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Michael

OriginHebrew
Meaning"who is like God?"
GenderBoy

About Michael

Variation of Micheál

2 syllables.

As of September 2026, Michael ranked #21 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #1 in 1954, Nameberry popularity #89.

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Famous Michaels

  • Michael I

    IX, Byzantine emperors

  • Michael I

    King of Romania

  • Michael Asen I

    III, Tsars of Bulgaria

  • Michael

    grandson of Uzzi, great,grandson of patriarch Issachar (1 Chr. 7:3)

  • Michael

    Biblical archangel

  • Michael

    descendant of patriarch Benjamin (1 Chr. 8:16)

  • Michael

    son of Judean King Jehoshaphat (2 Chr. 21:2)

  • Michael Alexandrovich

    Grand Duke of Russia

  • Michael Nikolaevich

    Grand Duke of Russia

  • Michael the Brave

    Prince of Wallachia

  • Michael Joseph Jackson

    American singer, dancer and songwriter

  • Michael Jeffrey Jordan

    American basketball player

  • Michael Collins

    American astronaut

  • Michael Collins

    Irish revolutionary leader

  • Michael Kirk Douglas

    American actor

  • Michael Philip "Mick" Jagger

    lead singer of English band The Rolling Stones

  • Michael Landon (born Eugene Maurice Orowitz)

    American actor

  • Michael Mario Andretti

    American racing driver

  • Michael Stanley Dukakis

    American politician, governor of Massachusetts

  • Michael Steven Buble

    Canadian singer

  • Michael Dale "Mike" Huckabee

    American politician, former governor of Arkansas

  • Michael Richard "Mike" Pence

    48th Vice President of the United States

  • Michael Rubens Bloomberg

    American politician, former mayor of New York City

  • Michael Caine (born Maurice Joseph Micklewhite)

    English actor

  • Michael John Burkett aka Fat Mike

    lead singer of American band NOFX

  • Michael John Clarke

    Australian cricketer

  • Michael Francis Moore

    American documentary filmmaker

  • Michael Llodra

    French tennis player

  • Michael Clarke Duncan

    American actor

  • Michael Crabtree

    American football player

  • Michael John "Mike" Myers

    Canadian,American actor/comedian

  • Michael Carl "Mike" Bryan

    American tennis player

  • Michael Gerard "Mike" Tyson

    American boxer

  • Michael Gordon "Mike" Oldfield

    English musician

  • Michael Deane "Mike" Harris

    Canadian politician, former premier of Ontario

  • Michael Scudamore Redgrave

    English actor

  • (Robert) Michael Nesmith

    American musician of The Monkees

  • Michael Keaton (born Michael John Douglas)

    American actor

  • Michael Ealy

    American actor

  • Michael Emerson

    American actor

  • Michael Fassbender

    German,Irish actor

  • Michael J. (Andrew) Fox

    Canadian,American actor

  • Michael John Gambon

    Irish actor

  • Michael Carlyle Hall

    American actor

  • Michael Soren Madsen

    American actor

  • Michael J. Harney

    American actor

  • Michael Jones

    American YouTuber

  • Michael David Kors (born Karl Anderson Jr.)

    American fashion designer

  • Michael Omartian

    American singer,songwriter and producer

  • Michael Manning Weatherly Jr

    American actor

  • Michael Hazen James McIntyre

    English comedian

  • Michael Morpurgo (born Michael Andrew Bridge)

    English children's author

  • Michael John Nelson

    American comedian

  • Michael Edward Killeen Hussey

    Australian cricketer

  • Michael Nigro

    American actor

  • Michael Fred Phelps

    American Olympic swimmer

  • Michael "Mike" Pilavachi

    British evangelist

  • Michael Rooker

    American actor

  • Michael Schumacher

    German racing driver

  • Michael Scott

    Irish author

  • Michael Anthony Strahan

    American NFL football player and talk show host

  • Michael Dwayne Vick

    American NFL football player

  • Michael McDonald

    American singer of The Doobie Brothers

  • Michael Mackintosh Foot

    British MP

  • Michael Andrew Foster Jude Kerr

    13th Marquess of Lothian, Baron Kerr of Monteviot, British MP

  • Michael Terry Weiss

    American actor

  • Michael Austin Cera

    American actor

  • (John) Michael Stipe

    lead singer of American band R.E.M.

