Comments for the name Mikhail

When spelled the Russian way, you pronounce it mi-KYLE.

It's pronounced mi-ha-IL.

A famous bearer is Mikhail Baryshnikov, a world-famous male ballet dancer.

Mikhail was also the name of the younger brother of Nicholas II of Russia. He had the chance to become Tsar, but he refused to accept the crown.

Russian author Mikhail Bulgakov wrote 'The Master And Margarita' and several other famous works.

Mikhail Rasputin, a Marvel Comics supervillain best known as Colossus's older brother.

There was a character named Mikhail Victor in Resident Evil 3 Nemesis.

A famous bearer is Mikhail Bakhtin, a Russian philosopher, literary critic, semiotician and scholar who worked on literary theory, ethics, and the philosophy of language.

Although the proper pronunciation is mee-KYLE, the Mikhail at my school pronounces his name as mah-kale, two syllables. And that's what everybody calls him.

The right pronunciation of Mikhail is not mee-KYLE. It's pronounced like mee-HA-ee-le, with the letter "l" pronounced lightly at the end. The stress is on the letter "а". Also, the Russian "ха" of Михаил is like a deep-throat "HA" sound, like the "ch" of Scottish "loch", so it's nothing like the letter "K" in English.

Another famous bearer of this name is Duke Mikhail Alexandrovich Repnin from the Russian TV show, Бедная Настя (Poor Nastya), played by Pyotr Krasilov. He is damn cute and his friends always call him Misha(Миша). :)

Mikhail (1832-1909) was the youngest son of Emperor Nicholas I of Russia and his wife Alexandra Feodorovna.

Mikhail(1798-1849) was the son of Tsar Paul I of Russia and his wife Sophie. He was the younger brother of Tsar Alexander I and Tsar Nicholas I of Russia.