Behind the Name: Meaning, Origin and History of the Name Miguel

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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'.

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DIMINUTIVES: Miguelito (Spanish), Miguelito (Portuguese)

FEMININE FORMS: Miguela (Spanish), Miguela (Portuguese)

OTHER LANGUAGES: Mikel, Mitxel (Basque), Michael (Biblical), 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), Maikel, Michaël, Michiel (Dutch), Michael, Micheal, Mick, Mickey, Micky, Mike (English), Miĥaelo, Mikelo, Miĉjo (Esperanto), Mihkel (Estonian), Mikael, Mika, Mikko, Miska (Finnish), Michel (French), Mikheil (Georgian), Michael, Michel, Michi (German), Mikhael (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), Michał (Polish), Mihai, Mihail, Mihaita (Romanian), Mikhail, Misha (Russian), Mikael, Mikkel (Scandinavian), Mìcheal, Micheil (Scottish), Mihailo, Mihajlo (Serbian), Michal (Slovak), Mihael, Miha (Slovene), Mikhailo, Mykhailo, Mykhaylo (Ukrainian), Meical (Welsh)

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