Given name & surname
Micha
“who is like God?”
In German use, Micha is a short form of Michael. One Hebrew interpretation is “who is like God?.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In German use, Micha is a short form of Michael. One Hebrew interpretation is “who is like God?.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In German use, Micha is a short form of Michael. An origin associated with Michael is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In German usage, Micha is a short form of Michael. In German usage, Micha is a short form of Michaela.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1955. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Micha through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,366
- 1,170 boys · 1,196 girls
- Most popular year
- 2001
- 62 babies
- 2025
- 30
- #4,489 for boys · #12,743 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −4%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 23 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 4,489 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 13.6% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 39 in 2011. It also appeared in 7 birth records for girls in 2025. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,819 as a first name in 2020; 214 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.
Micha’s family of names
In German usage, Micha is a short form of Michael. In German usage, Micha shares a linguistic root with the English form Micah. In German usage, Micha has a conventional equivalent in the Swahili form Mika.
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Around the world
Micha has relatives in 52 languages.
36 related names in 52 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 4
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 34
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Micahcognate · English, Scots
- MikaSwahili, Swedish
- MicaRomanian
- MiqueasSpanish, Galician
- Mikhaequivalent
- MicheaSicilian, Corsican
- MikeaMaltese, Albanian
- MihaLatvian
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- MiikaFinnish
- MicheaszPolish
- Miquéaswar
- MikeásHungarian
- MicheášCzech, Slovak
- MikasTagalog
- MihejSlovene
- МихейRussian, Bulgarian
- MiqueiasPortuguese, mwl
- MichaeasLatin
- MiqueesCatalan
- ミカ書Japanese
- MíkaIcelandic
- MíocáIrish
- Mikaeasio
- ΜιχαίαςGreek
- მიკაGeorgian
- MichéeFrench
- MiĥaoEsperanto
- MiĥaEsperanto
- Mic'haBreton
- MikeasBasque
- ՄիքիաArmenian
- MiqueyasAragonese
- ΜῐχαίᾱςAncient Greek
- MigaAfrikaans
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Micha
- Micha HancockAmerican volleyball playerborn 1992
- Micha Josef BerdyczewskiUkrainian Jewish writer (1865–1921)
- Micha MarahBelgian actor, singerborn 1953
- Micha Bar-AmIsraeli photographer and photojournalist (born 1930)
- Micha LindenstraussIsraeli judge (1937-2019)
- Micha PerlesIsraeli mathematicianborn 1936
- Micha ShagrirIsraeli film producer (1937–2015)
- Micha GoldmanIsraeli politicianborn 1948
- Micha BrumlikGerman academic1947–2025
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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