Michael

Michael is a masculine given name that comes from Hebrew: מִיכָאֵל / מיכאל‎‎ (Mīkhāʼēl, pronounced [miχaˈʔel]), derived from the question מי כאל mī kāʼēl, meaning "Who is like God?".
Patronymic surnames that come from Michael include Michaels, Carmichael, MacMichael, McMichael, Micallef, Michaelson, Mikkelsen, DiMichele, Mikhaylov, Mykhaylenko, Mikeladze, Michels, and Mitchell.

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Masc. proper name, name of an archangel, from Late Latin Michael (source of French Michel, Spanish Miguel), from Greek Mikhael, from Hebrew Mikha-el, literally "Who is like God?"

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Who is like God?.

Mikhayl, Mechelle, Michail, Michele, Caleigh, Mikaeel, Michiel, Mikheil, Mihajlo, Mikkel, Michoel, Miika, Misha, Mikko, Mihai, Mikel, Maicol, Michelangelo, Mikael, Mikhael, Mihovil, Machiel, Mikhail, Mihail, Mihailo, Michelle, Michal, Mickie, Mihkel, Michaela, Mihalis, Miguel, Micheal, Mihael, Mitchell, Michel

Popularity	Name	Birth Year	Description
1	Michael Jackson	1958	American singer and dancer
2	Michael Jordan	1963	American retired professional basketball player and businessman
3	Michael Phelps	1985	American swimmer
4	George Michael	1963	English singer-songwriter, musician, producer
5	Michael Fassbender	1977	Irish-German actor and producer
6	Michael J. Fox	1961	Canadian-American actor
7	Michael Oher	1986	American football player
8	Michael Sheen	1969	Welsh actor
9	Michael Douglas	1944	Actor from the United States
10	Michael B. Jordan	1987	American actor
11	Michael Keaton	1951	American actor
12	Michael Burry	1971	American hedge fund manager
13	Michael Caine	1933	English actor and author
14	Michael Clarke Duncan	1957	Actor
15	Michael Schumacher	1969	German racing driver
16	Michael Bloomberg	1942	American businessman and politician, former mayor of New York City
17	Michael Vick	1980	American football player, quarterback
18	Michael Weatherly	1968	American actor and director
19	Michael Strahan	1971	Former American football player, current NFL analyst and TV-host
20	Michael Bisping	1979	English martial artist
21	Michael Bublé	1975	Canadien singer, songwriter and actor
22	Michael Cera	1988	Canadian actor
23	Michael C. Hall	1971	American actor
24	Michael Gambon	1940	Irish actor
25	Michael Shannon	1974	American actor and musician
26	Michael Landon	1936	Actor, director, producer, writer
27	Michael Peña	1976	American actor
28	Michael Moore	1954	American filmmaker, author, social critic, and liberal activist
29	Michael Crichton	1942	American author, screenwriter, film producer
30	Michael Bay	1965	Film director, film producer, camera operator, actor
31	Michael K. Williams	1966	American actor
32	Michael Jai White	1967	American martial artist
33	Michael Faraday	1791	English scientist
34	Michael Rapaport	1970	Actor from the United States
35	Michael Madsen	1957	American actor
36	Michael Owen	1979	English footballer
37	Michael Rooker	1955	American actor
38	Michael Ealy	1973	American actor
39	Michael Hutchence	1960	Australian musician and actor
40	Michael Richards	1949	Actor, comedian
41	Michael Pitt	1981	American actor, model and musician
42	Michael Myers	1957
43	Michael Angarano	1987	American actor
44	Michael Bolton	1953	American singer-songwriter
45	Michael Dukakis	1933	American politician
46	Michael McKean	1947	American actor
47	Michael Biehn	1956	American actor
48	Michael Gove	1967	British politician
49	Michael Kelly	1969	American actor
50	Michael Chiklis	1963	Actor
51	Michael Cudlitz	1964	American actor
52	Michael Carrick	1981	English footballer
53	Michael Portillo	1953	British politician turned television personality
54	Michael Finkel		American journalist