  • Michael Anthony Beach

    American actor

  • Michael Ian Black

    American actor/comedian

  • Michael Willy Schenker

    German guitarist of band UFO

  • Michael James Owen

    English footballer

  • Michael Medved

    American radio host

  • Michael Donald Kirby

    former Australian High Court justice

  • Michael Leonard Brecker

    American jazz saxophonist

  • Michael Rex Giles

    drummer of English band King Crimson

  • Michael Laudrup

    Danish footballer

  • Michael Grant

    American novelist

  • (George) Michael Sinclair Kennedy

    English biographer and music critic

  • Michael Ryan Pritchard

    birth name of Mike Dirnt, bassist for American band Green DayDa

  • Michael James "Mikey" Way

    bassist for American rock band My Chemical Romance

  • Michael Gordon Clifford

    musician of Australian band 5 Seconds Of Summer

  • Michael Raymond

    James, American actor

  • Michael Whitaker Smith

    American Christian Musician

  • Michael Stevens

    American vlogger & creator of science channel brand Vsauce

  • Michael Daniel Higgins

    9th President of Ireland

  • Michael Parsons

    American ice dancer

  • Michael Jung

    German horse rider

  • Michael Dorn

    American actor and voice artist

  • Michael Richards

    American actor, writer, television producer and comedian

  • Michael Bay

    American filmmaker

  • Michael Chertoff

    2nd United States Secretary of Homeland Security

  • Michael Buffer

    American ring announcer for boxing and proffesional wrestling

  • Michael Zazarino

    actor

  • Johann Michael Haydn

    Austrian composer

  • Michael "Mike" Christopher Fuentes

    drummer of band Pierce the Veil

  • Michael Bakari Jordan

    American actor

  • Michael Robert Wahlberg

    son of American actor Mark Wahlberg

  • Michael Richard Wayans

    son of actor Damon Wayans

  • Michael James Duggar (b. 2011)

    son of reality TV personalities Josh and Anna Duggar

  • Michael "Mike" Shinoda

    of band Linkin Park

  • Michael Kucharski

    Australian YouTuber, also known as Slazo

  • Michael "Mike" Zapcic

    star of AMC's Comic Book Men

  • Michael Campion

    American actor

  • Michael Knowles

    American commentator

Michael in pop culture

  • Michael Poole

    a character in Stephen Baxter's "Xeelee Sequence"

  • Michael Corleone

    main character in "The Godfather" trilogy

  • Michael Langdon

    character in "American Horror Story"

  • Ponyboy Michael Curtis

    main character in S.E. Hinton's "The Outsiders"

  • Michael "Mike" Wazowski

    main character in Pixar's "Monsters, Inc."

  • Michael Scott

    character on American TV's version of "The Office"

  • Michael Bluth

    character on TV's "Arrested Development"

  • Michael Kelso

    character on TV's "That '70s Show"

  • Michael Weaver

    character in Myra McEntire's Hourglass series

  • Michael Samuelle

    character on TV's "La Femme Nikita"

  • Michael James "Mike" Ross

    character on TV's "Suits"

  • Michael gray

    character on bbc’s Peaky blinders

  • Michael Glass

    character in "Morganville Vampires" series

  • Michael Aaron "Mike" Seaver

    character on TV's "Growing Pains"

  • Michael Scofield

    main character on TV's "Prison Break"

  • Michael Vaughn

    character on TV's "Alias" played by Michael Vartan

  • Michael Moscovitz

    character in "The Princess Diaries" series

  • Michael De Santa

    character in video game "Grand Theft Auto 5"

  • Michael J. Caboose

    character in web series "Red vs Blue"

  • Michael

    archangel on TV's "Supernatural"

  • Michael Hobbs

    character in movie "Elf"

  • Michael Roberts

    character in movie "Small Island"

  • Michael Tietjens

    character in movie "Parade's End"

  • Michael Newman

    character in movie "Click"

  • Michael Edward Moon

    character on British soap "EastEnders"

  • Michael Dawson

    character on TV's "Lost"

  • Michael Zhang

    character in video game "The Sims"

  • Michael Bachelor

    character in video game "The Sims"

  • Michael McCarthy

    character in video game "The Sims"

  • Michael "Mick" Taylor

    character in "Wolf Creek"

  • Michael Vey

    main character Richard Paul Evans' book series

  • Michael Becket

    character in the video game series "F.E.A.R."

  • Michael "Mike" Rollins / Steel

    character in the book "After the Hole" and it's film adaptation "The Hole"

  • Michael Corinthos III

    character on soap "General Hospital"

  • Michael Myers

    main character in the "Halloween" movie series

  • Michael

    character in Barney's Backyard Gang

  • Michael "Mike" Munroe

    character in video game "Until Dawn"

  • Michael Jon Carter aka Booster Gold

    character in DC Unierse

  • Michael Patterson

    character in comic strip "For Better or for Worse"

  • Michael "Mike" Wheeler

    character in "Stranger Things"

  • Michael Deets

    character in "South Park"

  • Michael

    character in "South Park"

  • "Michael

    " movie about the angel starring John Travolta

  • "Michael

    Row the Boat Ashore," gospel song

  • "Michael

    " song by Scottish rock band Franz Ferdinand

  • Michael King

    pseudonym used early in the career of real life

  • Brooklyn Born Political Leader Rabbi Meir Kahane (1932

    90)

  • Michael "Mike" Crew

    character on "The Magnus Archives"

  • Michael

    a different character on "The Magnus Archives"

  • "Michael, a Pastoral"

    A ballad in William Wordsworth's collection of poems, "Lyrical Ballads"

Variations & nicknames

  • MicheleItalian
  • MiguelPortuguese/Spanish
  • MikhailRussian
  • MichelFrench

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