Michal (first name)
Michal is a variant of the male given name Michael , but also occurs as a female first name .
Origin and Distribution
As a male name, Michal is derived from Michael and has the same meaning in common with him ("Who is like God ?"). Michal tends to perform in the Czech and Slovak regions. Micha ł, on the other hand, is the Polish and Sorbian spelling.
As a female name, Michal goes back to the biblical name of Saul's daughter ( 2 Sam 6:16).
Name bearer
Michal
Male first name
- Michal Altrichter (* 1965), Czech religious scientist and priest
- Michal Dočolomanský (1942–2008), Slovak film and theater actor
- Michal Gavenčiak (* 1979), Czech pool player
- Michal Hanek (* 1980), Slovak football player
- Michal Hvorecký (* 1976), Slovak author and journalist
- Michal Kolomazník (* 1976), Czech football player
- Michal Kopčo (* 1988), Slovak handball player
- Michal Kováč (1930–2016), Slovak politician
- Michal Lobkowicz (* 1964), Czech politician
- Michal Němec (* 1980), Czech ski mountaineer
- Michal Papadopulos (* 1985), Czech football player
- Michal Pešek (1959–2012), Czech actor
- Michal Sadílek (* 1999), Czech football player
- Michal Smola (* 1981), Czech orienteer
- Michal Wituschka (1907–1945), Belarusian Nazi collaborator
Female first name
- Michal Amdursky (* 1975), Israeli dancer
- Michal Grinstein-Weiss , Israeli-US scientist
- Michal Zamir (* 1964), Israeli writer
Michał
- Michał Bajor (* 1957), Polish actor
- Michał Boym (around 1612–1659), Polish scientist, missionary in China
- Michał Bąkiewicz (* 1981), Polish volleyball player
- Michał Czarnecki (film editor) (* 1973), Polish film editor
- Michał Czarnecki (pool player) (* 1988), Polish pool player
- Michał Dziubański (* 1971), Polish table tennis player
- Michał Haratyk (* 1992), Polish athlete
- Michał Hórnik (1833-1894), Sorbian clergyman
- Michał Jach (* 1951), Polish politician
- Michał Janicki (* 1982), Polish football player
- Michał Kalecki (1899–1970), Polish economist
- Michał Klepfisz (1913–1943), Polish resistance fighter
- Michał Krasenkow (* 1963), Polish chess master
- Michał Kwiatkowski (* 1990), Polish cyclist
- Michał Lorenc (* 1955), Polish film composer
- Michał Mak (* 1991), Polish football player
- Michał Piecha (* 1979), Polish biathlete
- Michał Radziejowski (1645–1705), Archbishop of Gniezno
- Michał Rozmys (* 1995), Polish athlete
- Michał Marian Siedlecki (1873–1940), Polish marine biologist
- Michał Spisak (1914–1965), Polish composer
- Michał Turkowski (* 1982), Polish pool player
- Michał Urbaniak (* 1943), Polish jazz musician
- Michał Warczyński (* 1945), Polish theologian
- Michał Wierba (* 1986), Polish jazz musician
- Michał Żebrowski (* 1972), Polish chess player
- Michał Żewłakow (* 1976), Polish football player
- Michał Zieliński (* 1984), Polish football player
- Michał Zieliński (snooker player) (* 1992), Polish snooker player
- Michał Żyro (* 1992), Polish football player