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First name origin & meaning:

Hebrew: Who is like God

First name variations: Michail, Mikhail, Mikas, Mikel, Michel, Miguel, Michelangelo, Micah, Michiel, Micha, Mischa, Mitchell, Mitch, Michau, Mikkel, Michel, Michele, Mihon, Mikhos, Mihal, Mickey, Micky, Mike, Mikey, Mickie, Midge, Mihály, Mikó, Michael

Last name origins & meanings:

  1. North German and Dutch: metonymic occupational name from Middle Low German and Middle Dutch micke ‘(wheat or rye) bread’.
  2. German (Saxon): from a short form of the Slavic personal name Mikolaj, a form of Nicholas.
  3. German (northern and central): from a byname related to Middle Low German micke ‘forked stick’.
  4. Irish: reputedly a surname taken to County Limerick from the Rhine Palatinate in the 18th century.

Famous people with this first name: Mick Jagger

This name appears in the following lists: Rock Kings and Queens