Micah - Meaning of Micah

What does Micah mean?

[ 2 syll. mi-cah, mic-ah ] The baby girl name Micah is also used as a boy name, with the latter form being far more popular. It is pronounced MAY-Kah (English) †. Micah's language of origin is Hebrew and it is predominantly used in English.

Micah is a shortening of the Hebrew Micaiah in the English language.

Micah is also a form of the English Michael.

See also the related categories, english and hebrew.

Micah is an all-time favorite. At present it is still a somewhat popular baby girl name, but not as much as it was before. The name grew in popularity from the 1980s up to the 1990s. At the modest peak of its usage in 1999, 0.022% of baby girls were named Micah. It was #587 in rank then. The baby name has dropped in popularity since then. In 2018, it ranked at #980 with a usage of 0.015%, but it was nevertheless the most widely used out of all girl names in its family. In the last century Micah has primarily been a boy name. In 2017, 13 times more boys than girls were given the name Micah.

Baby names that sound like Micah include Maike, Myca, Myka, Mykah, Maaja, Maasai, Maca, Macee, Macey, Macha, Machey, Machi, Machie, Machy, Maci, Macie, Mackey, Mackie, Macy, and Maecee.

† Pronunciation for Micah: M as in "me (M.IY)" ; AY as in "side (S.AY.D)" ; K as in "key (K.IY)" ; AH as in "mud (M.AH.D)"



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