Not Always an Angel, "Michael" is America's Favorite Male Name

IN A NUTSHELL
* Michael is pronounced "MY kuhl" or "mee kah el." "Michael" is a form of "Micha." The language of origin is Hebrew. The generic meaning is "who is like (unto) God."
* Michael is a male name given primarily in English, French and German speaking countries and other countries of Europe.
* Michael appears in the Old Testament of The Bible. It also appears in the New Testament. Most noteably, Michael is the name of an archangel closest to God.
* Michael has been a name among European royalty, Byzantine emperors, and one czar of Russia.

IN THE NAME OF
"Michael" is the (1) war-cry of the angels, (2) patron saint of chivalry and of the first chivalric order, (3) patron saint of the warrior, (4) protector of Israel, (5) the teacher of Moses, (6) angelic healer, (7) champion of Jews, champion of Christians, (8) Christian Angel of Death, (9) supreme enemy of Satan, (10) arguably, in collective Christianity and Judaism, Michael is THE Archangel [first, primary, chief...messenger] of God - Islam holds Michael or Mikhail is second to Gabriel and essentially is the angel associated with blessings.

BIBLICAL BACKGROUD AND SIGNIFICANCE
There are fifteen citations of "Michael" in The Bible: once in Numbers (13:13), seven times in 1 Chronicles (5:13, 5:14, 6:40, 7:3, 8:16, 12:20, 27:18), once in 2 Chronicles (21:2), once in Ezra (8:8), three times in Daniel (10:13, 10:21, 12:1), once in Jude (1:9), and once in Revelation (12:7). As archangel, there are other implied references; for example I Thessalonians 4:16. Written in Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek, cited in the Christian Old and New Testaments and the Jewish Tanakh (Torah and Ketuvim), "Michael" has a well-grounded religious background.

The most famous citations are: