Comments for the name Mikael

Mikael is pronounced as MEE-kah-ell.

Common pet name in Sweden is Micke, the equivalent of Mike, Mick etc. For some reason this is also a common name for foxes. Mickel is a name used for a fox, the Disney film The Fox and the Hound translated into Micke & Molle, Micke being the fox.

Strangely, I prefer this form of the name to the English form, Michael. It just sounds more exotic to my ear, and is far less common.

Mikael Blomkvist is one of the main characters of Swedish author Stieg Larsson's Millennium Series. He's also nicknamed Micke.

Mikael Wiehe is a Swedish rock and roll singer/musician. He used to be the lead singer of the Hoola Bandoola Band.