Given name
Michalina
“who is like God?”
In Polish use, Michalina is a feminine form of Michael. One Hebrew interpretation is “who is like God?.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Polish use, Michalina is a feminine form of Michael. One Hebrew interpretation is “who is like God?.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In Polish use, Michalina is a feminine form of Michael. An origin associated with Michael is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1911. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Michalina through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 205
- 0 boys · 205 girls
- Most popular year
- 2020
- 12 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #14,353 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −38%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 14,353 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 395 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.
Michalina’s family of names
In Polish usage, Michalina has a diminutive in Michalinka. Michalina is a feminine form of Michael. In Polish usage, Michalina has a conventional equivalent in the French form Michelle.
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Around the world
Michalina has relatives in 10 languages.
14 related names in 10 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.
Across languages 19
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 3
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Michalina
- Michalina WisłockaPolish physician1921–2005
- Michalina OlszańskaPolish actress, singer and writerborn 1992
- Mikhalina LysovaParalympianborn 1992
- Josaphata HordashevskaUkrainian nun (1869-1919)
- Michalina ŁabaczPolish actressborn 1992
- Michalina RudzińskaPolish chess playerborn 2002
- Michalina IsaakowaPolish entomologist (1880-1937)
- Michalina KrzyżanowskaPolish painter (1883-1962)
- Michalina StefanowskaPolish biologist1855–1942
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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