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2007 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2008 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2009 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2010 | 5 | 3,229 | rounded |
| 2011 | 10 | 2,351 | rounded |
| 2012 | 20 | 1,755 | rounded |
| 2013 | 20 | 1,589 | rounded |
| 2014 | 25 | 1,494 | rounded |
| 2015 | 25 | 1,362 | rounded |
| 2016 | 25 | 1,425 | rounded |
| 2017 | 30 | 1,315 | rounded |
| 2018 | 35 | 1,115 | rounded |
| 2019 | 35 | 1,170 | rounded |
| 2020 | 25 | 1,316 | rounded |
| 2021 | 25 | 1,467 | rounded |
| 2022 | 30 | 1,217 | rounded |
| 2023 | 25 | 1,299 | rounded |
| 2024 | 25 | 1,430 | rounded |
| 2025 | 10 | 2,189 | rounded |
Statistics count the spelling “MIKAËL” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure births. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.
Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.
Released 2026-07-16 · Retrieved 2026-10-14 · LO-2.0
Read our methodology04 / Through time
Passages quoted verbatim from public-domain reference works. They reflect the scholarship of their time, not current consensus, and may use obsolete spellings.
Mikael— “who is like to God”
Constantine the Great dedicated a church in his new city in honour of St. Michael, the archangel, and thenceforth Mickaelion, or Mikael, have been favourites with all branches of the Eastern Church.
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Part I, Chapter III (Israelite Names), Section IX (Angelic Names) · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
People recorded with this given name in Wikidata. Their names may use a different spelling, or include it as a middle or baptismal name.
French footballer (born 1977)
Canadian freestyle skier
A little story to keep
Take the story of Mikaël with you. Create a personal name passport with its meaning, roots and connections.
06 / Behind the facts
Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.
Fichier des prénoms — édition 2026 (naissances 1900 à 2025), fichier national
Insee (Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques) · LO-2.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Ontario first baby names, 1913–2023 (verified redistribution)
Government of Ontario; redistributed by helloharun · OGL-ON-1.0 · 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
Finland — first given names of living Finnish citizens in Finland or abroad, 2026-08-03
Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland · CC-BY-4.0 · 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.
