Michaela

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Michaela (Hebrew מיכאלה) is a feminine given name. It is a feminine form of the Hebrew name Michael (מִיכָאֵל), which means "Who is like God?"

It was rare in any country until it became fashionable in Germany, Austria and Switzerland in the 1950s to 1970s.^{[citation needed]}

As of 2008, it was 357th in rank for newborn girls in the United States,^[1] and 325th in England and Wales.^[2] The variant spellings Makayla and Mikayla have become more popular than the original in the United States.

In Germany, Slovakia and Poland, the name day for Michaela is 24 August and 29 September and in Czech Republic, the name day for Michaela is October 19.

Variant forms

There are numerous variant spellings. Equivalents in other languages include:

• ميكايلا (Arabic)
• מיכאלה (Hebrew)
• Michelle, Michèle, Micheline (French)
• Michela (Italian)
• Michalina (Polish)
• Михаела (Bulgarian)
• Микаэла (Russian)
• Mikaela (Swedish)
• Mihaela (Croatian)
• Михаела (Serbian)
• Micaela (Spanish)
• Mikal (Eastern Europe)
• Miykhaela (First Nation-Canadian)
• Μιχαέλα (Greek)
• Makayla (American)
• McKala (American)
• Mikayla (American)
• Mykala (American)
• Mekayla (American)
• Michaela (German) (Czech Republic) (American)
• Makela(American)

Notable people with this name

• Michaela Badinková (born 1979), Slovak actress
• Michala Banas (born 1978), New Zealand actress best known for the TV series McLeod's Daughters
• Michaela Bercu (born 1967), Romanian-Israeli model
• Michaela Conlin (born 1978), U.S. actress in Bones
• Michaela Denis (1914–2003), British-born film-maker
• Michaela Dorfmeister (born 1973), Austrian skier
• Michaela Kargbo (born 1991), track and field athlete in Sierra Leone
• Michaëlla Krajicek (born 1989), Dutch female tennis player, sister of Richard Krajicek
• Michaela McManus (born 1983), American actress in Law & Order, SVU
• McKayla Maroney (born 1995), U.S. gymnast
• Mikayla Mendez (born 1980), U.S. pornographic actress
• Michaela Paštiková (born 1980), Czech tennis player
• Michaela Schaffrath (born 1970), German television actress
• Mikaela Shiffrin (born 1995), U.S. skier
• Michaela Strachan (born 1966), British television presenter
• Michaela Watkins (born 1971), U.S. actress
• Michaela McAreavey (1983–2011), Ulster Rose of Tralee 2004 and daughter of Mickey Harte
• Micaela Bastidas Puyucahua (1747–1781), Martyr for Peruvian Independence

Fictional characters

• Mikayla (played by actress Selena Gomez) in the American television show Hannah Montana
• Micaela from Bizet's Carmen
• Michaela Klingler, the main character (played by Sandra Hüller) in the 2006 German film Requiem
• Michaela Quinn, main character in TV show Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
• Michaela White in TV show Waterloo Road
• Mikaela Banes in movie Transformers
• Michaela McQueen from the British soap opera Hollyoaks
• Mikayla in American TV show Pair of Kings

Uses in popular culture

• ″Michaela″, 1999 German song by Element Crime
• "Michaela", 1972 German song by Bata Illic by Serbian singer
• "Michaela", 2003 Hebrew song by Ron Shuval and Yoav Itzhak
• Michaela, 2004 Israeli television series (מיכאלה)
• "Michaela Strachan", 2007 Australian song by Scouting for Girls

References

Sources

• Michaela at "Behind the Name"
• Duden: Lexikon der Vornamen. 2004.

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