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Mykela

Gender
Girl
Say it
mi-KAY-la
Origin
Hebrew

Mykela 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 Mykela mean?

Hebrew: respelling of Michaela, the feminine form of Michael

“who is like God?”

A respelling of Michaela, the feminine form of Michael.

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

Mykela is a girls' name.

How popular is Mykela in the US?

No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1995, with 22 girls. It first appears in the records in 1992.

Half of all the girls named Mykela in the US since 1880 were born between 1995 and 2001, the years shaded on the chart below.

1992Busiest: 22 in 19952013
Mykela in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20136#14,577
20120–
20116#14,816
20100–
20090–
20080–
20070–
20069#11,412
200511#9,447
20040–
20038#11,319
200210#9,476
200112#8,189
200013#7,574
199919#5,418
199821#4,951
199722#4,656
199615#6,059
199522#4,513
199419#5,011
19938#9,552
19927#10,471

Names like Mykela

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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, “Mykela: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mykela, updated 20 October 2026.