Michaela

Michaela
Pronunciation	/mɪˈkeɪlə/
Gender	Female
Origin
Word/name	Hebrew
Meaning	Feminine form of Michael, meaning "who is like God"
Region of origin	Israel and portions of Eastern Europe
Other names
Short forms	Kay, Kayla, Kiki, Mickey, Kaela, Khaeli, Miki, Mic, Mika
Related names	Michael; Michelle;

Michaela (Hebrew מיכאלה) is a female given name. It is a female form of the Hebrew name Michael (מִיכָאֵל), which means "Who is like God".

Michaela Modjeska Paetsch with her mouth on the violin pegs, 1962

As of 2008, it was 357th in rank for newborn girls in the United States,^[1] and 325th in England and Wales.^[2] It is very prevalent in the Czech Republic, ranking at number 9 in January 2002, and number 16 in January 2006.^[3]

Variant forms

There are numerous variant spellings. Equivalents in other languages include:

Makayla (English)
Meical (Welsh)
Micaela (Italian, Portuguese, Spanish)
Michaëla (Dutch)
Michalina (Polish)
Michka (Persian)
Mikayla (English)
Michaela (Indonesian, English)
Michajlina (Belarusian)
Michala (Estonian)
Micheáilín (Irish)
Michela (Italian)
Michèle (French)
Michelina (Italian)
Michelle (English, French)
Micheline (French)
Miguela (Portuguese, Spanish)
Miguelina (Spanish)
Mihaela (Croatian, Romanian)
Mihaéla (Hungarian)
Mihaila (Bulgarian)
Mihajla (Serbian)
Mikaela (Finnish, Swedish)
Mikila (Jewish, Serbian, Finnish, Norwegian)
Mikela (Basque)
Miķela (Latvian)
Mikhaela (Bulgarian, Ukrainian)
Mikhaila (English, Russian)
Михаела (Bulgarian, Russian)^[4]
Михаела (Bulgarian)
Mikhaylina (Russian)
Mikkeline (Danish)
Mykhaila (Ukrainian)
Mykhaylyna (Ukrainian)
ميكيلا (Arabic)
מיכאלה (Hebrew)
Μιχαέλα (Greek)
Միքայելա (Armenian)

Notable people with this name

Mikaela (1935–1991), Spanish singer and actress
Michaela Abrhámová (born 1993), Slovak volleyball player
Mikaela Badinková (born 1979), Slovak actress
Mikaela Banas (born 1978), New Zealand actress best known for the TV series McLeod's Daughters
Mikaela Bastidas Puyucahua (1747–1781), martyr for Peruvian Independence
Michaela Belen (born 2002), Filipina volleyball player
Michaela Bercu (born 1967), Romanian-Israeli model
Michaela Blyde (born 1995), New Zealand rugby sevens player
Michaela Coel (born 1987), British actress, screenwriter, director, producer and singer
Michaela Conlin (born 1978), American actress in Bones and Yellowstone
Michaela Denis (1914–2003), British-born film-maker
Michaela DePrince (1995–2024), Sierra Leonean-American ballet dancer
Michaela Dietz (born 1982), South Korean-American actress
Michaela Dorfmeister (born 1973), Austrian skier
Micaela Martinez DuCasse (1913–1989), American artist, author, and educator
Michaela Eichwald (born 1967), German painter
Michaela Garecht (born 1979), American girl who has been missing since 1988
Mikala Münter Gundersen (born 1968), Danish dressage rider
Michalina Isaakowa (1880–1937), Polish amateur entomologist
Micaela Jary (born 1956), German writer
Mikaela Jenkins (2003), American Paralympic swimmer
Michaela Kalogerakou (born 1998), Greek water polo player
Michaela Kargbo (born 1991), track and field athlete in Sierra Leone
Micaela Kelly (born 1998), American basketball player
Michaela Kirchgasser (born 1985), Austrian skier
Michaëlla Krajicek (born 1989), Dutch tennis player, sister of Richard Krajicek
Mikaela Loach, British climate activist
Michaela McAreavey (1983–2011), Ulster Rose of Tralee 2004 and daughter of Mickey Harte
Michaela McManus (born 1983), American actress in Law & Order, SVU
McKayla Maroney (born 1995), American gymnast
Michaela McAlonie (born 2001), Scottish footballer
Michaela Michalopoulou (born 1980), Greek handball player
Michaela Morkan, Irish camogie player
Mikaella Moshe (born 2003), Israeli Olympic archer
Michaela Odone (1939–2000), jointly discovered a treatment for adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD)
Michaela Paštiková (born 1980), Czech tennis player
Michaela Pereira (born 1970), CNN news anchor
Michaela Polleres (born 1997), Olympic medalists in judo
Mikayla Raines (1995–2025), American animal rescuer, wildlife rehabilitator and YouTuber
Micaela Schäfer (born 1983), German model
Michaela Schaffrath (born 1970), German television actress
Mikaela Shiffrin (born 1995), American skier
MyKayla Skinner (born 1996), American gymnast
Michaela Strachan (born 1966), British television presenter
Mikaela Straus (born 1998), American singer and songwriter known by her stage name King Princess
Michaela Tabb (born 1967), Scottish pool and snooker referee
Makayla Timpson (born 2002), American basketball player
Michaela Watkins (born 1971), American actress
Mikaylah Williams (born 2005), American basketball player

