Mikal
Mikal is classified as a mostly male given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.
Confidence describes the weight of the source data, not a measured accuracy rate.
- Verdict
- Mostly male
- Confidence
- Medium (source weight 8 to 63; not an accuracy rate)
- High source frequency in
- United States, Norway, Denmark
- US records 1880–2017
- 3,120 male / 568 female
- Data
- nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
- Dataset built
- 2026-09-11
How to address Mikal
If you do not know Mikal’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Mikal,” in English, “Guten Tag Mikal,” in German. Include their family name if you know it. The name’s classification describes its usage. Follow the form of address the person uses for themselves.
Ready-made greetings in six languages
English
Dear Mikal,
German
Guten Tag Mikal,
French
Bonjour Mikal,
Spanish
Estimado/a Mikal:
Chinese
Mikal您好：
Japanese
Mikal様
English
Hi Mikal,
German
Hi Mikal,
French
Salut Mikal,
Spanish
Hola Mikal,
Chinese
Mikal你好：
Japanese
Mikalさん
This is a statistical estimate, not a statement about the gender, identity or correct form of address of any particular person.
Country breakdown
| Country | How common | Usually |
|---|---|---|
| United States | uncommon | man's name |
| Norway | rare | man's name |
| Denmark | rare | man's name |
United States birth data
3,120 male · 568 female · 3,688 births recorded
Records from 1980–2017: 85.7% male.
Frequently asked questions
Is Mikal a male or female name?
Mikal is classified as a mostly male given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.
How do I address Mikal in an email?
If you do not know Mikal’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Mikal,” in English, “Guten Tag Mikal,” in German. Include their family name if you know it. The name’s classification describes its usage. Follow the form of address the person uses for themselves.
Is Mikal a unisex name?
Mikal is classified as generally male in the combined dataset. This does not rule out other uses. Our categories describe the sources, rather than a complete survey of everyone with this name.
Related names
Sources
Gender by country: nam_dict, the c't first-names dictionary by Joerg Michael, roughly 44,000 names across 55 countries, licensed GFDL. US frequencies: United States Social Security Administration baby-name data (1880–2017), public domain. Classifications are not measured accuracy rates. Method: how we classify names. Full dataset: data & licences. US source data (babynames). Dataset built 2026-09-11; this is not a new collection date for the source records.
DearWho, "Is Mikal a male or female name?", https://www.dearwho.app/name/mikal. Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.
BibTeX
@misc{dearwho_mikal,
title = {Is Mikal a male or female name?},
author = {{DearWho}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://www.dearwho.app/name/mikal},
note = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}