Micheal

Where Micheal comes from

Anglicised form of Irish Mícheál or Scottish Gaelic Mìcheal. Also a spelling variant of Michael, generally considered erroneous.
— Wiktionary's entry for Micheal
  • Hebrew
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #381 among boys — 20 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1955
    Micheal Ray Richardson born
    American basketball player and coach
  3. 1956
    Peak, #83
    4,732 babies named Micheal — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1976
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #116.
  5. 1987
    Micheal Azira born
    Ugandan football player
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Hebrew.
Namesakes
  • Micheal Ray Richardson · American basketball player and coach, 1955–2025
  • Micheal Azira · Ugandan football player, born 1987
  • Micheal Eric · Nigerian basketball player, born 1988
  • Micheal Ward · British actor, born 1997
  • Micheal Williams · American basketball player, born 1966

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.