MEANING & HISTORY
What does Mikhail mean?
Mikhail represents Russian Mikhail, a form of Michael. The Hebrew source Mikha’el asks who is like God.
The transliteration kh represents a Russian consonant and does not add an extra root. Mikhail and Michael therefore share a historical question-name while retaining their distinct language forms and pronunciations.
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Pronunciation & syllables
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Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
CebuanoEtymology & source
From Russian Михаи́л (Mixaíl, “Michael”), from Hebrew מיכאל.
a male given name from Russian
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EnglishEtymology & source
From Russian Михаи́л (Mixaíl, “Michael”), from Hebrew מיכאל. Doublet of Michael.
A transliteration of the Russian male given name Михаи́л (Mixaíl).
Wiktionary: Mikhail (English) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
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People with the name Mikhail
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Mikhail Red
Filipino filmmaker
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
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distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Mikhail Red
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Mikhail in the birth records
Exact spelling and stated year in the published name tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Tables included: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The 2016 fact sheet lists five names per sex; the later tables include ten. Missing counts are not inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Related forms & spellings
Related forms may have their own language histories. They are not included in this spelling’s PSA count.
Similar names to Mikhail
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Michael♂Who is like God?
- Michaela♀Feminine form of Michael; who is like God?
- Mika♀Finnish Michael-name form; also an independent Japanese name
- Mikaela♀Feminine form of Michael; who is like God?
- Mikayla♀Variant of Michaela; who is like God?
- Mikel♂Who is like God?, through Basque Mikel
- Mikmik♂Repeated familiar form of Mico or Michael
- Abigail♀My father is joy
What rhymes with Mikhail?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Explore Mikhail further
Follow the sources
- Wikidata given-name item Q15621289 — Mikhail (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Mikhail Red (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q15621289 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Mikhail (Cebuano) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary contributors — Mikhail (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Wiktionary: Mikhail (opens in a new tab)
Personal-name formation and etymological relationships; imported dictionary account consulted.
- Wiktionary: Michael (Cebuano) (opens in a new tab)
Consulted source-name etymology or explicit sense relationship supporting the stated formation.
- Wiktionary: Michael (English) (opens in a new tab)
Consulted source-name etymology or explicit sense relationship supporting the stated formation.