Given name
Mikala
Mikala is a unisex given name from Bible. It is used in Faroese and Hawaiian.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Mikala comes from Bible, and ultimately from Bible.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1967. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Mikala through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 4,018
- 10 boys · 4,008 girls
- Most popular year
- 1995
- 329 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −79%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 324 in 1995. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,821 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.
Mikala’s family of names
In Hawaiian usage, Mikala has a conventional equivalent in the English form Michael. In Hawaiian usage, Mikala has a conventional equivalent in the English form Michaela. In Hawaiian usage, Mikala has a conventional equivalent in the English form Michal.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Mikala has relatives in 3 languages.
4 related names in 3 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.
Spellings & scripts 3
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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