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Micaiah

Micaiah: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“who is like God?”
Origin
Hebrew
Say it
mih-KAY-uh · 3 syllables
Used for
Both (34% girls, 66% boys since 1880)

Micaiah comes from the Hebrew name Mikhayahu, a biblical name borne by a prophet in the Old Testament. It is related to Micah, with a fuller theophoric form.

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How popular is Micaiah?

202440.0 per million US babies
1880192019602000
Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Micaiah in 2024134

2024 rank#1,572 boys

Peak year2016

Total US babies since 18804,466

Micaiah has been fairly stable over the last fifteen years.

Names like Micaiah

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Jordanto flow down · Hebrew
  • Shilohpossibly tranquil, or place name of Shiloh · Hebrew
  • Ariellion of God · Hebrew
  • Arilion · Hebrew
  • Salempeace · Hebrew
  • AzariahYahweh has helped · Hebrew
  • Jamiesupplanter · Hebrew
  • JessieGod beholds · Hebrew

Micaiah questions

What does the name Micaiah mean?

Micaiah means "who is like God?". It comes from Hebrew. Micaiah comes from the Hebrew name Mikhayahu, a biblical name borne by a prophet in the Old Testament. It is related to Micah, with a fuller theophoric form.

Is Micaiah a boy or girl name?

Micaiah is used for both: about 34% of US babies named Micaiah since 1880 were girls.

How popular is Micaiah?

134 US babies were named Micaiah in 2024. Its peak year was 2016.

How do you pronounce Micaiah?

Micaiah is usually pronounced mih-KAY-uh.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.