Michaela
A girls’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning who is like God; feminine form of Michael.
How Michaela has moved
View as table
| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #496 |
| 2016 | #472 |
| 2017 | #517 |
| 2018 | #532 |
| 2019 | #613 |
| 2020 | #647 |
| 2021 | #580 |
| 2022 | #585 |
| 2023 | #637 |
| 2024 | #743 |
| 2025 | #843 |
Michaela by the numbers
In 2025, 49 babies in England and Wales were named Michaela. In the US, 599 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 3,398 babies in 1997, so it is a 1990s name that has since fallen a long way.
At its height, in 1995, about 1 in 620 American girls born that year was called Michaela.
Other names that come from Michael
Like Michaela, each of these traces back to Michael: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Michaelwho is like God?12,612 in the US (2017)
- Miguelwho is like god; form of Michael2,266 in the US (2017)
- Michellewho is like god; feminine form of Michael1,421 in the US (2017)
- Michealwho is like god; alternate spelling of Michael241 in the US (2017)
- Mikewho is like god; a form of Michael218 in the US (2017)
- Mikaelwho is like god; Scandinavian form of Michael67 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mikelwho is like God; a form of Michael138 in the US (2017)
- Mishawho is like God; a form of Michael24 in England and Wales (2025)
Names that come from Michaela
Forms of Michaela in other languages, names built from it, and names that mean a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Makaylawho is like God; a spelling variant of Michaela1,492 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)
- 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)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Michaela. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Micaelawho is like god; feminine form of Michael239 in the US (2017)
- Michaellawho is like God; a form of Michaela29 in the US (2017)
- Michelawho is like God; feminine form of Michael14 in the US (2017)
- Michaylawho is like God; feminine form of Michael13 in the US (2017)
- Mickaelawho is like god; a form of michaela10 in the US (2017)
- Mikhaelawho is like God; a feminine form of Michael8 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean God
Like Michaela, 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 Michaela
Nobody has voted for Michaela yet
Vote for Michaela and put it up against all the other baby names
Vote for Michaela