Mykhailo

Mykhailo is the Ukrainian form of Michael, derived from Hebrew "Mikha'el", meaning "who is like God?"

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Etymology

Mykhailo or Mykhaylo is a Ukrainian masculine given name, equivalent to English Michael. Notable people with the name include:Mykhaylo Berkos (1861–1919), Russian and Ukraine artist of Greek origin
Mykhailo Bolotskykh, Ukrainian statesman and military serviceman, Colonel General
Mykhailo Brodskyy, Ukrainian politician, leader of the Party of Free Democrats and businessman
Mykhaylo Chemberzhi, Ukrainian composer, teacher, scientist and statesman
Mykhaylo Chornyi (1933–2020), Ukrainian Realist, Neo-Primitivist painter and graphic artist
Mykhaylo Denysov, Ukrainian footballer
Mykhailo Drahomanov (1841–1895), Ukrainian political theorist, economist, historian, philosopher, ethnographer and public figure in Kyiv
Mykhailo Dunets, coach of Soviet Union and Ukraine
Mykhaylo Dyachuk-Stavytskyi, Ukrainian footballer
Mykhaylo Fomenko (1948–2024), Ukrainian football manager and former player
Mykhaylo Forkash (1948–2011), Ukrainian and Soviet footballer
Mykhailo Havryliuk, Ukrainian public figure
Mykhailo Horyn (1930–2013), Ukrainian human rights activist and dissident
Mykhailo Hrushevsky (1866–1934), Ukrainian academician, politician, historian, and statesman, important figure of the Ukrainian national revival
Mykhaylo Ishchenko, retired Soviet handball goalkeeper who competed in the 1972, 1976 and 1980 Summer Olympics
Mykhaylo Khmelko (1919–1996), Ukrainian painter, People's Artist of the Ukrainian SSR, and double Stalin prize winner
Mykhailo Khoma, Ukrainian singer
Mykhaylo Koman (1928–2015), Ukrainian footballer and manager
Mykhaylo Kononenko, Ukrainian professional road cyclist who rides for the Kolss BDC Team
Mykhaylo Kopolovets, Ukrainian footballer
Mykhailo Kotsiubynsky (1864–1913), Ukrainian impressionist and modernist author
Mykhailo Koval, Colonel General of Ukraine who until 2014 worked in the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine
Mykhaylo Kozak, Ukrainian footballer
Mykhailo Lebiha, Ukrainian blogger and streamer
Mykhailo Levytsky (1774–1858), Metropolitan Archbishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church from 1816 until his death
Mykhaylo Luchnik, Ukrainian sprint canoeist who competed in the late 1990s and early 2000s
Mykhailo Maksymovych (1804–1873), Ukrainian and Russian professor of botany, historian and writer of a Ukrainian Cossack background
Mykhailo Mudryk, Ukrainian footballer
Mykhaylo Mykhalyna (1924–1998), Czech, Hungarian, Ukrainian and Soviet professional footballer and manager
Mykhaylo Mykhaylov, Ukrainian football coach and former player
Mykhaylo Okhendovsky Ukrainian lawyer and Chairman of the Central Election Commission of Ukraine
Mykhaylo Olefirenko, Ukrainian football manager and former player
Mykhaylo Osadchy (1936–1994), Ukrainian journalist, poet, writer, and dissident
Mykhaylo Plokhotnyuk, Ukrainian footballer
Mykhaylo Pysko, Ukrainian footballer
Mykhaylo Renzhyn, Israeli Alpine skier
Mykhailo Reznik (1950–2025), Ukrainian diplomat
Mykhaylo Ryashko, Ukrainian footballer
Mykhaylo Semenko, Ukrainian poet, the prominent representative of the Ukrainian futuristic poetry of 1920s
Mykhaylo Serhiychuk, Ukrainian footballer
Mykhaylo Sokolovskyi, Ukrainian football manager and former player
Mykhaylo Starostyak, Ukrainian footballer
Mykhailo Starytsky (1840–1904), Ukrainian writer, poet, and playwright
Mykhailo Stelmakh (1912–1983), Ukrainian novelist, poet, and playwright
Mykhaylo Stelmakh (footballer), Ukrainian football manager and former player
Mykhaylo Svystovych, Ukrainian social activist, member of "Vidsich" civil movement, editor of "Maidan" magazine and economist
Mykhailo Verbytsky (1815–1870), Ukrainian Greek Catholic priest and composer
Mykhaylo Yakubovych, Ukrainian Arabist, translator and scholar of Islamic Studies
Mykhaylo Zagirnyak, Ukrainian scientist (electromechanics), Rector of Kremenchuk Mykhailo Ostrohradskyi National

Mykhailo currently ranks #7,524 in the United States as a boy's name. It reached its peak popularity around 2025.

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