The name Michael comes from the Hebrew language, and it means in translation "Who is like God" or "equal to God." This name is quite bright, quiet, but at the same time in the Russian tradition and get another shade of some degree and heaviness. No wonder the name is a bear has long Mikhailov Potapych. It's a pretty common name, and, of course, you will not find two identical Michaels, but, nevertheless, mark it imposes on any character.One of the most important patrons of Mikhail - St. Archangel Michael, the chief of the heavenly hosts, who recalled on November 21. A January 24 - the day the Rev. Michael of Klopsk, who came from a kind of Grand Prince of Moscow, but retired to a monastery and lived there for forty-four years.