Now if I have one thing that slightly annoys me its when people spell my first name wrong! (Not that I use it all that often :lol: ) For some reason on my Drivers Licence my name is down as Michael White.  For some reason the other documentation they have for me they have spelt my name Micheal!! So having my cars registration certificate in front of me for when I taxed my car earlier, I had a chat with Wendy about how people find it difficult to spell my first name.  Then we wondered about the origins of my name, and if it actually had biblical references! Turns out it does :D

MICHAEL

Gender: Masculine

Usage: English, German, Czech, Biblical

Pronounced: MIE-kəl (English), MI-khah-el (German) [key]

From the Hebrew name מִיכָאֵל (Mikha’el) meaning “who is like God?”. This is a rhetorical question, implying no person is like God. Saint Michael was one of the seven archangels in Hebrew tradition and the only one identified as an archangel in the Bible. In the Book of Revelation in the New Testament he is portrayed as the leader of heaven’s armies, and thus is considered the patron saint of soldiers.

The popularity of the saint led to the name being used by nine Byzantine emperors, including Michael VIII Palaeologus who restored the empire in the 13th century. It has been common in Western Europe since the Middle Ages, and in England since the 12th century. It has been borne (in various spellings) by rulers of Russia (spelled Михаил), Romania (Mihai), Poland (Michał), and Portugal (Miguel). Other more modern bearers of this name include the British chemist/physicist Michael Faraday (1791-1867) and basketball player Michael Jordan (1963-).

Taken from Behind the Name in case anyone wants to do a little research into their own first name

Thats enough history lesson for today haha!

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