Michael

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Name: Michael

Gender: Masculine

Location: Asia

Language: Jewish

Thematic: Biblical

Meaning: The Talmudic tradition rendered Michael's name as meaning "Who is like El?". In recent years, a popular mistake has become to translate the name as "One who is like God." It is, however, meant as a question: "Who is like the Lord?" The name was said to have been the battle cry of the angels in the war in heaven against Satan and his followers.

Comments: Languages: This boy's name is used in Hebrew, German, Dutch, English, Czech, Norwegian, Swedish, Danish and Romanian.

Nicknames: Mick, Mickey, Micky, Mike, Mikey, Myke and Maik

Alternative Spellings: Micael, Mical, Mychal and Mykal

Variant Forms: Micha, Michale, Micheal, Michelet, Michiel, Mitchell and Mikael

Feminine Forms: Michaela, Mikaela and Michela.

Non-English Forms: Michal, Miche, Michel, Miguel, Mikel, Mikkel, Mischa, Meical, Mihangel, Mikhail, Michele, Michelangelo, Mihailo, Mihály, Mihai, Miesha and Mihaly

Narrative: In the Jewish and Christian scriptures and other religious writings, the archangel Michael is identified as captain of God's army, humanity's intercessor with the divine, and an eternal recorder who tracks our deeds and misdeeds in a great heavenly book. He is often depicted carrying a flaming sword, and sometimes guarding the gates of Paradise. The consistently high popularity of this name in the U.S. cannot be attributed with certainty to any one factor. It may be due simply to the pleasant sound of the name. It is also possible that no one has ever devised a more congenial nickname for a boy than Mike!