Michal

Where Michal comes from

From Hebrew מִיכַל (mikhál, “Michal”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Michal
  • Hebrew
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1930
    Michal Kováč born
    Slovak economist, politician, president of the Slovakia
  2. 1938
    First appearance
    #4,342 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1942
    Peak, #853
    81 babies named Michal — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1944
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,609.
  5. 1984
    Michal Kadlec born
    Czech association football player
  6. 2009
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Hebrew.
Namesakes
  • Michal Kadlec · Czech association football player, born 1984
  • Michal Kováč · Slovak economist, politician, president of the Slovakia, 1930–2016
  • Michal Sadílek · Czech association football player, born 1999
  • Michal Ďuriš · Slovak soccer player and Czech Supercup winner, born 1988
  • Michal Bílek · Czech footballer, born 1965

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.