Given name & surname
Micah
“who is like (Yahweh)?”
Micah is used as a given name and a surname. One interpretation is “who is like (Yahweh)?.”
Original Hebrewמיכה
Meaning & origin
What it means
One interpretation is “who is like (Yahweh)?.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hebrew.
How it developed
Micah is used as a feminine counterpart of Michael.
The story
The name appears in biblical tradition, giving it a longstanding religious and cultural context.
In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Micah appears in Judges 17:5, Judges 17:1, Judges 17:4 and 3 other passages.
- Judges 17:5
- Judges 17:1
- Judges 17:4
- Micah 1:1
- 2 Chronicles 18:14
- 2 Chronicles 18:8
From biblical name research
Micah through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 133,606
- 119,571 boys · 14,035 girls
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 4,246 babies
- 2025
- 4,108
- #90 for boys · #909 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +7%
- Steady
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 93% boys.
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 3,817 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 90 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 7.4% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. It also appeared in 291 birth records for girls in 2025. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (441). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 97,933 as a first name in 2020; 141 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Micah’s family of names
Micah is a feminine form of Michael. In English usage, Micah has a related form in Mika. Micah is a form of Michael.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Micah has relatives in 15 languages. Lines run from its Hebrew roots to each of them.
12 related names in 15 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 14
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Mikavariant · English, Hawaiian
- Micaiahvariant
- Mikahvariant
- Mykahvariant
- Mykavariant
- Micavariant · English
- Mycahvariant
- Miccahlikely variant
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Across languages 12
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Michaelmasculine form
- Michacognate · German
- MiikaFinnish
- MicheaItalian
- מיכהequivalent
- MicheaszPolish
- MichaeasLatin
- MichéeFrench
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See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Micah
- Micah RichardsEnglish footballer (born 1988)
- Katt WilliamsAmerican comedian and actor (born 1971)born 1973
- Micah ChristensonAmerican volleyball playerborn 1993
- Micah KogoKenyan long-distance runner (b. 1986)
- Pastor TroyAmerican rapper (born 1977)
- Micah BoydAmerican rowerborn 1982
- Micah SloatAmerican actorborn 1981
- Micah ParsonsAmerican football player (born 1999)
- Micah HamiltonEnglish association football player (born 2003)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Appears in
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