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 [ 2 syll. mi-cah, mic-ah ] The boy name Micah is sometimes used as a girl name. Its pronunciation is MAYKah KEY. Micah is used chiefly in the English, German, Welsh, and Hebrew languages, and its origin is Hebrew. The name's meaning is Who is like Yahweh?. Biblical name derived from the elements 'miy' meaning who ; 'yahweh' name of God. Micaiah (Hebrew) is an original form of Micah. 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.
In addition, Micah is a variant of the name Michael (Czech, English, German, and Yiddish) in the Hebrew language. Mike (English pet form) is a variant of Micah. See also the related form, Jahwe (German). Micah is a popular baby name for boys, and it is also viewed as trendy. The name's popularity has been growing since the 1950s; before that, it was of very light use only. Its usage peaked modestly in 2008 with 0.160% of baby boys being given the name Micah. It ranked at #123 then. Among all boy names in its group, Micah was the 2nd most popular after Michael (Czech, English, German, and Yiddish) in 2008. It was used 6 times more than Micah in that year. In the past century Micah has mostly been a boy name. In 2007, the name Micah was given to 8 times as many boys than girls. Baby names that sound like Micah include Mica (Hebrew), Machas (Polish), Maciek (Polish), Mackey (English, Irish, and Scottish), Mackie (English), Maco (Hungarian), Mahesh (Indian), Mahkah (Siouan), Maka, Makis (Greek), Makszi (Hungarian), Manchu, Manco, Mango (Spanish), Mansa, Manus (Irish), Manzo, Masaichi (Japanese), Masao (Japanese), and Maska. 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)"   |
