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Meaning, origin and pronunciation, with published usage by place and year.
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“Who is what God is?” in the biblical Mishael name tradition.
The exact English entry identifies Misael as a Hebrew-linked Mishael variant. Brown–Driver–Briggs gives the Hebrew Mishael name this rhetorical-question gloss. It is not silently replaced by the looser Who is like God interpretation in the host’s separate topical commentary. This is name-history context, not an assumption about a modern bearer’s religion.
Hebrew-linked Mishael variant
The entry explicitly records a Mishael variant with given-name use, including biblical usage. No universal literal meaning is inferred from the untranslated form.
Not yet published for this spelling.
Counts apply only to the exact spelling, place, year and recorded usage shown. Places are separate; these figures are never added into a worldwide total. Missing or suppressed records never mean zero.
| Place | Year | Recorded usage | Published births | Rank | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 2018 | Boys | 8 | 1983 | 2025 figures are preliminary. Quebec counts below five are randomly imputed by the publisher before national aggregation. Accents are removed in the source; this profile was matched only where the catalog spelling was unambiguous. Unpublished values are unknown, not zero. Rank basis: source published. |
| France | 2022 | Boys | 5 (rounded to 5) | 6590 | Counts are rounded to the nearest multiple of five. Ranks use unrounded publisher counts with randomly ordered ties; equally rounded counts can have different ranks. National coverage excludes Mayotte before 2012. Missing years are unavailable, not zero. Automated direction labels are withheld for this rounded-count series. Rank basis: source published. |
| United States | 1997 | Girls | 5 | 13724 | Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: calculated from published counts. |
| United States | 2025 | Boys | 359 | 733 | Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: calculated from published counts. |
Canada, Ireland and France coverage includes confidently matched existing profiles only; unmatched spellings are awaiting review. French counts are rounded to five.
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The exact English entry identifies Misael as a Hebrew-linked Mishael variant. Brown–Driver–Briggs gives the Hebrew Mishael name this rhetorical-question gloss. It is not silently replaced by the looser Who is like God interpretation in the host’s separate topical commentary. This is name-history context, not an assumption about a modern bearer’s religion.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
CC BY-SA 4.0
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The entry explicitly records a Mishael variant with given-name use, including biblical usage. No universal literal meaning is inferred from the untranslated form.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
CC BY-SA 4.0
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Original factual summary of the credited historical lexicon, retained separately from the hosting site’s modern topical commentary. No open license is asserted for the host website.
Original factual summary; Brown–Driver–Briggs credited. No open license asserted for the host website.
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Relationship documented in the reviewed English given-name section. The tradition may depend on the longer name; exact spelling-specific counts remain separate.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
CC BY-SA 4.0
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Attribution: U.S. Social Security Administration
Credit: Statistics Canada, Table 17-10-0147-01, 1991–2025, released 23 September 2026.
License: Statistics Canada Open Licence
Adaptation: Adapted from Statistics Canada, First names at birth by sex at birth, selected indicators, Table 17-10-0147-01, reference years 1991–2025. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
Credit: Source : Insee, Fichier des prénoms, updated 16 July 2026.
License: Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab)
Adaptation: Adapted by Rare Baby Names: column names and sex codes mapped and unique case-only spellings matched to existing profiles. Published rounded counts and ranks retained.
