Michaela

What Michaela means

Feminine form of Michael, meaning “who is like God?”

feminine form of Michael || From Middle English Michael, from Old French Michel, Old English Michahel, from their source Latin Michaēl, Michāhēl, from Ancient Greek Μῐχᾱήλ (Mĭkhāḗl), from Biblical Hebrew מִיכָאֵל (mîḵāʾēl, literally “who is like God?”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Michaela” (revision 93420523) and “Michael” (revision 94541667), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Michaela?

US: Falling: down from #496 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #620 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 1997, when 3,398 girls got the name (#100 that year). First in the US records in 1921.

How common

• About 1 in 4,976 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 5,169 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 5,964 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in NJ (0.51 per 1,000 girls), AR (0.47 per 1,000 girls), NY (0.45 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Michaela is #841 in the US and #747 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Michaela were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

Wiktionary only lists the US pronunciation so far.

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Michaella34 US · 4 E&W
• Michella6 US · 3 E&W
• Michela8 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

Nicknames

• Mickey
• Micky
• Mickie
• Micki
• Miki
• Mikey
• Mike

Listed on Wiktionary under “pet forms”.

If you like Michaela

Girls

• Hannah#56“grace, gracious, graced with child”^*
• Jordan#584Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #262 in 2015, #584 in 2025
• Hanna#511“grace, gracious, graced with child”^*
• Rebekah#884“enchantingly beautiful, captivating, snare”^*
• Rachel#250“ewe”^*
• Sarah#90“masters, princes”^*

For a brother

• Jacob#43“May He Heel”^*
• Zachary#216“Yahweh has remembered”^*
• Jared#396Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #396 vs #1,705 in 2025
• Jordan#131Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #59 in 2015, #131 in 2025
• Ruben#480Editor’s note Down from #374 in 2015 to #480 in 2025 in the US
• Samuel#18“God has set or God has placed”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Hebrew, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Michaela’s. Rank is US 2025.