Mikaelah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- mi-KAY-la
- Origin
- Hebrew
Mikaelah is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “who is like God?”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Mikaelah mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Mikaela; Scandinavian feminine of Michael
“who is like God?”
Scandinavian and Finnish feminine of Michael.
Meaning borrowed from Mikaela. More on Wiktionary.
Is Mikaelah a girl's or a boy's name?
Mikaelah is a girls' name.
How popular is Mikaelah in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2005, with 16 girls. It first appears in the records in 1995.
Half of all the girls named Mikaelah in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Mikaelah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,611 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 14 | #8,131 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 13 | #8,610 |
| 2010 | 14 | #8,267 |
| 2009 | 11 | #9,971 |
| 2008 | 10 | #10,802 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,415 |
| 2005 | 16 | #7,133 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,102 |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
| 2000 | 14 | #7,152 |
| 1999 | 11 | #8,216 |
| 1998 | 14 | #6,714 |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 6 | #11,778 |
Names like Mikaelah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hadassah, Selah, Aaliyah, Taliyah, Makayla, Kaliyah, Dalilah, Azariah, Madilyn, Mariah, Zariah, Delilah
Names related to Mikaelah
Mikayla, Michaela, Mikaela, Micaela, Mikaylah, Mikaella, Mickayla, Mikaila
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
Sources
Figures from 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, “Mikaelah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mikaelah, updated 20 October 2026.