Mikael is a masculine given name, a variant of the Hebrew name Michael (מִיכָאֵל), which means "Who is like God". It is used predominantly throughout Scandinavia and Finland. Mikaela is the feminine form of the name.[1] In France, the name is written Mikaël, a tréma on the letter e, and is of Breton origin.[2]
Notable people with the name Mikael or Mikaël include:
Entertainment
- Mikael Birkkjær (born 1958), Danish actor
- Mikael Håfström (born 1960), Swedish director and screenwriter
- Mikael Nyqvist (1960–2017), Swedish actor
- Mikael Persbrandt (born 1963), Swedish actor
- Mikael Salomon (born 1945), Danish cinematographer, director and producer
Music
- Mikael Åkerfeldt (born 1974), Swedish musician
- Mikael Gabriel (born 1990), Finnish rapper
- Mikael Jorgensen (born 1972), American musician
- Mikael Stanne (born 1974), Swedish musician
Politics
- Mikael Cederbratt (1955–2020), Swedish politician of the Moderate Party
- Mikael Eskilandersson (born 1977), Swedish politician of the Sweden Democrats
- Mikael Jansson (born 1965), Swedish politician of Alternative for Sweden
- Mikael Jungner (born 1965), Finnish politician of the Social Democratic Party
- Mikael Odenberg (born 1953), Swedish politician of the Moderate Party
- Mikael Oscarsson (born 1967), Swedish politician for the Christian Democrats
- Mikael Strandman (born 1966), Swedish politician of the Sweden Democrats
Sports
- Mikael Appelgren (born 1961), Swedish table tennis player
- Mikael Egill Ellertsson (born 2002), Icelandic footballer
- Mikael Forssell (born 1981), Finnish footballer
- Mikaël Grenier (born 1992), Canadian racing driver
- Mikael Hellström (born 1972), Swedish footballer
- Mikaël Kingsbury (born 1992), Canadian freestyle skier
- Mikael Lustig (born 1986), Swedish footballer
- Mikael Örn (born 1961), Swedish swimmer
- Mikaël Silvestre (born 1977), French footballer
- Mikael Tillström (born 1972), Swedish tennis player
- Mikael Wikstrand (born 1993), Swedish ice hockey player
Fictional characters
- Mikael Blomkvist, from the Millennium series of Swedish crime novels, created by journalist Stieg Larsson
- Mikael, from The Originals
See also
- Mikaël (film), 1924 German film based on Herman Bang's novel of the same name
- All pages with titles beginning with Mikael
- All pages with titles containing Mikael
- Michael
- Mikkel
- Mikal (given name)
- Mikko
References
- ↑ Coleman, Nancy L.; Veka, Olav (2010). "Dictionary of Scandinavian Names". A Handbook of Scandinavian Names. University of Wisconsin Press. p. 38. ISBN 978-0-299-24833-8.
- ↑ Sierra, Judy (1997). Celtic Baby Names: Traditional Names from Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Brittany, Cornwall & the Isle of Man. Folkprint. p. 85. ISBN 978-0-9636089-5-6. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
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