First names in Hebrew

First name Miguel: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

מיכאל

Gematria value: 101

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Miguel is written מיכאל

RecommendedמיכאלThe original spellingMiguel is the Spanish and Portuguese form of Michael, מיכאל in Hebrew.Value: 101

מיגלAs it sounds in EnglishThe Hebrew letters that transcribe the sound of your name: for a book that reads this sound rather than the origin of the name.Value: 83

For the book, we recommend the original spelling, the one the name comes from; the phonetic spelling remains possible for those attached to the sound of their name.

Meaning and origin

What does Miguel mean?

Meaning: "Who is like God?"
Origin: Hebrew

Miguel is the Spanish and Portuguese form of Michael, carried by Miguel de Cervantes, the author of Don Quixote. Michael is a Hebrew name that is not a statement but a question: “Who is like God?”

Gematria

Miguel = 101

In Hebrew, every letter is also a number. Added together, the letters of the name give its value: this is gematria. מיכאל has 5 letters:

מthe letter Mem40
יthe letter Yod10
כthe letter Kaf20
אthe letter Aleph1
לthe letter Lamed30
Total101

Written מיגל (as it sounds in English), Miguel is worth 83.

The verse of the name

From the letter Mem to the letter Lamed

An ancient custom gives each person a verse: the one that begins with the first letter of their name and ends with the last. For Miguel, from מ to ל:

מַה־טֹּבוּ אֹהָלֶיךָ יַעֲקֹב מִשְׁכְּנֹתֶיךָ יִשְׂרָאֵל׃

“How good are your tents, Jacob, your dwellings, Israel!”

Numbers 24:5

The book of your first name

Miguel, in nine pages

Miguel, in Hebrew
Letter by letter
The number of your name
The verse of your name
The portrait of Miguel
Miguel, day to day
What tradition says about names
The sources

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Frequently asked

Miguel in three answers

How do you write Miguel in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Miguel is written מיכאל. Miguel is the Spanish and Portuguese form of Michael, מיכאל in Hebrew. As it sounds in English, it is written מיגל.

What is the gematria value of Miguel?
Written מיכאל, Miguel is worth 101: the letter Mem (40) + the letter Yod (10) + the letter Kaf (20) + the letter Aleph (1) + the letter Lamed (30). Written מיגל (as it sounds in English), it is worth 83.

What does Miguel mean?
Who is like God? (origin: Hebrew). Miguel is the Spanish and Portuguese form of Michael, carried by Miguel de Cervantes, the author of Don Quixote. Michael is a Hebrew name that is not a statement but a question: “Who is like God?”

A name describes a leaning, never a destiny: “Israel is above the mazal” (Shabbat 156a).