55	Michael Stipe	1960	American singer, songwriter, musician, film producer, music video director, and visual artist
56	Michael Page	1987	Mixed martial artist
57	Michael P. Murphy	1976	United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient
58	Michael Bivins	1968	American musician
59	Michael Kors	1959	American fashion designer
60	Michael Sorrentino	1982	American television personality
61	Michael Stuhlbarg	1968	American actor
62	Michael Nyqvist	1960	Swedish actor
63	Michael Jeter	1952	American actor
64	Michael Irvin	1966	American football player
65	Michael Scott	1964	Fictional character in NBC's The Office
66	Michael Essien	1982	Ghanaian footballer
67	Michael McIntyre	1976	British comedian
68	Michael Emerson	1954	American actor
69	Michael Reagan	1945	American journalist
70	Michael Scofield	1974	Fictional character
71	Michael Palin	1943	British comedian, actor, writer and television presenter
72	Michael Lewis	1960	American writer
73	Michael Johnson	1967	Retired American sprinter
74	Michael Nesmith	1942	American musician, songwriter, actor
75	Michael Imperioli	1966	Emmy-Award winning Italian-American actor
76	Michael Beasley	1989	American basketball player
77	Michael Sam	1990	Football player
78	Michael Crawford	1942	English actor and singer
79	Michael Dorn	1952	American actor and director
80	Michael Buffer	1944	American ring announcer for boxing and professional wrestling matches
81	Michael Parks	1940	American actor
82	Michael Collins	1930	Former American astronaut and test pilot
83	Michael Ballack	1976	German footballer
84	Michael Lockwood	1961	Musician
85	Michael Dell	1965	Businessman, CEO
86	Michael Corleone	1920	Fictional human
87	Michael Hastings	1980	American journalist
88	Michael Rosenbaum	1972	American actor
89	Michael Peterson	1943	Murder suspect
90	Michael Savage	1942	U.S. radio talk show host, Commentator, and Author
91	Michael Ian Black	1971	American comedian, actor, writer, and director
92	Michael van Gerwen	1989	Dutch darts player
93	Michael Vartan	1968	French-American actor
94	Michael LeMoyne Kennedy	1958	Son of Robert F. Kennedy
95	Michael Giacchino	1967	American film / television composer
96	Michael Socha	1987	British actor
97	Michael Carbonaro	1977	American actor
98	Michael Ironside	1950	Actor, Producer, Screenwriter, director, Editor, Playwright
99	Michael Carter-Williams	1991	American basketball player
100	Michael Schoeffling	1960	American actor-model
101	Michael Cimino	1939	American film director, screenwriter, producer and author
102	Michael Gladis	1977	US-American actor
103	Michael Alig	1966	New York party promoter
104	Michael Eisner	1942	CEO of The Walt Disney Company
105	Michael Bradley	1987	American soccer player
106	Michael McCary	1971	American musician
107	Michael Malarkey	1983	American television actor
108	Michael Penn	1958	Singer from the United States
109	Michael Trevino	1985	American actor
110	Michael Che	1983	American comedian
111	Michael Laudrup	1964	Danish footballer
112	Michael Ansara	1922	Syrian-born American stage, screen, and voice actor
113	Michael O'Keefe	1955	American actor
114	Michael Showalter	1970	American comedian
115	Michael Pollan	1955	American author, journalist, activist, and professor of journalism
116	Michael Massee	1955	American actor
117	Michael Mosley	1978	American actor
118	Michael Crabtree	1987	All-American college football player, professional football player, wide receiver
119	Michael Ball	1962	English singer and actor
120	Michael Mando	1981	Canadian actor
121	Michael Schur	1975	Television producer and writer
122	Michael Connelly	1956	Novelist, journalist
123	Michael Shanks	1970	Canadian actor
124	Michael Chang	1972	American tennis player
125	Michael Symon	1969	American chef
126	Michael Milken	1946	American investor
127	Michael Wincott	1958	Canadian actor
