Given name
Macaela
“who is like God?”
Macaela is a variant of Michaela. In Celtic, Hebrew, English use, Michaela carries the interpretation “who is like God?.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Macaela is a variant of Michaela. In Celtic, Hebrew, English use, Michaela carries the interpretation “who is like God?.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1981. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Macaela through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 325
- 0 boys · 325 girls
- Most popular year
- 2002
- 22 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2014. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 22 in 2002. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 340 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Macaela’s family of names
In English usage, Macaela has a related form in Makayla. Macaela has a related form in Michaela.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.