Micayla

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

Babies a year
12
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Micayla by the numbers

Micayla was given to 12 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 208 babies in 1997, so it is a 1990s name that has since fallen a long way.

Other names that come from Michaela

Like Micayla, 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)
  • Makailawho is like God; modern spelling of Michaela53 in the US (2017)
  • Markaylawho is like god; a modern spelling of Michaela40 in the US (2017)
  • Makaelawho is like God; a form of Michaela29 in the US (2017)
  • Michaellawho is like God; a form of Michaela29 in the US (2017)
  • Mikiwho is like God; diminutive of Michael or Michaela12 in the US (2017)
  • Michealawho is like God; a form of Michaela9 in the US (2017)

Spelled almost the same

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

  • Mikaylawho is like god; feminine form of michael792 in the US (2017)
  • Micaelawho is like god; feminine form of Michael239 in the US (2017)
  • Macaylawho is like God; a feminine form of Michael17 in the US (2017)
  • Michaylawho is like God; feminine form of Michael13 in the US (2017)
  • Mickaylawho is like God; a feminine form of Michael11 in the US (2017)
  • Makaylawho is like God; a spelling variant of Michaela1,492 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Micayla

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

  • Mykaylawho is like god; a spelling variant of michaela26 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)
  • Mikalawho is like God; variant of Mikayla or Michaela12 in the US (2017)

Other names that mean God

Like Micayla, 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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