The baby name Mychajlo is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced /mɪˈxɑjlo/ (approx. mih-KHY-loh; 'kh' = voiceless velar fricative as in German Bach or Scottish loch).
Mychajlo is Ukrainian in Origin.
The baby name Mychajlo is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced /mɪˈxɑjlo/ (approx. mih-KHY-loh; 'kh' = voiceless velar fricative as in German Bach or Scottish loch).
Mychajlo is Ukrainian in Origin.
Mychajlo is a Polish-influenced Latin-script rendering of the Ukrainian given name Mykhailo (Михайло), the East Slavic form of Michael. It stems from Hebrew Mikha’el, meaning “Who is like God?”, a rhetorical affirmation of divine incomparability. The spelling reflects cross-border orthographic habits: ch represents the Ukrainian kh sound, while j signals the palatal glide, conventions familiar in Polish-influenced records and Western Ukrainian communities.
The name entered Eastern Slavic use with the Christianization of Kyivan Rus’ and the veneration of the Archangel Michael, patron of Kyiv, helping sustain its prominence through the Cossack era and beyond. It is well attested among Ukrainian cultural figures such as Mykhailo Hrushevsky and Mykhailo Kotsiubynsky. Variants and cognates include Mykhailo (standard), Mykhajlo, Mychailo, Michael (English), Michał (Polish), Michal (Czech/Slovak), Mihai (Romanian), Mihailo (Serbian), and Mikhail (Russian).
Mychajlo is exceptionally rare. There are only 13 recorded uses on record, spread over 3 countries.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CZ | 0 | #186 | 1 | 3,154 | |
| IR | 0 | #231 | 1 | 4,221 | |
| CZ | Boys | 0 | #301 | 5 | 6,530 |
| RU | Boys | 0 | #526 | 1 | 12,621 |
| IR | Boys | 0 | #561 | 5 | 10,162 |
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