128	Michael Warren	1946	American basketball player and actor
129	Michael Flatley	1958	Irish-American step dancer
130	Michael Gross	1947	American actor
131	Michael Fagan incident	1948	British drug trafficker
132	Michael Keane	1993	English footballer
133	Michael Bennett	1985	American football defensive tackle
134	Michael Jace	1970	American actor
135	Michael Learned	1939	American actress
136	Michael Clarke	1981	Australien Cricketer and captain of Australien Cricket team
137	Michael York	1942	English actor
138	Michael Foot	1913	British politician
139	Michael of Romania	1921	King of Romania
140	Michael Rezendes		American journalist
141	Michael Wayne	1934	American film producer
142	Michael A. Hess	1952	American lawyer
143	Michael Higgins	1941	9th president of the Republic of Ireland
144	Michael Raymond-James	1977	American actor
145	Michael Winslow	1958	American actor
146	Michael Ontkean	1946	Actor
147	Michael Williams	1935	Lions Player
148	Michael McElhatton	1963	Irish actor and writer
149	Michael Floyd	1989	American football player
150	Michael Barrymore	1952	Comedian, actor, television presenter, broadcaster
151	Michael Kitchen	1948	Actor
152	Michael Constantine	1927	Greek-American actor
153	Michael Chiesa	1987	Mixed martial artist
154	Michael Wittmann	1914	Recipient of the Knight's Cross
155	Michael Chandler	1986	Mixed martial artist
156	Michael Heseltine	1933	British politician
157	Michael Moriarty	1941	American-Canadian actor and musician
158	Michael Wayans	1985	American actor
159	Michael Gough	1916	English actor
160	Michael Parkinson	1935	Television and radio personality
161	Michael Hayes	1959	American professional wrestler
162	Michael Kidd-Gilchrist	1993	American basketball player
163	Michael S. Rogers	1959	Navy Vice Admiral and 2014 nominee for Director of the National Security Agency
164	Michael Larson	1949	Press Your Luck contestant
165	Michael Berryman	1948	American actor
166	Michael Paré	1958	Actor
167	Michael Hayden	1945	United States Air Force four-star general
168	Michael J. Pollard	1939	American actor
169	Michael W. Smith	1957	American musician and songwriter
170	Michael Kiwanuka	1988	British soul singer-songwriter
171	Michael Spinks	1956	Boxer
172	Michael Glatze	1975	American activist
173	Michael Fishman	1981	Actor
174	Michael Watson	1965	English boxer
175	Michael McDonald	1964	American actor, writer, director and comedian
176	Michael Harney	2000	American actor
177	Michael Cole	1968	American professional wrestling commentator and former news journalist
178	Michael Wilding	1912	English television and film actor
179	Michael Corvin
180	Michael Anthony	1954	American musician
181	Michael Trucco	1970	American actor
182	Michael Redgrave	1908	British actor
183	Michael Franzese	1951	Motivational speaker, former New York mobster
184	Michael Chabon	1963	Novelist, short story writer, essayist
185	Christine Michael	1990	American football player, running back
186	Michael Schenker	1955	German musician
187	Michael Rosen	1946	British children's writer
188	Michael Haneke	1942	Austrian film director and screenwriter
189	Michael Porter	1947	American engineer and economist
190	Michael Rockefeller	1938	Youngest son of New York Governor Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller
191	Michael Blackson	1972	American actor and comedian
192	Michael P. Fay	1975	American thief
193	Michael Franti	1966	American rapper
194	Michael Madison	1977	American serial killer
195	Michael Morell	1958	Deputy Director of the CIA
196	Michael Morpurgo	1944	British children's writer
197	Michael Hector	1992	Footballer
198	Michael Beck	1949	American actor
199	Michael A. Monsoor	1981	United States Navy sailor and Medal of Honor recipient
200	Michael Howard	1941	British politician