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 [ 3 syll. mic-hae-la, mi-cha-ela ] The girl name Michaela is pronounced MayKEHLah KEY. Michaela has its origins in the Hebrew language. It is used largely in Dutch, English, and German. The meaning of Michaela is 'Who is like God?'. Biblical name derived from miy which means 'who' ; el which means 'God, powerful'. The generic name has been used in the Old Testament of the Bible. Michaela is the feminine version of the Czech, English, German, and Yiddish Michael. The name Michaela is used to a great extent; it has 40 forms that are used in both English and foreign languages. English forms of the name include Chelle, Makayla, Mckayla, Mia (used in Scandinavian as well), Michaele, Michaila, Michal, Michayla, Michel, Michele, Michella, Michelle (used in French and German as well), Mykala, Mykela, Shell, and Shelley. Other English forms include the pet forms Kayla, Michaelina, Mickey, Micki, Mickie, Micky, Mike, and Mikki, and the spelling variants Michaella, Mikyla, and Mychaela. Forms of Michaela used in foreign languages include the Italian and Spanish Micaela, the Italian Michaelle, the Polish Michalina, the Italian Michela, the French Micheline, the French Michèle, the Spanish Miguela, the Romanian Mihaela, the Scandinavian Mikaela, the Hawaiian Mikala, the Russian Mikayla, and the Russian Mikhaila. The short form Mikka (Finnish) is another foreign variant. Michaela is rather popular as a baby girl name. The name increased in popularity from the 1970s up to the 1990s. At the modest peak of its usage in 1997, 0.178% of baby girls were named Michaela. It was #100 in rank then. The baby name has slipped in popularity since then. In 2008, it ranked at #357 with a usage of 0.044%. Out of the family of girl names directly related to Michaela, the Scandinavian and English Mia was the most popular. It was 11 times more commonly used than Michaela in 2008. Baby names that sound like Michaela include the English Michaella, the English and French Magali, the English and French Magalie, the English, French, and Spanish Magaly, the Spanish Magola, the English Makayla, the English Mckayla, the Italian and Spanish Micaela, the English Michaila, the Italian Michela, the English Michella, the Spanish Miguela, the Scandinavian Mikaela, the Hawaiian Mikala, the Russian Mikayla, the Russian Mikhaila, the English Mikyla, the English Mozella, the English Mychaela, and the English Mykala. KEY: Pronunciation for Michaela: M as in "me (M.IY)" ; AY as in "hide (HH.AY.D)" ; K as in "key (K.IY)" ; EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"   |
