Michal

Primarily a boy's name · Unisex — 11% girls / 89% boys

Meaning

Michal was the daughter of King Saul in the Hebrew Bible, wife of King David.

From Wikipedia

Michal first appears in the data in 1996 and has been recorded in 21 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2011 with 148 babies (rank #298 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Michal

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Michal yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

1Destiny numberThe leaderIndependent, pioneering, drawn to going first.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
1Soul urgeThe leaderIndependent, pioneering, drawn to going first.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
9PersonalityThe humanitarianIdealistic, compassionate, thinks in big-picture terms.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

1,287

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

148

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

Famous people named Michal

Michal Kadlecassociation football player · b. 1984
Michal Kováčuniversity teacher · b. 1930
Michal Ďurišassociation football player · b. 1988
Michal Bílekathlete · b. 1965
Michal Sadílekassociation football player · b. 1999

More popular boys' names

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1996	5	#2,221
1997	5	#2,213
1998	3	#3,451
1999	3	#3,478
2000	5	#2,365
2001	7	#1,877
2002	8	#1,739
2003	8	#1,893
2004	9	#1,830
2005	20	#1,076
2006	49	#595
2007	74	#463
2008	115	#337
2009	120	#332
2010	118	#354
2011	148	#298
2012	104	#396
2013	87	#454
2014	81	#488
2015	83	#481
2016	87	#469