Name: Michal

Gender: Male

Usage: Michal, of hebrew origin, is a very popular first name. It is more often used as a boy (male) name.

People having the name Michal are in general originating from Israel, Mauritius, Poland, Slovakia, United Kingdom, United States of America.

Variants: For another variant of the name Michal across the world, see Michael, Michał.

Meaning: The meaning of the name Michal is: Who is like god.

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Numerology of the first name Michal: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.

The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 1. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: individualistic, determined, pioneering, bold, athletic, independent, active, self-confident.

Interpretation:
Qualities: Leader, Determined
Ruling planet: Sun
Colors: Yellow, Orange, Gold
Gemstones: Topaz, Amber

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The name Michal is ranked on the 189th position of the most used names. It means that this name is very frequently used.

We estimate that there are at least 3052100 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.042% of the population. The name Michal has six characters. It means that it is relatively medium-length, compared to the other names in our database.

The graph below represents the number of people who were given the name Michal for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:

The name day of Michal is 29 September.

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Michal, sometimes spelled Mickal, Mikal or Mikhal, is a given name:

  • feminine in Hebrew, equivalent of Michael to masculine
  • masculine in Czech (Míša, Michálek, Miki), equivalent to Michel and equivalent to Michaela (Michala, Michalka, Míša) in feminine

Michal (Michal, Michaela, Michael, Michala) are celebrated on September 29 in the Slovak calendar


Biblical name (meaning ‘brook’ in Hebrew) borne by a daughter of Saul who married King David. It is probably through confusion with this name that Michael has occasionally been used as a female given name in the English-speaking world.

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