Given name · Russian
Михайла
“who is like God?”
Михайла is a masculine given name from Hebrew. It is used in Russian.
RussianWritten in Cyrillic script.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Михайла goes back to Hebrew מיכאל, meaning “who is like God?”
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Where it comes from
Михайла comes from Hebrew, and ultimately from Ancient Greek.
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How it developed
From Hebrew מיכאל, from Old East Slavic, from Old Church Slavonic Михаилъ, from Ancient Greek Μιχαήλ.
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Михайла’s family of names
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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