Mihai

Mihai (Romanian pronunciation: [miˈhaj]) is a Romanian given name for males or a surname. It is equivalent to the English name Michael. A variant of the name is Mihail. Its female form is Mihaela. Notable people with these names include:

Given name

Mihai Timofti (1948–2023), Moldovan theatre and film director, actor, multi-instrumentalist musician, professor, screenwriter, writer, and composer
Mihai I of Romania (1921–2017), King of Romania until 1947
Mihai Antonescu (1904–1946), Romanian politician
Mihai Balan (born 1954), Moldavian diplomat; father of Dan Balan
Mihai Beniuc (1907–1988), Romanian poet
Mihail G. Boiagi (1780–1828 or 1842/1843), Aromanian grammarian and professor
Mihai Brediceanu (1920–2005), Romanian composer, conductor, and musicologist
Mihail Celarianu (1893–1985), Romanian poet and novelist
Mihai Ciucă (1883–1969), Romanian bacteriologist and parasitologist
Mihai Constantinescu (born 1932), Romanian film director
Mihail Cruceanu (1887–1988), Romanian poet
Mihail Davidoglu (1910–1987), Romanian playwright
Mihail Dimonie (1870–1935), Aromanian botanist and teacher
Mihai Eminescu (1850–1889), Romanian poet
Mihail Etropolski (born 1984), American fencer
Mihail Gherasimencov (born 2005), Moldovan footballer
Mihail Kogălniceanu (1817–1891), Romanian statesman, lawyer, historian, and publicist
Mihail Lascăr (1889–1959), Romanian WWII general
Mihai Leu (born 1969), Romanian boxer
Mihai Magdei (born 1945), Moldovan Minister of Health
Mihail Manoilescu (1891–1950), Romanian journalist, engineer, economist, politician, and memoirist
Mihail Moxa (after 1550–before 1650), Wallachian historiographer
Mihai Nadin (born 1938), Romanian scholar and researcher
Mihai Nechita (born 1949), Romanian painter
Mihai Paul (born 1982), Romanian basketball player
Mihai Pelin (1940–2007), Romanian historian
Mihail Sadoveanu (1880–1961), Romanian novelist
Mihail Sebastian (1907–1945), Romanian playwright
Mihail Șerban (disambiguation), several people
Mihai Silvășan (born 1985), Romanian basketball coach
Mihail Sturdza (1794–1884), Prince of Romania (1834–1849)
Mihai Șubă (1947–2025), Romanian and Spanish chess grandmaster
Mihai Trăistariu (born 1976), Romanian singer
Mihai Răzvan Ungureanu (born 1968), Romanian historian and former Prime Minister
Mihai Viteazul (1558–1601), Michael the Brave, ruler of Transylvania
Mihai the Rat (born 2008), Romanian internet personality

Surname

Angela Mihai, Romanian-British applied mathematician
Constantin Mihail
Florența Mihai
Gheorghe Mihail
Liviu Mihai

Given name

Surname

See also