Michaela
Michaela is a feminine given name. It is a feminine form of the Hebrew name Michael, which means "Who is like God".
As of 2008, it was 357th in rank for newborn girls in the United States, and 325th in England and Wales.Variant forms
There are numerous variant spellings. Equivalents in other languages include:
- Micaela, Miguela, Miguelina
- Micaela
- Michalina
- Michela
- Michelle, Michèle, Micheline
- Mihaela
- Mihaéla
- Mikaela
- Mikele
- Miykhaela
- ميكيلا
- מיכאלה
- Михаела
- Микаэла
- Μιχαέλα
- Mikayla
Notable people with this name
- Mikaela, Spanish singer and actress
- Michaela Badinková, Slovak actress
- Michala Banas, New Zealand actress best known for the TV series McLeod's Daughters
- Micaela Bastidas Puyucahua, martyr for Peruvian Independence
- Michaela Bercu, Romanian-Israeli model
- Michaela Conlin, U.S. actress in Bones
- Michaela Denis, British-born film-maker
- Michaela Dorfmeister, Austrian skier
- Michaela Eichwald, German painter
- Mikala Münter Gundersen, Danish dressage rider
- Michaela Kalogerakou, Greek water polo player
- Michaela Kargbo, track and field athlete in Sierra Leone
- Michaela Kirchgasser, Austrian skier
- Michaëlla Krajicek, Dutch tennis player, sister of Richard Krajicek
- Michaela McAreavey, Ulster Rose of Tralee 2004 and daughter of Mickey Harte
- Michaela McManus, American actress in
- McKayla Maroney, U.S. gymnast
- Michaela Metallidou, Greek gymnast
- Michaela Michalopoulou, Greek handball player
- Michaela Odone, jointly discovered a treatment for adrenoleukodystrophy
- Michaela Paštiková, Czech tennis player
- Michaela Pereira, CNN news anchor
- Michaela Schaffrath, German television actress
- Mikaela Shiffrin , U.S. skier
- Michaela Strachan, British television presenter
- Michaela Tabb, British/Scottish pool and snooker referee
- MyKayla Skinner, US gymnast
- Michaela Watkins, U.S. actress
Name days
In Germany, Slovakia and Poland, the name day for Michaela is 24 August and 29 September, in Czech Republic, the name day for Michaela is 19 October and in Hungary for Mihaéla is June 19 and August 24.Other uses
Organizations
- Michaela Community School, a school in London
Fictional characters
- Michaela Quinn, a medical doctor on Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
- Michaela Pratt, a law student on How to Get Away With Murder
- Michaela Stone, a police detective on Manifest
Songs
- "Michaela", 1972 German song by Serbian singer Bata Illic
- "Michaela", 1999 German song by Element of Crime
- "Michaela", 2003 Hebrew song by Ron Shuval and Yoav Itzhak
- "Michaela Strachan", 2007 Australian song by Scouting for Girls
TV
- Michaela, 2004 Israeli television series
