Mihai
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- mee-HY
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,511 for boys
Mihai is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “who is like God?”. In 2025 it ranked 2,511th for boys in the UK (9 babies).
What does Mihai mean?
Hebrew: Romanian form of Michael
“who is like God?”
Romanian form of Michael; Michael the Brave (Mihai Viteazul) briefly united the Romanian lands in 1600.
Is Mihai a girl's or a boy's name?
Mihai is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mihai in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,511among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 33,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 51% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the UK were named Mihai, making it the 2,511th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,105th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 37 boys.
Half of all the boys named Mihai in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,436th in England and Wales.
Mihai in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #2,511 |
| 2024 | 8 | #2,750 |
| 2023 | 22 | #1,322 |
| 2022 | 23 | #1,270 |
| 2021 | 21 | #1,341 |
| 2020 | 27 | #1,105 |
| 2019 | 29 | #1,061 |
| 2018 | 24 | #1,210 |
| 2017 | 37 | #919 |
| 2016 | 21 | #1,347 |
| 2015 | 21 | #1,324 |
| 2014 | 12 | #1,929 |
| 2013 | 15 | #1,636 |
| 2012 | 11 | #2,080 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,038 |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,534 |
| 2009 | 6 | #2,970 |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 4 | #2,990 |
Names like Mihai
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Musa Muhammad Yusuf Ibrahim Mustafa Yahya Zakariya Eesa Ayyub Zayan Zayaan Arham
More Hebrew names
Noah Isabella Elijah James Jack Mia Ava Jude Ezra Benjamin Isaac Jacob Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Mihai: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mihai, updated 20 October 2026.