Miguel

Miguel is the Spanish and Portuguese Michael, from the Hebrew Mikha'el, a question rendered as a name, "who is like God?" It belongs to the archangel wielding a sword in countless Renaissance paintings, to Cervantes who gave us Don Quixote, to the poet Unamuno, to the soul singer whose last name is just Miguel. Two syllables, the soft mi and the liquid guel that English speakers sometimes soften further. Currently at rank 189 in the U.S., it stays strong across Hispanic families and has long since crossed over. Miguel feels handsome on paper and easy in the mouth. Classic, warm, unshowy.