The given name Michael or '''Micha'el (מיכאל "who is like God?" or "likened unto God"; Standard Hebrew Miḫaʾel, Tiberian Hebrew Mîḵāʾēl; Septuagint Greek Μιχαηλ, Mikhaēl''') derives from the name of the archangel Michael mentioned in the Bible, who is also considered a saint by Catholics. The name has been particularly popular in Orthodox nations, and was borne by several rulers of the Byzantine and Russian empires. Other forms of the name Michael
- ميخائيل (Mikha'il) – Arabic
- Mikel – Basque
- Miquel Catalan
- 麥可 (mài kě) Chinese (Mandarin)
- Mygal – Cornish
- Mihovil – Croatian
- Michal – Czech, Slovak
- Mikael – Danish
- Michiel – Dutch
- Mikelo – Esperanto
- Mikko – Finnish
- Michel – French
- მიხეილი (Mikheili) – Georgian
- Michael – German
- Mikala – Hawaiian
- Mihaly – Hungarian
- Mícheál – Irish
- Michele – Italian
- マイケル (ma i ke ru)Japanese
- 마이클 (ma i keul)Korean
- Miķelis – Latvian
- Mikalos – Lithuanian
- Michał – Polish
- Miguel – Portuguese
- Mihai – Romanian
- Михаил (Mikhail) – Russian
- Mikkel – Scandinavian
- Micheal – Scottish
- Mihajlo – Serbian
- Mihael – Slovenian
- Miguel – Spanish
- Mikael – Swedish
- Mikail – Turkish
- Михайло (Mykhailo) – Ukrainian
- Meical – Welsh Notable people named Michael
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