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Michael

For information on the World War I German military Operation Michael, see Spring Offensive.

The given name Michael or Micha'el (מִיכָאֵל "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.

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1 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
Miikael – Estonian
Mikael – Danish
Michiel – Dutch
Mikelo – Esperanto
Mikko – Finnish
Michel – French
Miguel – Galician
მიხეილი (Mikheili) – Georgian
Michael – German
Μιχαήλ/Μιχάλης (Mikhaíl/Mikhális) – Greek
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
- also Mихаїл (Mykhayil, especially biblical, influenced by Church Slavonic)
- diminutive: Михась (Мykhas’), Михайлик (Mykhailyk), Михасик (Mykhasyk), Михасько (Mykhas’ko), Місько (Mis’ko), Місьо (Mis’o)
Meical – Welsh