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| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Hebrew |
| Meaning | Feminine form of Michael, meaning "who is like God" |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Michael, Michelle, Michel, Mishelle, Michele, Mishele, |
Michaela (Hebrew מיכאלה)is a feminine given name. It is a feminine form of the Hebrew name Michael (מִיכָאֵל), which means "Who is like God?"
It was rare in any country until it became fashionable in Germany and Austria in the 1950s and 1960s,and 1970s.[citation needed] Its use spread to Middle and North Europe, then the United Kingdom and the United States, where its popularity peaked in 1997, the year in which the popular TV series Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman first aired in the U.S. with its lead character Michaela Quinn. As of 2008, it was 357th in rank for newborn girls in the United States.[1] The name's popularity in Britain may have been influenced by the success of wildlife documentary presenter Michaela Finlay, who was seen widely on TV in the UK after the mid 1950s. The name was not among the top 100 newborn girls' names in England and Wales in the period 2003–2007.[2]
Spelling variants include Michaela, Michala, Michela, Mekala, Micaila, Michaella, Michaelia, Michayla, Mikayla, Makayla, Mackayla, Mikaela, Macayla, Mikaila, Makaila, Micaela and Mckayla. Diminutive forms include Kayla, Mickey, Mickie, Mikey, Miky, Mica, and Mika.
Michela is the Italian form of the name, and Mikaela is the Scandinavian and Albanian form, Michaela in the German form, while Micaela is the Spanish and French, and Miguelina is also used in Spain and Portugal. In the Netherlands, the forms Michaëla, Michaela, Michaëlla and Michaella are used. Mihaela or Mikala are the Romanian forms, with Mihaela being the more traditional and Mikala and Makayla the moderns. It can also appear as Mikhaila, Machaila or Mikaylah. The name has several pronunciations, the usual English versions being Mi-KAY-la or mi-KAI-la; others include mee-KAH-AY-lah (German) and mee-KAH-ee-lah (Italian).
Notable people with this name
- Michaela Badinková (born 1979), Slovak actress
- Michala Banas (born 1978), New Zealand actress best known for the TV series McLeod's Daughters
- Michaela Conlin (born 1978), American actress in Bones
- Michaela Denis (1914-2003), British-born film-maker
- Michaela Dorfmeister (born 1973), Austrian skier
- Michaela Kargbo (born 1991), a track and field athlete in Sierra Leone
- Michaëlla Krajicek (born 1989), Dutch female tennis player, sister of Richard Krajicek
- Michaela McManus (born 1983), American actress in Law & Order, SVU
- Michaela Paštiková (born 1980), Czech tennis player
- Michaela Strachan (born 1966), British television presenter
- Michaela Watkins (born 1971), American actress
- Mikayla Mendez (born 1980), American pornographic actress
Fictional characters
- Israeli TV series (2004)
- Mikayla played by actress Selena Gomez in the American television show Hannah Montana
- Micaela from Bizet's Carmen
- Mikaela in Transformers played by Megan Fox
- Michaela in TV show Waterloo Road
- Michaela Quinn, main character in TV show Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
References
- ^ Popular Baby Names, Social Security Administration.
- ^ Top 100 names for baby girls in England and Wales, National Statistics.
- Michaela at "Behind the Name"
- Duden: Lexikon der Vornamen. 2004.
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