| Pronunciation | /mɪˈkeɪlə/ |
|---|---|
| Gender | Female |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Hebrew |
| Meaning | Feminine form of Michael, meaning "who is like God?" |
| Region of origin | Israel and portions of Eastern Europe |
| Other names | |
| Short form(s) | Kay, Kayla, Kiki, Mickey, Kaela, Khaeli, Miki, Mic, Mika |
| Related names | |
Michaela Modjeska Paetsch with her mouth on the Violin pegs, 1962
Michaela (Hebrew מיכאלה) is a female given name. It is a female form of the Hebrew name Michael (מִיכָאֵל), which means "Who is like God".
As of 2008, it was 357th in rank for newborn girls in the United States,[1] and 325th in England and Wales.[2] It is very prevalent in the Czech Republic, ranking at number 9 in January 2002, and number 16 in January 2006. [3]
Variant forms
There are numerous variant spellings. Equivalents in other languages include:
- Makayla (English)
- Meical (Welsh)
- Micaela (Italian, Portuguese, Spanish)
- Michaëla (Dutch)
- Michaiła (Polish)
- Mikayla (English)
- Michajlina (Belarusian)
- Michala (Estonian)
- Michalina (Polish)
- Micheáilín (Irish)
- Michela (Italian)
- Michèle (French)
- Michelina (Italian)
- Michelle (English, French)
- Micheline (French)
- Miguela (Portuguese, Spanish)
- Miguelina (Spanish)
- Mihaela (Croatian, Romanian)
- Mihaéla (Hungarian)
- Mihaila (Bulgarian)
- Mihajla (Serbian)
- Mikaela (Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish)
- Mikela (Basque)
- Miķela (Latvian)
- Mikhaela (Bulgarian, Ukrainian)
- Mikhaila (English, Russian)
- Mikhailina (Bulgarian, Russian)[4]
- Mikhaĭlina (Bulgarian)
- Mikhaylina (Russian)
- Mikkeline (Danish)
- Mykhaila (Ukrainian)
- Mykhaylyna (Ukrainian)
- ميكيلا (Arabic)
- מיכאלה (Hebrew)
- Μιχαέλα (Greek)
- Միքայելա (Armenian)
Notable people with this name
- Mikaela (1935–1991), Spanish singer and actress
- Mikaela Badinková (born 1979), Slovak actress
- Mikaela Banas (born 1978), New Zealand actress best known for the TV series McLeod's Daughters
- Mikaela Bastidas Puyucahua (1747–1781), martyr for Peruvian Independence
- Michaela Bercu (born 1967), Romanian-Israeli model
- Michaela Coel (born 1987), British actress, screenwriter, director, producer and singer
- Michaela Conlin (born 1978), American actress in Bones and Yellowstone
- Michaela Denis (1914–2003), British-born film-maker
- Michaela Dietz (born 1982), South Korean-American actress
- Michaela Dorfmeister (born 1973), Austrian skier
- Micaela Martinez DuCasse (1913–1989), American artist, author, and educator
- Michaela Eichwald (born 1967), German painter
- Michaela Garecht (born 1979), American girl who has been missing since 1988
- Mikala Münter Gundersen (born 1968), Danish dressage rider
- Michaela Kalogerakou (born 1998), Greek water polo player
- Michaela Kargbo (born 1991), track and field athlete in Sierra Leone
- Michaela Kirchgasser (born 1985), Austrian skier
- Michaëlla Krajicek (born 1989), Dutch tennis player, sister of Richard Krajicek
- Michaela McAreavey (1983–2011), Ulster Rose of Tralee 2004 and daughter of Mickey Harte
- Michaela McManus (born 1983), American actress in Law & Order, SVU
- McKayla Maroney (born 1995), American gymnast
- Michaela Michalopoulou (born 1980), Greek handball player
- Michaela Odone (1939–2000), jointly discovered a treatment for adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD)
- Michaela Paštiková (born 1980), Czech tennis player
- Michaela Pereira (born 1970), CNN news anchor
- Michaela Schaffrath (born 1970), German television actress
- Micaela Schäfer (born 1983), German model
- Mikaela Shiffrin (born 1995), American skier
- Michaela Strachan (born 1966), British television presenter
- Mikaela Straus (born 1998), American singer and songwriter known by her stage name King Princess
- Michaela Tabb (born 1967), Scottish pool and snooker referee
- MyKayla Skinner (born 1996), American gymnast
- Michaela Watkins (born 1971), American actress
Name days
In Germany, Slovakia and Poland, the name day for Michaela is 24 August and 29 September, in Czech Republic, the name day for Michaela is 19 October and in Hungary for Mihaéla is June 19 and August 24. In Bulgaria the name day for Михаела is 8 November.
Other uses
Organizations
- Michaela Community School, a school in London
Fictional characters
- Michaela Quinn, a medical doctor and the title character on Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
- Michaela Pratt, a law student on How to Get Away with Murder
- Michaela Stone, a police detective on Manifest (TV series)
- Micaëla, a character in the opera Carmen by Georges Bizet
Songs
- "Michaela", 1972 German song by Serbian singer Bata Illic[5]
- "Michaela", 1999 German song by Element of Crime
- "Michaela", 2003 Hebrew song by Ron Shuval and Yoav Itzhak
- "Michaela Strachan", 2007 English song by Scouting for Girls
- "Micaela", a 1967 Boogaloo song by Pete Rodriguez
- ”Michaela” , a 2022 song by GRL BUNNY
TV
- Mikaela, 2004 Israeli television series (מיכאלה)[6]
References
- ↑ Popular Baby Names Archived 2016-11-05 at the Wayback Machine, Social Security Administration.
- ↑ 2008 Baby Names Statistics Girls Archived 2011-09-11 at the Wayback Machine, England and Wales, Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 12 September 2011.
- ↑ "The Most Popular Names Given to Children" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-11-14. Retrieved April 23, 2021.
- ↑ "Значение имени Михайлина". ΛΓΩ (in Russian). Retrieved 2021-04-30.
- ↑ "Bata Illic: Michaela". www.allmusic.com. Archived from the original on 28 August 2018. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
- ↑ Mikaela (TV Series 2004) at IMDb
Sources
- Michaela at "Behind the Name"
- Duden: Lexikon der Vornamen. 2004.
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