Given name & surname
Michala
“who is like God?”·“brook”
In Czech use, Michala has a related form in Michaela. In Celtic, Hebrew, English use, Michaela carries the interpretation “who is like God?.” In Czech use, Michala is a feminine form of Michal. One Hebrew interpretation is “brook.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Czech use, Michala has a related form in Michaela. In Celtic, Hebrew, English use, Michaela carries the interpretation “who is like God?.” In Czech use, Michala is a feminine form of Michal. One Hebrew interpretation is “brook.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In Czech use, Michala is a feminine form of Michal. A possible origin is Hebrew, although the derivation remains uncertain.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Czech usage, Michala is a feminine form of Michal.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1970. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. In Czech use, Michala is a feminine form of Michal. The history of Michal gives this family its wider story. In biblical tradition, Michal is the name of a daughter of Saul.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Michala through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,545
- 0 boys · 1,545 girls
- Most popular year
- 1994
- 144 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 2015. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 144 in 1994. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,500 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.
Michala’s family of names
In Czech usage, Michala has a diminutive in Míša. In Czech usage, Michala is a feminine form of Michal. In Czech usage, Michala has a related form in Michaela.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Michala has relatives in 4 languages.
6 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 3
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 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Michala
- Michala PetriDanish recorder playerborn 1958
- Michala BanasNew Zealand actor and singerborn 1978
- Michala MøllerDanish handball playerborn 2000
- Michala HartigováCzech basketball player (born 1983)
- Michala KvapilováCzech volleyball playerborn 1990
- Michala MrůzkováCzech female canoeistborn 1979
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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