Makiyah
A girls’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning who is like god; a respelling of Micaiah.
Makiyah by the numbers
In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Makiyah. In the US, 117 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 224 babies in 2008, making it a 2000s name.
Other names that come from Micaiah
Like Makiyah, each of these traces back to Micaiah: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Makiyah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Makiyah
Names that are said the same way as Makiyah, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean God
Like Makiyah, 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 Makiyah
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