Mika'Il
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- mee-ka-EEL
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,747 for boys
Mika'Il is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “who is like God?”. In 2025 it ranked 3,747th for boys in the UK (5 babies).
What does Mika'Il mean?
Hebrew: Arabic form of Michael
“who is like God?”
Arabic form of Michael; the archangel Mikail is named in the Qur'an.
Is Mika'Il a girl's or a boy's name?
Mika'Il is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mika'Il in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,747th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 60,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 31% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the UK were named Mika'Il, making it the 3,747th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,657th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 17 boys.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Mika'Il than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Mika'Il in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 166 boys in the UK were given Mika'Il or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #317, up from #3,747 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,656th in England and Wales.
Mika'Il in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #3,747 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,003 |
| 2023 | 8 | #2,691 |
| 2022 | 12 | #1,999 |
| 2021 | 17 | #1,547 |
| 2020 | 15 | #1,657 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,399 |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,241 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 10 | #2,207 |
| 2013 | 16 | #1,560 |
| 2012 | 8 | #2,595 |
| 2011 | 9 | #2,311 |
| 2010 | 5 | #3,478 |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
Names like Mika'Il
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad, Musa, Yusuf, Ibrahim, Ismail, Mustafa, Zakariya, Gabriel, Elijah, Raphael, Matteo, Noah
Other spellings of Mika'Il
Names related to Mika'Il
More Hebrew names
Isabella, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias, Mateo, Elsie
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, “Mika'Il: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mika'il, updated 20 October 2026.