Michael
MY-kəl
A classic biblical name meaning “Who is like God?”
Meaning
Michael is the Scripture name explained in the excerpt as coming from Hebrew mi yə-k' El, meaning “who is like God?” The name passed through Greek and Latin into English and many European languages. Traditional short forms include Mike, and related forms appear in Gaelic, Cornish, and Anglo-Norman usage.
Origin
HebrewGreekLatinEnglishmasculine
Fun fact
The old books note Mike as the nickname, and show how widely Michael spread into forms like Michel, Miguel, and Mikiel.
Confidence: sourced. Sources: Praenomina; or, the etymology of the principal Christian names of Great Britain and Ireland, History of Christian Names.