Name days

In Germany, Slovakia and Poland, the name day for Michaela is 24 August and 29 September, in Czech Republic, the name day for Michaela is 19 October and in Hungary for Mihaéla is June 19 and August 24. In Bulgaria the name day for Михаела is 8 November.

Other uses

Organizations

Michaela Community School, a school in London

Fictional characters

Michaela Quinn, a medical doctor and the title character on Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
Michaela Pratt, a law student on How to Get Away with Murder
Michaela Stone, a police detective on Manifest (TV series)
Micaëla, a character in the opera Carmen by Georges Bizet

Songs

"Michaela", 1972 German song by Serbian singer Bata Illic^[5]
"Michaela", 1999 German song by Element of Crime
"Michaela", 2003 Hebrew song by Ron Shuval and Yoav Itzhak
"Michaela Strachan", 2007 English song by Scouting for Girls
"Micaela", a 1967 Boogaloo song by Pete Rodriguez
”Michaela” , a 2022 song by GRL BUNNY

TV

Mikaela, 2004 Israeli television series (מיכאלה)^[6]

References

↑ Popular Baby Names (Archived 2016-11-05 at the Wayback Machine), Social Security Administration.
↑ 2008 Baby Names Statistics Girls (Archived 2011-09-11 at the Wayback Machine), England and Wales, Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 12 September 2011.
↑ "The Most Popular Names Given to Children" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-11-14. Retrieved April 23, 2021.
↑ "Значение имени Михайлина". ΛΓΩ (in Russian). Retrieved 2021-04-30.
↑ "Bata Illic: Michaela". www.allmusic.com. Archived from the original on 28 August 2018. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
↑ Mikaela (TV Series 2004) at IMDb

Sources

Michaela at "Behind the Name"
Duden: Lexikon der Vornamen. 2004.

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[1] Popular Baby Names (Archived 2016-11-05 at the Wayback Machine), Social Security Administration.

[2] 2008 Baby Names Statistics Girls (Archived 2011-09-11 at the Wayback Machine), England and Wales, Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 12 September 2011.

[3] "The Most Popular Names Given to Children" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-11-14. Retrieved April 23, 2021.

[4] "Значение имени Михайлина". ΛΓΩ (in Russian). Retrieved 2021-04-30.

[5] "Bata Illic: Michaela". www.allmusic.com. Archived from the original on 28 August 2018. Retrieved 27 August 2018.

[6] Mikaela (TV Series 2004) at IMDb

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