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Micaela
Say it: mee-KAH-eh-lah
Meaning
Feminine of Miguel, from Hebrew Mikha'el 'who is like God?'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Used in colonial Peru and popular again in Argentina in recent decades.
Its wave through time
Most used in the 1990s
In the United States
- 13,885 babies given this name since 1895
- At its height in 1995, about 1 in 3,000 girls
- 228 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Michaela
| Portuguese | Micaela |
|---|---|
| Italian | Michela |
| French | Michèle |
Famous bearers
- Micaela Bastidas, leader in the Túpac Amaru II rebellion
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- Colonial records of the Americas
- National census records of the 19th and 20th centuries
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.