Given name
Mihaela
Mihaela is a feminine given name. It is used in Romanian and Slovene.
Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Mihaela isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2003. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Mihaela through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 92
- 0 boys · 92 girls
- Most popular year
- 2020
- 10 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −71%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,084 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.
Mihaela’s family of names
Mihaela may belong to the same name family as MIHAELLA. This is a tentative spelling connection.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 10
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Michelleequivalent
- Michaelaequivalent
- Mikaelaequivalent
- Micaelaequivalent
- Micheleequivalent
- Michelaequivalent
- Michalinaequivalent
- Miguelinaequivalent
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People named Mihaela
- Michaëlla KrajicekDutch tennis playerborn 1989
- Mihaela Peneșathletics competitor (1947–2024)
- Mihaela BuzărnescuRomanian female tennis playerborn 1988
- Mihaela MelinteRomanian hammer throwerborn 1975
- Mihaela CambeiRomanian weightlifterborn 2002
- Mihaela Stănulețgymnastborn 1967
- Mihaela LoghinRomanian athletics competitor (born 1952)
- Mihaela PetrilăRomanian rowerborn 1991
- Mihaela CiobanuRomanian-born Spanish handball playerborn 1973
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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