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 [ 2 syll. mi-cah, mic-ah ] The girl name Micah is also used as a boy name, and it is more often a boy name. It is pronounced MAYKah KEY. Micah's language of origin is Hebrew and it is predominantly used in English. The meaning of Micah is 'Who is like Yahweh?'. Biblical name derived from miy which means 'who' ; yahweh 'name of God'. The name was borne in the Bible by the 8th century BC minor prophet; he wrote the book bearing his name and prophesized the destruction of Jerusalem. It was first adopted by English Puritans in the 17th century. The name was later popularized by the Arthur Conan Doyle novel Micah Clarke (1889). See Micah for more info. See also the related forms, the English Michael and the German Jahwe. Micah is a somewhat popular baby girl name. The name has been rising in popularity since the 1980s. At the modest peak of its usage in 1999, 0.022% of baby girls were named Micah. It was #587 in rank then. In 2008, it ranked at #892 with a usage of 0.015%, and it was the most widely used out of all girl names in its family. In the last century Micah has primarily been a boy name. In 2007, 8 times more boys than girls were given the name Micah. Baby names that sound like Micah include the English Mica, the English Macey, the name Machi, the English Macie, the English Macy, the name Maeko, the English Maggi, the English Maggie, the English Maggy, the Polish Magia, the English Mahnaz, the Finnish Maija, the Finnish Maijii, the German Maika, the Finnish Maikki, the English Maisey, the Swahili Maisha, the English and Scottish Maisie, the Polish, Scandinavian, Slavic, and German Maja, and the Siouan Maka. KEY: Pronunciation for Micah: M as in "me (M.IY)" ; AY as in "hide (HH.AY.D)" ; K as in "key (K.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"   |
