Michaelsen
Appearance
Pronunciation | MĪ-kul-sen |
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Origin | |
Word/name | Michael |
Meaning | "son of 'Who is like God'" |
Region of origin | Hebrew |
Other names | |
Variant form(s) | Michaelson, Michelson, Mickelson, Michelsen, Mikkelsen |
Michaelsen is a Danish patronymic surname meaning "son of Michael". There are related English, German, Norwegian, Swedish and other Scandinavian spellings of this name. People with the name Michaelsen include:
People
- Gottfried Michaelsen, aka Gödeke Michels (d. 1402), German pirate
- Helena Iren Michaelsen, Norwegian singer
- Helle Michaelsen (b. 1968), Danish model, actress
- Jacob Michaelsen, Denmark, Olympic bronze heavyweight
- Jan Michaelsen (b. 1970), Danish football player
- Kari Michaelsen (b. 1961, née Kari Markusen), American actress
- Kirsten Michaelsen (b. 1943), Danish swimmer
- Lars Michaelsen (b. 1969), former Danish road bicycle racer
- Melissa Michaelsen (b. 1968), American actress
- Michael Michaelsen (1899–1970), Danish Olympics boxer
- Peter Michaelsen, inventor of Cannon shogi
- Peter Michaelsen (b. 1971), American actor, director, and producer also known as Peter Billingsley
- Wilhelm Michaelsen (1860–1937), German zoologist