Fun Facts About the Name Migel
- More than 1 thousand babies named Migel: U.S. records list 1,718 babies given the name Migel from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Migel Mean?
Migel is chiefly a variant spelling of Miguel, the Spanish and Portuguese form of the name known in English as Michael. It comes from the Hebrew Mikha'el (מִיכָאֵל), formed from mi ("who"), ke ("like" or "as"), and el ("God"). Read literally, the name is a question: "Who is like God?" The question is left unanswered, and tradition treats it as an expression of praise for God's uniqueness rather than a description of the person who bears the name. The meaning is therefore the same as that of Miguel and Michael; the change in spelling does not change the etymology.
Migel Name History & Origins
The Hebrew Mikha'el was rendered in Greek as Mikhaēl (Μιχαήλ) and from Greek into Latin as Michael. The name spread widely in medieval Europe, helped by devotion to the archangel Michael, who is named in the Book of Daniel and in the Book of Revelation. Spanish and Portuguese developed the form Miguel, which became common throughout the Iberian Peninsula and, later, Latin America.
Migel is best understood as one of the written forms that Miguel has taken rather than as a separate name with its own origin. In Spanish, the u in Miguel is silent and exists only to keep the g hard; writers who drop it, or who spell the name by ear in an English-speaking setting, produce Migel. The spelling is uncommon, and its individual documented history is thin, so it is not possible to trace a single line of descent for it in the way that the history of Miguel can be traced. Its meaning and background remain those of the older name from which it derives.
How Popular is the Name Migel?
Migel has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 1993. Its best rank was #1,433 in 1982.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #13,256 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2021 | #10,419 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2015 | #13,392 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2014 | #11,668 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2013 | #11,695 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2012 | #6,894 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 2011 | #7,897 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2010 | #4,630 | 21 | 0.0011% |
| 2009 | #4,868 | 20 | 0.0010% |
| 2008 | #3,324 | 34 | 0.0017% |
| 2007 | #3,288 | 34 | 0.0016% |
| 2006 | #2,913 | 39 | 0.0019% |
| 2005 | #2,996 | 35 | 0.0018% |
| 2004 | #3,195 | 31 | 0.0016% |
| 2003 | #3,248 | 29 | 0.0015% |
| 2002 | #2,585 | 38 | 0.0020% |
| 2001 | #2,410 | 41 | 0.0021% |
| 2000 | #2,117 | 48 | 0.0024% |
| 1999 | #2,157 | 44 | 0.0023% |
| 1998 | #2,539 | 34 | 0.0018% |
| 1997 | #1,949 | 47 | 0.0025% |
| 1996 | #2,320 | 35 | 0.0018% |
| 1995 | #2,081 | 40 | 0.0021% |
| 1994 | #1,765 | 50 | 0.0026% |
| 1993 | #1,691 | 52 | 0.0027% |
| 1992 | #1,690 | 51 | 0.0026% |
| 1991 | #1,640 | 51 | 0.0025% |
| 1990 | #1,772 | 45 | 0.0022% |
| 1989 | #1,980 | 37 | 0.0018% |
| 1988 | #1,869 | 36 | 0.0019% |
| 1987 | #1,780 | 37 | 0.0020% |
| 1986 | #2,202 | 26 | 0.0014% |
| 1985 | #1,826 | 33 | 0.0018% |
| 1984 | #2,342 | 22 | 0.0012% |
| 1983 | #1,526 | 40 | 0.0022% |
| 1982 | #1,433 | 45 | 0.0025% |
| 1981 | #1,537 | 40 | 0.0022% |
| 1980 | #1,941 | 29 | 0.0016% |
| 1979 | #2,029 | 26 | 0.0015% |
| 1978 | #2,343 | 20 | 0.0012% |
| 1977 | #2,183 | 22 | 0.0013% |
| 1976 | #1,859 | 27 | 0.0017% |
| 1975 | #2,043 | 23 | 0.0015% |
| 1974 | #2,178 | 20 | 0.0013% |
| 1973 | #2,573 | 15 | 0.0010% |
| 1972 | #1,953 | 22 | 0.0014% |
| 1971 | #2,249 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 1970 | #2,828 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 1969 | #3,818 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1968 | #2,270 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 1967 | #2,567 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1966 | #2,301 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1964 | #3,897 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1962 | #2,620 | 11 | 0.0005% |
| 1960 | #4,416 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1959 | #2,765 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1958 | #2,753 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1957 | #2,346 | 13 | 0.0006% |
| 1956 | #4,296 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1955 | #3,128 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1954 | #3,101 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1953 | #2,656 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1952 | #2,815 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1951 | #2,604 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1949 | #2,939 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1948 | #2,728 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1947 | #3,626 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1946 | #3,850 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1945 | #3,625 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1943 | #2,887 | 8 | 0.0006% |
| 1942 | #3,902 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1941 | #2,810 | 8 | 0.0007% |
| 1938 | #3,410 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1936 | #3,065 | 7 | 0.0007% |
| 1934 | #4,034 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1932 | #3,640 | 6 | 0.0006% |
| 1931 | #2,590 | 10 | 0.0010% |
| 1930 | #3,195 | 8 | 0.0007% |
| 1929 | #2,282 | 13 | 0.0012% |
| 1928 | #3,595 | 7 | 0.0006% |
| 1927 | #2,842 | 10 | 0.0009% |
| 1925 | #4,672 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1923 | #3,703 | 7 | 0.0006% |
| 1922 | #4,746 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1920 | #4,743 | 5 | 0.0005% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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How the Name Migel Shapes Your Personality and Life?
You have psychic power. You can carry on for others with joy. You have a receptive nature and may bear burdens for others. You are pragmatic, thorough, strong-willed, practical and stubborn at times. You are hard working, often martyr to duty. You like home and security above all. You are intuitive and might be interested in the arts, drama or science.
You are always looking for a chance to do your own thing, to be your own person, and to have things done your own way.
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