Mikael

Where Mikael comes from

Mikael hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1508
    Mikael Agricola born
    Finnish clergyman and de facto founder of literary Finnish
  2. 1944
    First appearance
    #3,430 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1986
    Mikael Lustig born
    Swedish association football player
  4. 2016
    Peak, #958
    215 babies named Mikael — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Mikael Agricola · Finnish clergyman and de facto founder of literary Finnish, 1508–1557
  • Mikael Lustig · Swedish association football player, born 1986
  • Mikael Antonsson · Swedish footballer, born 1981
  • Mikael Forssell · Finnish footballer, born 1981
  • Mikael Persbrandt · Swedish actor, born 1963

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.