Gender: F
Origin: Feminine variation of MICHAEL
Meaning: "who is like God"
Popularity in 2008: #357
This most proper form of the name shot up the charts in the nineties, only to sink just as precipitously, supplanted by upstarts Makayla and McKayla ad infinitum.
International Variations:
Michielle
(Dutch)
Michèle,
Micheline,
Michelle
(French)
Mahail,
Mahaila,
Makis,
Mahalia
(Greek)
Mika,
Mici,
Mihálya
(Hungarian)
Michla,
Micaela,
Micha
(Israeli)
Michele,
Micaela
(Italian)
Michalina,
Michala
(Polish)
Michailya,
Misha,
Mikhailya,
Mishenka
(Russian)
Mikele,
Mikaela
(Scandinavian)
Miguelina,
Miguela,
Miguelita,
Micaela
(Spanish)
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