Mihal Family History
Mihal Name Meaning
Slovak (mainly Mihál also Miháľ) and Rusyn (from Slovakia; mainly Mihaľ also Miháľ): from a Slovak dialect spelling of the personal name Michal and from a regional variant of Rusyn Mykhal equivalents of Michael . Compare Mehall . Americanized form of Hungarian Mihály (see Mihaly ). Americanized form of Croatian Mihalj: from a variant of the personal name Mihal which is a vernacular form of Mihael (see Michael ) or from a Croatized spelling of the Hungarian equivalent Mihály (see Mihaly ). Probably also an Americanized form of Ukrainian Mykhal: from a vernacular form of the personal name Mykhaylo an equivalent of Michael . Probably also an American shortened form of various patronymics and other derivatives from the names above e.g. of Croatian Mihaljević Slovak Mihalovič (see Mihalovic ). Compare Michal .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022