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Boy's nameOrigin: internationalIn Israel: hardly given today

MitchellIn Hebrew: מיטשל · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

Mitchell (Hebrew: מיטשל) is a boy's name of international origin. 116 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Its peak year was 1954, with 7 babies.

People in Israel
116
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
—
not in the list
Peak year
1954
7 babies
USA, 2025
245
rank #952

Writing and saying Mitchell

In Hebrew letters the name is מיטשל, read right to left. Mitchell is the Latin spelling recorded in Wikidata; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

Mitchell by year: Israel and abroad

How many boys out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Mitchell: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Mitchell in English-speaking countries

Mitchell in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States2025245#9521994 (5,370)
United Kingdom202525#1,2201998 (835)
England and Wales202517#1,5381998 (794)
Scotland20258#4002000 (58)
Alberta20252#1,5711994 (136)

Counts for boys. The Hebrew page for Mitchell has every year and the other spellings.

Related Israeli names

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Mitchell

How do you write Mitchell in Hebrew?

Mitchell is written מיטשל in Hebrew. Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Mitchell?

116 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name מיטשל: 0 women and 116 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Mitchell a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a boy's name: 100.0% of the people named מיטשל are men.

Is Mitchell used outside Israel?

The name Mitchell appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 245 boys were given it in 2025 (#952), per the Social Security Administration. In the UK 25 in 2025 (ONS, NRS and NISRA combined).

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.