Title: I want to ask that if a boy can be named mikhail or djibril (jibril). Is it true that mikhail is the name of a farishta? pls also give the meaning of the names?

Question: Assalamwalaikum, I want to ask that if a boy can be named mikhail or djibril (jibril). Is it true that mikhail is the name of a farishta? pls also give the meaning of the names?

Answer ID: 8401Posted on: Aug 30, 2020

Bismillah hir-Rahman nir-Rahim !

(Fatwa: 1283/1097=L/1429)

Yes, one can name a child with Mikail or Jibrail.

Yes, it is right that Mikail is an angel who is appointed by Allah to supply maintenance.

We do not know the meaning.