Given name
Michelina
“who is like God?”
Michelina is a variant of Michelle. In French use, Michelle carries the interpretation “who is like God?.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Michelina is a variant of Michelle. In French use, Michelle carries the interpretation “who is like God?.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1903. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Michelina through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,191
- 0 boys · 2,191 girls
- Most popular year
- 1922
- 56 babies
- 2025
- 17
- #6,742 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +14%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 17 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 6,742 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 13.7% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 56 in 1922. In 2025, New York had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (5). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,608 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.
Michelina’s family of names
Michelina has a related form in Michelle. In Latin usage, Michelina has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Michalina.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Michelina
- Michelina Di CesareItalian brigand1841–1868
- Michelina of PesaroItalian Franciscan tertiary, mystic, blessed of the Catholic Church (1300–1356)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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