Makaela

A girls’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning who is like God; a form of Michaela.

Babies a year
29
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Makaela by the numbers

Makaela was given to 29 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 145 babies in 1998, so it is a 1990s name that has since fallen a long way.

Other names that come from Michaela

Like Makaela, each of these traces back to Michaela: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.

  • Michaelawho is like God; feminine form of Michael599 in the US (2017)
  • Makaylahwho is like God; a form of Michaela65 in the US (2017)
  • Markaylawho is like god; a modern spelling of Michaela40 in the US (2017)
  • Michaellawho is like God; a form of Michaela29 in the US (2017)
  • Mikaylahwho is like God; variant of Micaiah or Michaela22 in the US (2017)
  • Mikailawho is like god; modern spelling of Michaela16 in the US (2017)
  • Mikhailawho is like God; modern respelling of Michaela14 in the US (2017)
  • Mikellawho is like God; a spelling variant of Michaela13 in the US (2017)

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Makaela. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Makaylawho is like God; a spelling variant of Michaela1,492 in the US (2017)
  • Mikaelawho is like god; feminine form of michael399 in the US (2017)
  • Makailawho is like God; modern spelling of Michaela53 in the US (2017)
  • Mykaelaa feminine form of michael; who is like god13 in the US (2017)
  • Mckaelawho is like God; a feminine form of McKael6 in the US (2017)
  • Makala13 in the US (2017)

Other names that mean God

Like Makaela, each of these has God in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.

  • Isabellapledged to God15,112 in the US (2017)
  • Elizabethmy God is an oath8,924 in the US (2017)
  • Angelmessenger of God6,157 in the US (2017)
  • Auroradawn; Roman goddess of sunrise1,030 in England and Wales (2025)
  • SamanthaGod has heard; feminine form of Samuel4,308 in the US (2017)
  • Micahwho is like God3,924 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Makaela

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