Mishel
New to Polish registers: unrecorded before the 2020s, now given to a few dozen girls a year and climbing. It follows the sound of the French Michel, over a Hebrew root that asks who is like God.
Mishel Pronunciation
What Mishel means
Where Mishel comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Mishel begins in Hebrew, in a question that expects no answer: who is like God? The same phrase stands behind Michał and Michael, and behind the Polish reading of the meaning, któż jak Bóg. The name never claims that anyone equals God. It asks. The asking is the point.
The spelling Mishel follows sound rather than older tradition. It writes the name the way a Polish ear catches it, close to the French Michel, while the Hebrew root underneath stays fixed.
Picture a class register on the first day of school. The teacher reads Mishel aloud, the child answers, and the list goes on. Five letters hold a question people have been asking for three thousand years. Its meaning has not shifted: who is like God.
How many people are named Mishel
1 in 110509 women in Poland is named Mishel. 221 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #2096 among female names.
Mishel's popularity over time
27 girls were given the name in 2025, ranking #459 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2021.
Where Mishel is most popular
Mishel is most popular in Lower Silesian, 183% above the national average (7 girls born 2019–2025), followed by Lubusz (+156%) and Łódź (+151%). It is least common in Silesian, 44% below average.
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Lower Silesian7 girls born+183%
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Lubusz2 girls born+156%
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Łódź5 girls born+151%
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Greater Poland5 girls born+48%
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Lesser Poland5 girls born+40%
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Kuyavian-Pomeranian2 girls born+16%
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Masovian6 girls born+8%
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Silesian2 girls born−44%
Mishel as a middle name
Mishel is a first name for 221 women in Poland and a middle name for another 8, a 97/3 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 2817th, between Miliana (8) and Miłochna (8).
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#2815 Milda8
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#2816 Miliana8
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#2817 Mishel8
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#2818 Miłochna8
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#2819 Montserrat8