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Meaning of the nameMicael

Micael is the Portuguese form of Michael, from Biblical Hebrew mīḵāʾēl, literally 'who is like God?'; Mikael and Mickael are spellings of the same name.

Meaning

“who is like God?”

Source: Wiktionary: Micael · Wiktionary: Michael · Behind the Name: Michael

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People (2022)
44,959
Rank in Brazil
#605
Median age
15 years
2010 Census
31,221
people

Micael in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Micael, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 2000s (16,945 people).

436 women 44,523 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Micael is most common

States with the highest share of people named Micael in the population, in the 2022 Census.

  1. Bahia 0.045%
  2. Sergipe 0.036%
  3. Alagoas 0.035%
  4. Acre 0.035%
  5. Amazonas 0.031%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo6,5090.015%
Bahia6,4070.045%
Rio Grande do Sul3,0130.028%
Rio de Janeiro2,8580.018%
Minas Gerais2,8100.014%
Pernambuco2,6100.029%
Ceará2,3120.026%
Maranhão1,9540.029%
Pará1,8800.023%
Goiás1,7550.025%
Santa Catarina1,4510.019%
Amazonas1,2120.031%
Paraíba1,1550.029%
Paraná1,1360.010%
Alagoas1,0920.035%
Espírito Santo9540.025%
Piauí9160.028%
Rio Grande do Norte8180.025%
Sergipe7870.036%
Mato Grosso7180.020%
Distrito Federal6720.024%
Mato Grosso do Sul5330.019%
Tocantins3990.026%
Rondônia3850.024%
Acre2880.035%
Roraima1870.029%
Amapá1480.020%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Micael

According to Wiktionary, Micael is a learned borrowing from Latin Michaēl, which came from Koine Greek Μιχαήλ and, before that, from Biblical Hebrew מִיכָאֵל (mīḵāʾēl), literally 'who is like God?'; Behind the Name explains that the question is rhetorical and suggests that no one is like God. Wiktionary gives Micael as a doublet of Miguel, Michel, Maicon and Maicol. Behind the Name lists Micael as the Portuguese form of Michael, Mikael as the Danish, Swedish, Norwegian and Finnish form, and Mickaël as the French form. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 44,959 people named Micael, with a median age of 15.

This is the spelling with C that Behind the Name gives as the Portuguese form of the name, and the most recorded in the group.

Other spellings of Micael

SpellingPeople (2022)
Micael44,959
Mikael35,727
Mickael4,045

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: Micael · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. Wiktionary: Michael · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  3. Behind the Name: Michael · behindthename.com · meaning
  4. Wiktionary: Mikael · en.wiktionary.org · spelling
  5. Wiktionary: Mickael (Swedish, rare spelling of Mikael) · en.wiktionary.org · spelling

Questions about the name Micael

What does the name Micael mean?

Micael means “who is like God?”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name.

How many people are named Micael in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 44,959 people with the first name Micael, which ranks it number 605 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2000s.

Is Micael a boy's or a girl's name?

Micael is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 436 women and 44,523 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Micael?

Micael is a name of Hebrew and Latin origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Micael most common?

Proportionally, in Bahia: 0.045% of the state's population is named Micael (6,407 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Micael?

Mikael and Mickael. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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