Mikal

Where Mikal comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Mikal.

Mikal through the years
  1. 1920
    Mikal Kirkholt born
    Norwegian cross-country skier
  2. 1943
    First appearance
    #3,231 among boys with 6 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1976
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name. From this year on, more boys have.
  4. 1993
    Peak, #840
    158 babies named Mikal, the most in any year.
  5. 1996
    Mikal Bridges born
    American basketball player
  6. 2005
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,943.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Mikal Bridges · American basketball player, born 1996
  • Mikal Kirkholt · Norwegian cross-country skier, 1920–2012
  • Mikal Urheim · Norwegian Sami writer, 1932–2020
  • Mikal Hem · Norwegian journalist, born 1973
  • Mikal Tseggai · politician from the Netherlands, born 1995

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.