Michaela

Michaela

Pronunciation	/mɪˈkeɪlə/
Gender	Female
Origin
Word/name	Hebrew
Meaning	Feminine form of Michael, meaning "who is like God?"
Region of origin	Israel and portions of Eastern Europe
Other names
Short form(s)	Kay, Kayla, Kiki, Mickey, Kaela, Khaeli, Miki, Mic, Mika
Related names	Michael Michelle

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".

As of 2008, it was 357th in rank for newborn girls in the United States, and 325th in England and Wales.

Variant forms

There are numerous variant spellings. Equivalents in other languages include:

• Micaela, Miguela, Miguelina (Spanish)
• Micaela (Portuguese)
• Michalina (Polish)
• Michela (Italian)
• Michaela, but said with an Italian accent (Italian)
• Michala (Estonian)
• Michelle, Michèle, Micheline (French)
• Mihaela (Romanian, Croatian)
• Mihaéla (Hungarian)
• Mekayla (English)
• Mikaela (Swedish)
• Mikele (Basque)
• Miykhaela (First Nation-Canadian)
• ميكيلا (Arabic)
• מיכאלה (Hebrew)
• Михаела (Bulgarian, Serbian) also Михајла (Serbian)
• Микаэла (Russian)
• Μιχαέλα (Greek)
• Mikayla (English)

Notable people with this name

• Mikaela (1935–1991), Spanish singer and actress
• Michaela Badinková (born 1979), Slovak actress
• Michala Banas (born 1978), New Zealand actress best known for the TV series McLeod's Daughters
• Micaela Bastidas Puyucahua (1747–1781), martyr for Peruvian Independence
• Michaela Bercu (born 1967), Romanian-Israeli model
• Michaela Conlin (born 1978), U.S. actress in Bones
• Michaela Denis (1914–2003), British-born film-maker
• Michaela Dorfmeister (born 1973), Austrian skier
• Michaela Eichwald, German painter
• Mikala Münter Gundersen (born 1968), Danish dressage rider
• Michaela Kalogerakou (born 1998), Greek water polo player
• Michaela Kargbo (born 1991), track and field athlete in Sierra Leone
• Michaela Kirchgasser (born 1985), Austrian skier
• Michaëlla Krajicek (born 1989), Dutch tennis player, sister of Richard Krajicek
• Michaela McAreavey (1983–2011), Ulster Rose of Tralee 2004 and daughter of Mickey Harte
• Michaela McManus (born 1983), American actress in Law & Order, SVU
• McKayla Maroney (born 1995), U.S. gymnast
• Michaela Metallidou (born 1993), Greek gymnast
• Michaela Michalopoulou (born 1980), Greek handball player
• Michaela Odone (1939–2000), jointly discovered a treatment for adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD)
• Michaela Paštiková (born 1980), Czech tennis player
• Michaela Pereira (born 1970), CNN news anchor
• Michaela Schaffrath (born 1970), German television actress
• Mikaela Shiffrin (born 1995), U.S. skier
• Michaela Strachan (born 1966), British television presenter
• Michaela Tabb (born 1967), British/Scottish pool and snooker referee
• MyKayla Skinner (born 1996), US gymnast
• Michaela Watkins (born 1971), U.S. actress

Name days

In Germany, Slovakia and Poland, the name day for Michaela is 24 August and 29 September, in Czech Republic, the name day for Michaela is 19 October and in Hungary for Mihaéla is June 19 and August 24.

Other uses

Organizations

• Michaela Community School, a school in London

Fictional characters

• Michaela Quinn, a medical doctor on Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
• Michaela Pratt, a law student on How to Get Away With Murder
• Michaela Stone, a police detective on Manifest (TV series)

Songs

• "Michaela", 1972 German song by Serbian singer Bata Illic
• "Michaela", 1999 German song by Element of Crime
• "Michaela", 2003 Hebrew song by Ron Shuval and Yoav Itzhak
• "Michaela Strachan", 2007 Australian song by Scouting for Girls
• "Micaela", a 1967 Boogaloo song by Pete Rodriguez

TV

• Michaela, 2004 Israeli television series (מיכאלה)

Sources

• Michaela at "Behind the Name"
• Duden: Lexikon der Vornamen. 2004.