Name Analysis

Find out what the names, “Michael” and “William” mean and what is says about the person.

NAME MEANING: MICHAEL

Origin: Hebrew
Gender: Masculine
Meaning: Who Resembles God?
Pronounced: MYH-kal

- Michael is the name of several characters in the Old Testament. It is most famously that of one of the archangels, the one closest to God, who has the responsability of carrying out God’s judgements. Michael is regarded as the leader of the heavenly host and is the patron saint of soldiers.

- Michael was a popular name among many royal houses of Europe for centuries; this was also the name of nine Byzantine emperors and a czar of Russia.

- Michael is a popular name in the United States, and has been in the top three most popular name given to male babies in the U.S. for each year since 1954. It is in the top 50 most popular boys’ names in England and Wales.

- The Irish language version of the name Michael is usually spelt Mícheál but is also sometimes spelt Micheál or simply Micheal. Meik and Maik are German short forms of Michael. The German pronunciation of both variants is identical to the English pronunciation of “Mike”, since both are directly derived from their English counterparts.

- There are 51 variants of “Michael.”