Makaila

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

Babies a year
53
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Makaila by the numbers

Makaila was given to 53 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 309 babies in 2007, so it is a 2000s name that has since fallen a long way.

Other names that come from Michaela

Like Makaila, 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)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • Micaylawho is like God; a form of Michaela12 in the US (2017)
  • Mikalawho is like God; variant of Mikayla or Michaela12 in the US (2017)

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Makaila. 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)
  • Makaelawho is like God; a form of Michaela29 in the US (2017)
  • Mikailawho is like god; modern spelling of Michaela16 in the US (2017)
  • Mckailawho is like God; a variant spelling of Michaela6 in the US (2017)
  • Makaiya20 in the US (2017)
  • Makala13 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Makaila

Names that are said the same way as Makaila, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Makaylahwho is like God; a form of Michaela65 in the US (2017)
  • Mackaylawho is like god; a form of michaela30 in the US (2017)
  • Macaylawho is like God; a feminine form of Michael17 in the US (2017)
  • Makyla37 in the US (2017)
  • Makeyla16 in the US (2017)
  • Makylah15 in the US (2017)

Other names that mean God

Like Makaila, 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)

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