Mekaal

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 7 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
7
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Mekaal by the numbers

Mekaal was given to 7 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.

What we can tell you about Mekaal

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Mekaal. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Mekaelvariant of Michael; who is like god5 in the US (2017)
  • Mikaalwho is like god; a form of michael4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Mikaelwho is like god; Scandinavian form of Michael67 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Mikailwho is like god; a form of Michael50 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Mikalwho is like God; a form of Michael28 in the US (2017)
  • Mikealwho is like god; a form of Michael21 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Mekaal

Names that are said the same way as Mekaal, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

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