Michal

From Hebrew מִיכַל (mikhál, “Michal”).

Michal

2. (biblical) A daughter of Saul and wife of David in the Old Testament.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible,  (King James Version), London: Robert Barker, , →OCLC, 2 Samuel 6:16:

     And as the Arke of the Lord came into the citie of Dauid, Michal Sauls daughter looked through a window, and saw king Dauid leaping and dauncing before the Lord, and she despised him in her heart.

3. (rather rare) A female given name from Hebrew.

• Milcah, chilam, chimla

From Vulgate Latin Michael, from Biblical Hebrew מִיכָאֵל (mîḵāʾēl, literally “who is like God?”).

• IPA^(key):

Michal m anim

1. a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Michael
2. a male surname transferred from the given name

• “Michal”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)

Michal

1. alternative form of Michel

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈmixaɫ/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈmixal/

Michal m pers (diminutive Michalec or Michálek)

1. a male given name

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “Michal”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

From Vulgate Latin Michael, from Biblical Hebrew מִיכָאֵל (mîḵāʾēl, literally “who is like God?”).

• IPA^(key):

Michal m pers (relational adjective michalský, diminutive Mišo or Mišino or Miťo or Michalko or Miško or Miťko)

1. a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Michael

• “Michal”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025