Michai
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 10 babies a year in the US.
Michai by the numbers
Michai was given to 10 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 24 babies in 2010, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Michai
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 Michai. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Michalwho is like God; form of Michael13 in England and Wales (2025)
- Michawho is like God; a form of Michael31 in the US (2017)
- Michailwho is like God; Russian form of Michael3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mihaiwho is like God; a form of Michael in Romanian tradition9 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mikhaiwho is like god; variant of michael7 in the US (2017)
- Michahwho is like God; a form of Micah6 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Michai
Names that are said the same way as Michai, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Mishawho is like God; a form of Michael24 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Michai
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