Given name
Michella
“who is like God?”
Michella is a variant of Michelle. In French use, Michelle carries the interpretation “who is like God?.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Michella 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 1948. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Michella through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,104
- 0 boys · 1,104 girls
- Most popular year
- 1990
- 42 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #14,354 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 14,354 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 42 in 1990. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 983 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.
Michella’s family of names
Michella has a related form in Michelle. In Danish usage, Michella has a conventional equivalent in the English form Michaela.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
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.
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