Given name
Miguela
“who is like God?”
Miguela is a variant of Michaela. In Celtic, Hebrew, English use, Michaela carries the interpretation “who is like God?.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Miguela is a variant of Michaela. In Celtic, Hebrew, English use, Michaela 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 1923. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Miguela through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 19
- 0 boys · 19 girls
- Most popular year
- 1923
- 9 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 1989. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 9 in 1923. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 487 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.
Miguela’s family of names
Miguela has a related form in Michaela. In Spanish usage, Miguela has a conventional equivalent in the Czech form Michaela. In Spanish usage, Miguela has a conventional equivalent in the Italian form Michela.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Miguela has relatives in 4 languages.
3 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 14
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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