Meaning of the nameMickael

Mickael is a spelling of the name Micael, which means “who is like God?”.

Meaning

“who is like God?”

Meaning of the name Micael, of which Mickael is a spelling.

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

People (2022): 4,045
Rank in Brazil: #3,172
Median age: 14 years
2010 Census: 2,432; people

Mickael in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Mickael, 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 (1,593 people).

53 women 3,992 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 Mickael is most common

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

Alagoas 0.009%
Paraíba 0.005%
Maranhão 0.004%
Goiás 0.003%
Santa Catarina 0.003%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	529	0.001%
Maranhão	299	0.004%
Alagoas	287	0.009%
Minas Gerais	254	0.001%
Pernambuco	236	0.003%
Rio Grande do Sul	234	0.002%
Rio de Janeiro	229	0.001%
Bahia	225	0.002%
Santa Catarina	216	0.003%
Goiás	209	0.003%
Pará	191	0.002%
Paraíba	181	0.005%
Paraná	144	0.001%
Ceará	144	0.002%
Amazonas	105	0.003%
Mato Grosso	93	0.003%
Espírito Santo	78	0.002%
Piauí	73	0.002%
Sergipe	72	0.003%
Rio Grande do Norte	54	0.002%
Distrito Federal	49	0.002%
Mato Grosso do Sul	45	0.002%
Tocantins	41	0.003%
Roraima	27	0.004%
Rondônia	16	0.001%

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

The spelling Mickael

It combines CK with the ending -ael, similar to the French spelling Mickaël, without the diaeresis; it is the least recorded of the three.

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.

Other spellings of Micael

Spelling	People (2022)
Micael	44,959
Mikael	35,727
Mickael	4,045

Sources

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

Questions about the name Mickael

What does the name Mickael mean?

Mickael means “who is like God?”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name. This is the meaning of the name Micael, of which Mickael is a spelling.

How many people are named Mickael in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 4,045 people with the first name Mickael, which ranks it number 3,172 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2000s.

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

Mickael is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 53 women and 3,992 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Mickael?

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

In which Brazilian state is Mickael most common?

Proportionally, in Alagoas: 0.009% of the state's population is named Mickael (287 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Mickael?

Micael and Mikael. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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