Mykhaylo
A Slavic name carried mainly by Ukrainians in Poland, built on the old question "who is like God?". Only about 2,000 men here hold it, and almost none are given now, so meeting one is a small event.
Mykhaylo Pronunciation
Mykhaylo is pronounced mihk-khah-IH-lo (/mɨkxaˈɨlɔ/).
What Mykhaylo means
Where Mykhaylo comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Mykhaylo is the Ukrainian form of a name whose meaning is a question: who is like God. The old tradition reads the phrase as a challenge with no answer, since no one stands equal to God. This Slavic shape belongs to Ukraine, where the archangel Michael has long been the guardian of Kyiv. His image sits on the city's coat of arms.
Say the meaning again, who is like God, and you hear the war cry attributed to that archangel. Mykhaylo holds the same charge in a softer, homegrown sound. St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery has stood under his name in Kyiv for centuries, rebuilt after its Soviet demolition. The name and the city keep company.
On a Polish class register, Mykhaylo would sit among the Michałs, the eastern spelling marking where it came from. The Polish reading of the meaning, któż jak bóg, says the same in another Slavic tongue. That is what the name asks: who is like God?
How many people are named Mykhaylo
1 in 10282 men in Poland is named Mykhaylo. 2,076 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #695 among male names.
Mykhaylo's popularity over time
0 boys were given the name in 2025. It has been stable for a decade.
Where Mykhaylo is most popular
Mykhaylo is most popular in Masovian, 510% above the national average (3 boys born 2019–2025).
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Masovian3 boys born+510%
Mykhaylo as a middle name
Mykhaylo is a first name for 2,076 men in Poland and a middle name for another 6, a 100/0 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 4362nd, between Mujtaba (6) and Myron (6).
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4360
6Moussa
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4361
6Mujtaba
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43626Mykhaylo
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4363
6Myron
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4364
6Mădălin