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View Name: Miguel


MIGUEL
GENDER: Masculine
USAGE: Spanish, Portuguese
PRONOUNCED: mee-GEL   [key]
Meaning & History
Spanish and Portuguese form of MICHAEL. A notable bearer of this name was Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (1547-1616), the Spanish novelist and poet who wrote 'Don Quixote'.
Related Names
DIMINUTIVES: Miguelito (Spanish), Miguelito (Portuguese)
FEMININE FORMS: Miguela (Spanish), Miguela (Portuguese)
OTHER LANGUAGES: Mikel, Mitxel (Basque), Michael (Biblical), Michael, Mikhael (Biblical Greek), Mikha'el (Biblical Hebrew), Michael (Biblical Latin), Mihail, Mikhail (Bulgarian), Miquel (Catalan), Myghal (Cornish), Mihael, Mihajlo, Mihovil, Miho, Mijo (Croatian), Michael, Michal (Czech), Michael, Mikael, Mikkel (Danish), Maikel, Michael, Michaël, Michel, Michiel, Mick (Dutch), Michael, Micheal, Mick, Mickey, Micky, Mike, Mikey (English), Miĥaelo, Mikelo, Miĉjo (Esperanto), Mihkel (Estonian), Mikael, Mika, Mikko, Miska (Finnish), Michel, Michaël, Mickaël (French), Mikheil (Georgian), Michael, Michel, Michi (German), Michail, Michalis, Mihail, Mihalis (Greek), Mikala (Hawaiian), Mikha'el (Hebrew), Mihály, Misi, Miska (Hungarian), Mícheál (Irish), Michele (Italian), Mihails, Miķelis (Latvian), Mykolas (Lithuanian), Mihail (Macedonian), Mikaere (Maori), Michel (Medieval French), Michael, Mikael, Mikkel (Norwegian), Michał (Polish), Mihai, Mihail, Mihăiță (Romanian), Mikhail, Misha (Russian), Mìcheal, Micheil (Scottish), Mihailo, Mihajlo (Serbian), Michal (Slovak), Mihael, Miha (Slovene), Michael, Mikael, Mikkel (Swedish), Mikhailo, Mykhailo, Mykhaylo (Ukrainian), Meical (Welsh)
Popularity
United States  ranked #126 
Catalonia  ranked #72 
Chile  ranked #38 
France  ranked #367 
Netherlands  - 
Spain  ranked #18 



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