Meaning and history
Russian and Belarusian form of Michael, and an alternate transcription of Bulgarian Михаил (see Mihail). It was the name of two Russian tsars. Other notable bearers include the Russian poet Mikhail Lermontov (1814-1841), the Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev (1931-2022), and the Latvian-Russian-American dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov (1948-).