Michaela
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Hebrew |
| Meaning | Feminine form of Michael, meaning "who is like God." |
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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, Austria and Switzerland in the 1950s to 1970s.[citation needed]
As of 2008, it was 357th in rank for newborn girls in the United States,[1] and 325th in England and Wales.[2]
In Germany, Slovakia and Poland, the name day for Michaela is 24 August and 29 September and in Czech Republic, the name day for Michaela is October 19.
Variant forms
There are numerous variant spellings. Equivalents in other languages include:
- Micaela, Miguela (Spanish)
- Micaela (Portuguese)
- Michalina (Polish)
- Michela (Italian)
- Michelle, Michèle, Micheline (French)
- Mihaela (Croatian)
- Mikaela (Swedish)
- Mikayla, Makayla (English)
- Mikele (Basque)
- Miykhaela (First Nation-Canadian)
- ميكيلا (Arabic)
- מיכאלה (Hebrew)
- Михаела (Bulgarian, Serbian)
- Микаэла (Russian)
- Μιχαέλα (Greek)
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
- 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 Kargbo (born 1991), track and field athlete in Sierra Leone
- Michaela Kirchgasser (born 1985), Austrian skier
- Michaëlla Krajicek (born 1989), Dutch female 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 Teresa Murphy Odone (January 10, 1939 – June 10, 2000), discovered a cure for ALD along with her husband, Augusto
- Michaela Paštiková (born 1980), Czech tennis player
- Michaela Schaffrath (born 1970), German television actress
- Mikaela Shiffrin (born 1995), U.S. skier
- Michaela Strachan (born 1966), British television presenter
- Michaela Watkins (born 1971), U.S. actress
Uses in popular culture
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- ″Michaela″, 1999 German song by Element of Crime
- "Michaela", 1972 German song by Serbian singer Bata Illic
- "Michaela", 2003 Hebrew song by Ron Shuval and Yoav Itzhak
- Michaela, 2004 Israeli television series (מיכאלה)
- "Michaela Strachan", 2007 Australian song by Scouting for Girls
References
- ^ Popular Baby Names, Social Security Administration.
- ^ 2008 Baby Names Statistics Girls, England and Wales, Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 12 September 2011.
Sources
- Michaela at "Behind the Name"
- Duden: Lexikon der Vornamen. 2004.
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