Mihaela
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- mee-ha-EH-la
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,409 for girls
Mihaela is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “who is like God?”. In 2025 it ranked 3,409th for girls in the UK (7 babies).
What does Mihaela mean?
Hebrew: Romanian and Bulgarian feminine of Michael
“who is like God?”
Romanian, Bulgarian and Slovene feminine of Michael.
Is Mihaela a girl's or a boy's name?
Mihaela is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mihaela in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,409among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 40,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 42% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the UK were named Mihaela, making it the 3,409th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,647th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 19 girls.
Half of all the girls named Mihaela in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,332nd in England and Wales.
Mihaela in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,409 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,758 |
| 2023 | 13 | #2,185 |
| 2022 | 9 | #2,805 |
| 2021 | 11 | #2,478 |
| 2020 | 19 | #1,647 |
| 2019 | 17 | #1,793 |
| 2018 | 9 | #2,825 |
| 2017 | 10 | #2,652 |
| 2016 | 7 | #3,389 |
| 2015 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 2014 | 8 | #3,031 |
| 2013 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,737 |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 7 | #3,201 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
Names like Mihaela
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Amira Ayla Safa Khadija Ayra Eliana Hawa Raya Maya Hafsa Abeeha Liyana
Names related to Mihaela
More Hebrew names
Noah Isabella Elijah James Jack Mia Ava Jude Ezra Benjamin Isaac Jacob Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Mihaela: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mihaela, updated 20 October 2026.