Mihal Family History

Slovak (mainly Mihál also Miháľ) and Rusyn (from Slovakia; mainly Mihaľ also Miháľ): from a Slovak dialect spelling of the personal name Michal and from a regional variant of Rusyn Mykhal equivalents of Michael. Compare Mehall.

Americanized form of Hungarian Mihály (see Mihaly). Americanized form of Croatian Mihalj: from a variant of the personal name Mihal which is a vernacular form of Mihael (see Michael) or from a Croatized spelling of the Hungarian equivalent Mihály (see Mihaly).

Probably also an Americanized form of Ukrainian Mykhal: from a vernacular form of the personal name Mykhaylo an equivalent of Michael. Probably also an American shortened form of various patronymics and other derivatives from the names above e.g. of Croatian Mihaljević Slovak Mihalovič (see Mihalovic).

Compare Michal.