Name meaning & stats
Mikel
Mikel means “who is like God?” (Basque origin). 12,405 US babies since 1940, peak 1989.
What it means
“who is like God?”
BasqueForm of Michael
In US birth records
Peak year: 1989
12,405 US babies were named Mikel between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Mikel (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 23% of the family
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1989)