Like God?
Makel is a modern phonetic variant of the Hebrew name Michael. It carries the same rhetorical question of 'Who is like God?', implying that no one is equal to the divine. While rare, it follows the trend of creative respellings of classic biblical names.
Less common today
Makel isn't in the latest US Top 1000. It last peaked at #2,294 in 2005.
US births per 5-year period, 1990–present (SSA data).
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