Miguel
Boy name · 17 babies recorded · 1974–2025
Miguel: 17 babies born in Scotland since 1974, given to boys, peaking at 4 births in 2015.
The name Miguel is the Spanish and Portuguese form of Michael, ultimately from the Hebrew Mikha'el, meaning "who is like God?"—a rhetorical question affirming that no one is like the divine. One of its most famous bearers is Miguel de Cervantes, the early 17th-century Spanish author of *Don Quixote*, widely considered the first modern novel. In the modern era, the American singer-songwriter Miguel (born Miguel Jontel Pimentel) has brought the name renewed currency. The name appears in place names such as San Miguel, the name of cities and islands across the Hispanic world, including a major island in the Azores. As a cognate of Michael, it has been adopted across many cultures; in Scotland, it appears regularly in birth records, reflecting the country's growing multicultural diversity.
Boy 5 of 52 years
- Peak year
- 20154 babies
- Latest (2024)
- #6194 babies
- Total births
- 17since 2015
- 5-year trend
- ≈ stablevs prior 5y