Mihailo (Serbian Cyrillic: Михаило)[pronunciation?] is a South Slavic masculine given name. It is a variant of the Hebrew name Michael, and its cognates include Mihajlo and Mijailo. Common as a given name among Serbs, it is an uncommon surname.
Pronunciation | \mi-hail\o |
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Gender | Male |
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Word/name | Hebrew: מִיכָאֵל / מיכאל (mee-KHA-el) |
Meaning | "Who is like God" |
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Notable people with the name include:
- Mihailo Vojislavljević (fl. 1050–d. 1081)), King of Duklja
- Mihailo Ovčarević (fl. 1550–79), Habsburg Serb commander
- Mihailo Đurić (1925–2011), Serbian philosopher, retired professor, and academic
- Mihailo Janković (d. 1976), Serbian architect
- Mihailo Jovanović (b. 1975), Serbian footballer
- Mihailo Lalić (1914–1992), Montenegrin and Serbian novelist
- Mihailo Marković (1927-2010), Serbian philosopher
- Mihailo Merćep (1864–1937), Serb flight pioneer
- Mihailo Obrenović (1823–1868), Prince of Serbia
- Mihailo Petrović Alas (1868–1943), Serbian mathematician and inventor
- Mihailo Petrović (Chetnik) (1871-1941), Serbian archpriest and freedom fighter
- Mihailo Vukdragović (1900–1967), Serbian composer and conductor
- Miraš Dedeić or Metropolitan Mihailo (b. 1938), head of the uncanonical Montenegrin Orthodox Church
- Mihailo Tolotos (1855/1856-1938), Greek monk who lived 82 years not seeing a woman