Majkel
A phonetic Polish spelling of Michael, from the Hebrew "who is like God". A rare name: only about 140 men carry it, and it's given less with each passing year.
Majkel Pronunciation
Majkel is pronounced MAHY-kel (/ˈmajkɛl/).
What Majkel means
Where Majkel comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Majkel is a Polish spelling of Michael, written the way English speakers pronounce it. Behind it stands Michał, and behind Michał the Hebrew Mikha'el, which is a question and not a statement: who is like God? The name was never an answer. It was a challenge flung at anyone who reached above their station.
The Polish gloss keeps that edge. „Któż jak Bóg" is the cry attributed to the archangel Michael as he casts down the proud, which is why Michał became a soldier's saint with his feast on 29 September. Majkel inherits all of that from a distance, arriving late and by way of English film and music rather than scripture.
Look at a class register and you may find a Majkel seated near a Michał and a Michalina, three spellings drawn from one Hebrew root. The newest of them wears a foreign coat over an old question. Say Majkel and you are still asking who is like God.
How many people are named Majkel
1 in 153570 men in Poland is named Majkel. 139 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #2787 among male names.
Majkel's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 boys were given the name in 2025. It has been stable for a decade.
Majkel as a middle name
Majkel is a first name for 139 men in Poland and a middle name for another 45, a 76/24 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 1161st, between Leonidas (45) and Man (45).
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#1159 Lennart45
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#1160 Leonidas45
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#1161 Majkel45
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#1162 Man45
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#1163 Mykola45