Mihail
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- mee-ha-EEL
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,202 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #9,710 for boys
Mihail is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “who is like God?”. In 2025 it ranked 2,202nd for boys in the UK (11 babies) and 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Mihail mean?
Hebrew: Romanian, Bulgarian and Greek form of Michael
“who is like God?”
Romanian, Bulgarian and Greek form of Michael.
Is Mihail a girl's or a boy's name?
Mihail is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 boys in the UK and 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mihail in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,202nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11 about 1 in 27,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 34% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the UK were named Mihail, making it the 2,202nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,462nd. Its busiest year was 2019, with 30 boys.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Mihail than any year since 2014.
Half of all the boys named Mihail in the UK since 1996 were born between 2016 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,130th in England and Wales.
Mihail in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #2,202 |
| 2024 | 14 | #1,825 |
| 2023 | 18 | #1,507 |
| 2022 | 19 | #1,452 |
| 2021 | 19 | #1,422 |
| 2020 | 18 | #1,462 |
| 2019 | 30 | #1,037 |
| 2018 | 17 | #1,555 |
| 2017 | 23 | #1,253 |
| 2016 | 18 | #1,512 |
| 2015 | 15 | #1,693 |
| 2014 | 7 | #2,843 |
| 2013 | 16 | #1,560 |
| 2012 | 8 | #2,595 |
| 2011 | 1 | #6,218 |
| 2010 | 7 | #2,775 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 1 | #4,870 |
How popular is Mihail in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 9,710th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 240,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the US were named Mihail, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,497th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 14 boys. It first appears in the records in 1996.
Half of all the boys named Mihail in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Mihail in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 7 | #9,888 |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,497 |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2009 | 11 | #7,231 |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,636 |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
Names like Mihail
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad, Musa, Ibrahim, Mustafa, Abdullah, Zakariya, Zayd, Ismail, Huzaifa, Hamza, Zayaan, Zayan
Names related to Mihail
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), 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, “Mihail: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mihail, updated 20 October 2026.