Meaning: Who is like God? (a rhetorical declaration of God's greatness)
Origin: Hebrew — from Mikha'el (מִיכָאֵל)
Gender: Boy
Rank in Australia: #1
Total births: 71,007
History: Michael dominated Australian naming from the 1960s through the 1980s — it was the #1 boys' name in NSW for over two decades. Michael Clarke captained Australia's cricket team to Ashes glory. Michael Hutchence fronted INXS, one of Australia's greatest rock exports. The name defined an era of confident, outward-looking Australian masculinity.
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