Michaels Family History
Michaels Name Meaning
English German and Jewish: variant of Michael with patronymic genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. In North America the surname Michaels has absorbed patronymics and many other derivatives of this name in other languages e.g. Polish Michalski (see also examples at Michael ) and also some other similar sounding names e.g. Polish Mikołajczyk (see Mikolajczyk ). Compare Michals Mikels Mikles and Mikols .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022