Etymology

Mikhail

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Today it means: A transliteration of the Russian male given name Михаи́л (Mixaíl). Full definition →

Russian Михаи́л ← Hebrew מיכאל
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The story

  1. Hebrew · derived fromמיכאל
  2. Russian · borrowed fromМихаи́л“Michael”
  3. English todayMikhail

From Russian Михаи́л (Mixaíl, “Michael”), from Hebrew מיכאל. Doublet of Michael.

Words from the same roots

Hebrewמיכאל all →

Misha

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.