Given name & surname
Michea
Michea is a masculine given name from Biblical Hebrew. It is used in Italian.
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1985. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Michea through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 30
- 0 boys · 30 girls
- Most popular year
- 1985
- 7 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 5 in 2000. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 169 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.
Michea’s family of names
In Italian usage, Michea has a conventional equivalent in the English form Micah. Michea has a conventional equivalent in the German form Micha. In Italian usage, Michea has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Micheasz.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Michea has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Biblical Hebrew roots to each of them.
4 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 7
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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