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Michaella

Gender
Girl
Say it
mi-KAY-la
Origin
Hebrew
UK rank, 2025
#4,935 for girls
US rank, 2025
#4,171 for girls

Michaella is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “who is like God?”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 4,171st for girls in the US (34 babies).

What does Michaella mean?

Hebrew: spelling of Michaela; feminine of Michael

“who is like God?”

Feminine of Michael, the archangel.

Meaning borrowed from Michaela. More on Wiktionary.

Is Michaella a girl's or a boy's name?

Michaella is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 34 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Michaella in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#4,935among girls
Babies in 2025
4about 1 in 70,000 girls
Five-year trend
Falling fastdown 64% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Michaella, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 17 girls.

Half of all the girls named Michaella in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2012. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

In 2025, 124 girls in the UK were given Michaella or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #384, up from #4,935 for this spelling alone.

Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 17 in 19962025
Michaella in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20254#4,935
20240–
20230–
20223#5,885
20215#4,148
20204#4,744
20191#7,346
20186#3,702
201712#2,336
20165#4,290
20155#4,294
20145#4,187
201312#2,309
20125#4,390
20117#3,360
20105#4,220
20098#2,909
20086#3,589
200717#1,614
200612#1,987
20057#2,806
200410#2,064
200312#1,730
200217#1,280
20018#2,150
200016#1,290
199913#1,493
199812#1,585
199715#1,333
199617#1,179

How popular is Michaella in the US?

Rank in 2025
#4,171among girls
Babies in 2025
34about 1 in 47,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steadyup 21% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 34 girls in the US were named Michaella, making it the 4,171st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,846th. Its busiest year was 1997, with 141 girls. It first appears in the records in 1941.

2025 had more girls named Michaella than any year since 2016.

Half of all the girls named Michaella in the US since 1880 were born between 1993 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 1,020 girls in the US were given Michaella or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #328, up from #4,171 for this spelling alone.

1941Busiest: 141 in 19972025
Michaella in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202534#4,171
202426#5,018
202322#5,544
202224#5,306
202126#4,960
202020#5,846
201923#5,445
201825#5,148
201729#4,693
201639#3,849
201528#4,852
201435#4,176
201334#4,241
201231#4,599
201134#4,243
201044#3,571
200930#4,804
200845#3,583
200745#3,600
200636#4,072
200536#3,938
200463#2,616
200358#2,704
200260#2,579
200168#2,327
200089#1,896
199981#1,937
1998118#1,441
1997141#1,259
1996111#1,476
1995138#1,232
1994123#1,354
199384#1,749
199250#2,508
199142#2,784
199036#3,073
198946#2,473
198817#4,835
198731#3,028
198619#4,184
198521#3,851
198425#3,328
198314#4,883
198215#4,714
198118#4,161
198013#5,244
197913#5,091
19789#6,384
19776#8,442
19766#8,154
19756#7,982
19748#6,257
197311#4,869
197213#4,299
19717#6,617
19700–
196910#4,722
19687#5,641
19676#6,041
196612#3,739
19650–
19647#5,473
19630–
19620–
19610–
19605#6,389
19590–
19580–
19570–
19560–
19556#5,207
19545#5,751
195310#3,686
19520–
19515#5,413
19500–
19490–
19485#5,241
19470–
19460–
19450–
19440–
19430–
19420–
19415#4,418

Nicknames for Michaella

Names like Michaella

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Other spellings of Michaella

Names related to Michaella

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Michaella: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/michaella, updated 20 October 2026.