Meaning of the nameMike

Mike is a male name of English origin, a short form of Michael, which can be read as 'who is like God?' in Hebrew.

Meaning

“short form of Michael, 'who is like God?'”

Source: Wiktionary: Michael · Behind the Name: Michael

People (2022): 4,330
Rank in Brazil: #3,033
Median age: 26 years
2010 Census: 4,730; people

Mike in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Mike, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1990s (2,261 people).

41 women 4,289 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 Mike is most common

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

São Paulo 0.004%
Rio de Janeiro 0.003%
Minas Gerais 0.003%
Amazonas 0.003%
Paraná 0.002%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	1,700	0.004%
Minas Gerais	504	0.003%
Rio de Janeiro	463	0.003%
Paraná	206	0.002%
Rio Grande do Sul	144	0.001%
Santa Catarina	140	0.002%
Bahia	135	0.001%
Pará	134	0.002%
Pernambuco	106	0.001%
Amazonas	100	0.003%
Goiás	95	0.001%
Ceará	91	0.001%
Espírito Santo	72	0.002%
Sergipe	61	0.003%
Distrito Federal	58	0.002%
Mato Grosso do Sul	52	0.002%
Paraíba	45	0.001%
Maranhão	43	0.001%
Rio Grande do Norte	43	0.001%
Mato Grosso	39	0.001%
Alagoas	27	0.001%
Piauí	22	0.001%
Roraima	16	0.003%

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

About the name Mike

Wiktionary and Behind the Name present Mike as a shortened form of the English Michael. Michael comes from Biblical Hebrew mīḵāʾēl, formed from mi ('who'), ka ('like') and el ('God'), a rhetorical question suggesting that no one compares to God; Behind the Name places it in the Bible. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 4,330 people named Mike, with a median age of 26. Most records are of people born in the 1990s, and the name is almost always male.

Sources

Wiktionary: Mike · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Behind the Name: Mike · behindthename.com · origin
Wiktionary: Michael · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Behind the Name: Michael · behindthename.com · meaning

Questions about the name Mike

What does the name Mike mean?

Mike means “short form of Michael, 'who is like God?'”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name.

How many people are named Mike in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 4,330 people with the first name Mike, which ranks it number 3,033 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.

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

Mike is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 41 women and 4,289 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Mike?

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

In which Brazilian state is Mike most common?

Proportionally, in São Paulo: 0.004% of the state's population is named Mike (1,700 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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