Mishael
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- MISH-ay-el
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #5,606 for boys
Mishael is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “who is what God is?”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 5,606th for boys in the US (16 babies).
What does Mishael mean?
Hebrew: biblical name
“who is what God is?”
Mishael was one of Daniel's three companions, renamed Meshach in Babylon and saved from the fiery furnace.
Is Mishael a girl's or a boy's name?
Mishael is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 9 girls and 16 boys in the US.
How popular is Mishael in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,301among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 367% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Mishael, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2014, with 5 boys.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Mishael in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 1 | #6,413 |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #3,529 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 4 | #2,531 |
How popular is Mishael in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,606among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 16about 1 in 110,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 16 boys in the US were named Mishael, making it the 5,606th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,695th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 19 boys. It first appears in the records in 1977. 9 girls were also named Mishael in 2025 (10,104th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Mishael in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Mishael in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #5,606 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 14 | #6,215 |
| 2022 | 17 | #5,441 |
| 2021 | 19 | #4,932 |
| 2020 | 15 | #5,695 |
| 2019 | 15 | #5,808 |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 15 | #5,784 |
| 2016 | 11 | #7,152 |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 12 | #6,627 |
| 2013 | 10 | #7,532 |
| 2012 | 12 | #6,620 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 10 | #7,585 |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 13 | #6,388 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 11 | #6,899 |
| 2005 | 14 | #5,572 |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,530 |
| 2003 | 11 | #6,251 |
| 2002 | 14 | #5,124 |
| 2001 | 13 | #5,383 |
| 2000 | 13 | #5,290 |
| 1999 | 17 | #4,157 |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
| 1997 | 10 | #5,636 |
| 1996 | 18 | #3,672 |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 13 | #4,531 |
| 1993 | 10 | #5,353 |
| 1992 | 9 | #5,652 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,171 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 11 | #4,157 |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
| 1986 | 7 | #5,327 |
| 1985 | 6 | #5,780 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 8 | #4,497 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 7 | #4,959 |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,248 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 6 | #5,121 |
Names like Mishael
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad Musa Ibrahim Mustafa Ismail Zakariya Abdullah Matteo Hamza Elijah Yusuf Raphael
Names related to Mishael
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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, “Mishael: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mishael, updated 20 October 2026.