The first name Michael

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About the first name Michael

Meaning

The name Michael is the English form of Michel and means “who is like God?”.

Historical origin

The name Michael comes from Hebrew Mikha’el through Greek, Latin, and English forms.

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In Quebec, Michael appears notably in Anglophone, Irish, and Scottish families and in communities where several language traditions met.

Pronunciation:mi-chaelmaɪkəl

Frequency of the first name Michael by baptism year

The chart below shows the frequency of the first name Michael by the year of baptisms listed in Genealogy Quebec’s data. It highlights the periods when this first name appears most often and its evolution across generations.

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Annual evolution of the first name MichaelLine chart showing the frequency of the first name Michael in baptisms by year.1,00075050025001720177718341891194820051720–1724 4 baptisms1785–1789 4 baptisms1795–1799 4 baptisms1800–1804 4 baptisms1810–1814 8 baptisms1825–1829 8 baptisms1830–1834 108 baptisms1835–1839 140 baptisms1840–1844 304 baptisms1845–1849 292 baptisms1850–1854 500 baptisms1855–1859 500 baptisms1860–1864 772 baptisms1865–1869 424 baptisms1870–1874 232 baptisms1875–1879 156 baptisms1880–1884 140 baptisms1885–1889 76 baptisms1890–1894 32 baptisms1895–1899 44 baptisms1900–1904 28 baptisms1905–1909 28 baptisms1910–1914 20 baptisms1915–1919 28 baptisms1920–1924 4 baptisms1925–1929 16 baptisms1930–1934 4 baptisms1935–1939 4 baptisms1945–1949 8 baptisms1950–1954 32 baptisms1955–1959 52 baptisms1960–1964 12 baptisms1965–1969 24 baptisms1970–1974 68 baptisms1975–1979 56 baptisms1980–1984 116 baptisms1985–1989 196 baptisms1990–1994 268 baptisms1995–1999 132 baptisms2000–2004 40 baptisms2005–2009 12 baptisms

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