Given name
Mahalya
“who is like God?”
Mahalya is a variant of Michaela. In Celtic, Hebrew, English use, Michaela carries the interpretation “who is like God?.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Mahalya 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 2006. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Mahalya through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 6
- 0 boys · 6 girls
- Most popular year
- 2006
- 6 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 6 in 2006. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Mahalya’s family of names
Mahalya has a related form in Michaela.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.