Misael is the Spanish form of the Hebrew Mishael and asks the question "who is like God?". In the Book of Daniel, Mishael is one of the three young Hebrews who refuse to worship the golden image and survive the fiery furnace, better known by his Babylonian name Meshach. In the United States the name is used mainly in Hispanic families; it ranked number 687 in 2000, peaked at number 617 in 2006 and stands at number 734 in 2025.