Michaela
Michaela is a female given name. It is a female form of the Hebrew name Michael, 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. It is very prevalent in the Czech Republic, ranking at number 9 in January 2002, and number 16 in January 2006.
Variant forms
There are numerous variant spellings. Equivalents in other languages include:- Makayla
- Meical
- Micaela
- Michaëla
- Michalina
- Michka
- Mikayla
- Michaela
- Michajlina
- Michala
- Micheáilín
- Michela
- Michèle
- Michelina
- Michelle
- Micheline
- Miguela
- Miguelina
- Mihaela
- Mihaéla
- Mihaila
- Mihajla
- Mikaela
- Mikila
- Mikela
- Miķela
- Mikhaela
- Mikhaila
- Михаела
- Михаела
- Mikhaylina
- Mikkeline
- Mykhaila
- Mykhaylyna
- ميكيلا
- מיכאלה
- Μιχαέλα
- Միքայելա
Notable people with this name
- Mikaela, Spanish singer and actress
- Michaela Abrhámová, Slovak volleyball player
- Mikaela Badinková, Slovak actress
- Mikaela Banas, New Zealand actress best known for the TV series McLeod's Daughters
- Mikaela Bastidas Puyucahua, martyr for Peruvian Independence
- Michaela Belen, Filipina volleyball player
- Michaela Bercu, Romanian-Israeli model
- Michaela Blyde, New Zealand rugby sevens player
- Michaela Coel, British actress, screenwriter, director, producer and singer
- Michaela Conlin, American actress in Bones and Yellowstone
- Michaela Denis, British-born film-maker
- Michaela DePrince, Sierra Leonean-American ballet dancer
- Michaela Dietz, South Korean-American actress
- Michaela Dorfmeister, Austrian skier
- Micaela Martinez DuCasse, American artist, author, and educator
- Michaela Eichwald, German painter
- Michaela Garecht, American girl who has been missing since 1988
- Mikala Münter Gundersen, Danish dressage rider
- Michalina Isaakowa, Polish amateur entomologist
- Micaela Jary, German writer
- Mikaela Jenkins, American Paralympic swimmer
- Michaela Kalogerakou, Greek water polo player
- Michaela Kargbo, track and field athlete in Sierra Leone
- Micaela Kelly, American basketball player
- Michaela Kirchgasser, Austrian skier
- Michaëlla Krajicek, Dutch tennis player, sister of Richard Krajicek
- Mikaela Loach, British climate activist
- Michaela McAreavey, Ulster Rose of Tralee 2004 and daughter of Mickey Harte
- Michaela McManus, American actress in Law & Order, SVU
- McKayla Maroney, American gymnast
- Michaela McAlonie, Scottish footballer
- Michaela Michalopoulou, Greek handball player
- Michaela Morkan, Irish camogie player
- Mikaella Moshe, Israeli Olympic archer
- Michaela Odone, jointly discovered a treatment for adrenoleukodystrophy
- Michaela Paštiková, Czech tennis player
- Michaela Pereira, CNN news anchor
- Michaela Polleres, Olympic medalists in judo
- Mikayla Raines, American animal rescuer, wildlife rehabilitator and YouTuber
- Micaela Schäfer, German model
- Michaela Schaffrath, German television actress
- Mikaela Shiffrin , American skier
- MyKayla Skinner, American gymnast
- Michaela Strachan, British television presenter
- Mikaela Straus, American singer and songwriter known by her stage name King Princess
- Michaela Tabb, Scottish pool and snooker referee
- Makayla Timpson, American basketball player
- Michaela Watkins, American actress
- Mikaylah Williams, American basketball player
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. In Bulgaria the name day for Михаела is 8 November.Other uses
Organizations
- Michaela Community School, a school in London
Fictional characters
- Michaela Quinn, a medical doctor and the title character 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)
- Micaëla, a character in the opera Carmen by Georges Bizet
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 English song by Scouting for Girls
- "Micaela", a 1967 Boogaloo song by Pete Rodriguez
- ”Michaela”, a 2022 song by GRL BUNNY
TV
- Mikaela, 2004 Israeli television series