Mykaylah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- mih-KAY-lah
- Origin
- Hebrew
Mykaylah 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 Mykaylah mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Mykayla, itself a variant of Michaela
“who is like God?”
A spelling of Mikayla, the feminine of Michael.
Meaning borrowed from Mykayla.
Is Mykaylah a girl's or a boy's name?
Mykaylah is a girls' name.
How popular is Mykaylah in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2008, with 15 girls. It first appears in the records in 1997.
Half of all the girls named Mykaylah in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
Mykaylah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 15 | #8,105 |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,915 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,013 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 12 | #7,710 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
Nicknames for Mykaylah
- Kayla 133 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Mykaylah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hadassah, Nusaybah, Naziyah, Taliyah, Zaniyah, Zaliyah, Zamira, Kaziah, Emunah, Azylah, Atarah, Aziyah
Names related to Mykaylah
Makaylah, Makyla, Mykayla, Mikaylah, Makylah, Mykaela, Mykala, Mikalah
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, “Mykaylah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mykaylah, updated 20 October 2026.