Given name
Mikhaila
“who is like God?”
Mikhaila is a variant of Michaela. In Celtic, Hebrew, English use, Michaela carries the interpretation “who is like God?.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Mikhaila 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 1984. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Mikhaila through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 522
- 0 boys · 522 girls
- Most popular year
- 1996
- 35 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −2%
- Steady
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 8 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 35 in 1996. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 493 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.
Mikhaila’s family of names
In English usage, Mikhaila has a related form in Makayla. Mikhaila has a related form in Michaela. In English usage, Mikhaila has a conventional equivalent in the Russian form Михаила.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
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 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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