Boy name origins & meanings Hebrew : Who is like GodAmerican, English, Hebrew : He who is like God Boy name variations Michael Michail Mikhail Mikas Mikel Michel Miguel Michelangelo Micah Michiel Micha Mischa Mitch Michau Mikkel Michele Mihon Mikhos Mihal Mick Mickey Micky Mike Mikey Mickie Midge Mihály Mikó Mitchel Mitchelle Mitchill Mitshell Mytchil Family name origins & meanings Scottish, English, and Irish : from the Middle English, Old French personal name Michel, vernacular form of Michael.Scottish, English, and Irish : nickname for a big man, from Middle English michel, mechel, muchel ‘big’.Scottish, English, and Irish : surname adopted as equivalent of Mulvihill.