Michail
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- mee-khah-EEL
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
Michail is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “who is like God?”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies).
What does Michail mean?
Hebrew: Greek form of Michael
“who is like God?”
Greek form of Michael, the archangel who leads the heavenly host.
Is Michail a girl's or a boy's name?
Michail is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Michail in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,065th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling fast down 67% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Michail, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd. Its busiest year was 2018, with 9 boys.
Half of all the boys named Michail in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Michail in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 5 | #3,639 |
| 2021 | 8 | #2,619 |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,184 |
| 2018 | 9 | #2,388 |
| 2017 | 5 | #3,608 |
| 2016 | 8 | #2,690 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 1 | #3,776 |
How popular is Michail in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1971, with 17 boys. It first appears in the records in 1944.
Half of all the boys named Michail in the US since 1880 were born between 1963 and 1997, the years shaded on the chart below.
Michail in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 12 | #6,681 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,636 |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 17 | #4,383 |
| 1999 | 17 | #4,157 |
| 1998 | 8 | #6,837 |
| 1997 | 9 | #6,094 |
| 1996 | 10 | #5,528 |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 11 | #4,995 |
| 1992 | 8 | #6,120 |
| 1991 | 13 | #4,223 |
| 1990 | 7 | #6,408 |
| 1989 | 6 | #6,934 |
| 1988 | 14 | #3,518 |
| 1987 | 11 | #3,954 |
| 1986 | 13 | #3,437 |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 7 | #4,904 |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,383 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 7 | #4,938 |
| 1979 | 10 | #3,808 |
| 1978 | 11 | #3,399 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 8 | #4,010 |
| 1975 | 17 | #2,448 |
| 1974 | 7 | #4,188 |
| 1973 | 10 | #3,221 |
| 1972 | 14 | #2,533 |
| 1971 | 17 | #2,278 |
| 1970 | 11 | #2,890 |
| 1969 | 6 | #3,934 |
| 1968 | 14 | #2,199 |
| 1967 | 8 | #2,984 |
| 1966 | 7 | #3,247 |
| 1965 | 14 | #2,177 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 13 | #2,299 |
| 1962 | 6 | #3,638 |
| 1961 | 7 | #3,354 |
| 1960 | 10 | #2,683 |
| 1959 | 12 | #2,413 |
| 1958 | 9 | #2,816 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 7 | #3,214 |
| 1955 | 12 | #2,301 |
| 1954 | 14 | #2,113 |
| 1953 | 11 | #2,390 |
| 1952 | 10 | #2,512 |
| 1951 | 7 | #3,064 |
| 1950 | 7 | #3,020 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 7 | #3,009 |
| 1947 | 8 | #2,861 |
| 1946 | 5 | #3,523 |
| 1945 | 7 | #2,742 |
| 1944 | 5 | #3,428 |
Names like Michail
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zachary, Gabriel, Joey, Jesse, Elijah, Nathaniel, Tobias, Micah, Vinnie, Mikael, Ismail, Raphael
Names related to Michail
Michael, Mikail, Michal, Micheal, Mikhail, Michele, Michel, Michoel
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias, Mateo
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Michail: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/michail, updated 20 October 2026.