Like God?
Makael is a modern phonetic variant of the Hebrew name Michael. It carries the rhetorical question 'Who is like God?', implying that no one is equal to the divine. While rare, it follows the trend of using unique spellings for classic biblical names.
Less common today
Makael isn't in the latest US Top 1000. It last peaked at #8,554 in 2011.
US births per 5-year period, 1990–present (SSA data).
