Maikel Explained

Maikel (pronounced as //ˈmaɪkəl//) is a masculine given name. It is a form of Michael in the Caribbean, Netherlands, Spain, and Suriname, probably as a phonetic approximation of the English name. In the Netherlands, its first use was not until the mid 1950s and its popularity peaked in 1990.^[1] People with this name include:

• Maikel Aerts (born 1976), Dutch goalkeeper
• Maikel Benner (born 1980), Dutch baseball player
• Maikel Chang (born 1991), Cuban footballer
• Maikel Cleto (born 1989), Dominican baseball pitcher
• Maikel Folch (born 1980), Cuban baseball pitcher
• Maikel Franco (born 1992), Dominican baseball player
• Maikel Hermann (born 1976), Spanish footballer
• Maikel Kieftenbeld (born 1990), Dutch footballer
• Maikel Mesa (born 1991), Spanish footballer
• Maikel Moreno (born 1965), Venezuelan judge
• Maikel Nabil Sanad (born 1985), Egyptian political activist living in the United States
• Maikel Nieves (born 1989), Spanish footballer
• Maikel Renfurm (born 1976), Suriname-born Dutch footballer
• Maikel Reyes (born 1993), Cuban footballer
• Maikel Scheffers (born 1982), Dutch wheelchair tennis player
• Maikel Verkoelen (born 1992), Dutch footballer
• Maikel van der Vleuten (born 1988), Dutch equestrian
• Maikel van der Werff (born 1989), Dutch footballer

Notes and References

1. https://www.meertens.knaw.nl/nvb/naam/is/maikel Maikel