Given name
Michaiah
“who is like yah?”
Michaiah is used as a given name.
Original Hebrewמיכיה
Meaning & origin
What it means
As a biblical name, Michaiah means “who is like yah?.”
From biblical name research
Where it comes from
Michaiah is a biblical name from Hebrew.
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How it developed
From the Hebrew particle mi (מי), “"who?".”
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The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1983. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Michaiah appears in 2 Chronicles 13:2, 1 Kings 22:8, 2 Chronicles 17:7 and 2 other passages.
- 2 Chronicles 13:2
- 1 Kings 22:8
- 2 Chronicles 17:7
- Jeremiah 36:11
- Jeremiah 36:13
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Michaiah through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 541
- 132 boys · 409 girls
- Most popular year
- 2007
- 32 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −73%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 24 in 2007. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 477 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.
Michaiah’s family of names
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
See also 4
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
Similar names
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33% boys · 67% girls
Mishma
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Kushaiah
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Athaiah
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63% boys · 37% girls