Michaela
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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".
Pronunciation/mɪˈkeɪlə/
GenderFemale
Word/nameHebrew
MeaningFeminine form of Michael, meaning "who is like God"
| 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 | |
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
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]
