Meaning: Russian form of Michael: who is like God?
The story
Mikhail is the Russian form of Michael and is also used in Belarusian and Bulgarian. Its Hebrew meaning is a rhetorical question about God’s uniqueness, rather than a claim that the bearer is godlike.
Nicknames
- Misha
- Mischa
Spellings & variants
Popularity
Uncommon
Outside the US top 1,000.
Style
Origins
Mikhail comes from Russian.
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