Mikhail
A boys’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning who is like God.
Mikhail by the numbers
In 2025, 19 babies in England and Wales were named Mikhail. In the US, 119 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.
Its American peak was 143 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Mikhail. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Mikailwho is like god; a form of Michael50 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mikhaelwho is like God; a form of Michael14 in England and Wales (2025)
- Michailwho is like God; Russian form of Michael3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mihailwho is like God; Eastern European form of Michael11 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mikhaiwho is like god; variant of michael7 in the US (2017)
- Michaelwho is like God?12,612 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Mikhail
Names that are said the same way as Mikhail, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Mikelwho is like God; a form of Michael138 in the US (2017)
- Mykelwho is like God; a form of Michael53 in the US (2017)
- Mikalwho is like God; a form of Michael28 in the US (2017)
- Mikealwho is like god; a form of Michael21 in the US (2017)
- Mikellewho is like god; feminine form of Michael19 in the US (2017)
- Mikellwho is like God; a form of Michael15 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean God
Like Mikhail, each of these has God in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Mikhail
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