Micaela

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 17 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Micaela is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name110K records spelled Micaela16 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Brazil, Ecuador, Australia

  Languages: English, German, Swedish

  Also written Micaëla, Micaéla, Mîcâêlâ, Mïcäëlä, Micáela

• a separate given name5.5K records spelled Micaela3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Italy, Bolivia

  Also written Micaéla, Micaëla

• Polish given name1.8K records spelled Micaela18 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Poland, Bulgaria, United States, Spain

  Languages: Polish, Bulgarian, Croatian

  Also written Mikaela, Микаела, Mikaëla

52 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Micaela is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• Milrari, Milrarie, Milrary, Miracle, La que es como Dios

  as a name·25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado

• In German, weibl. Vom., spanische Form von

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 122 years between 1895–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Queen Maria Isabel of Spainb. 1797ESnot in their usual nameQueen consort of Spain (1797-1818)
• Maria II of Portugalb. 1819BRnot in their usual nameQueen of Portugal (r. 1826–1828; 1834–1853)
• Princess Francisca of Brazilb. 1824BRnot in their usual namePrincess of Brazil (1824-1898)
• Infanta Maria Ana of Portugalb. 1843PTnot in their usual namePortuguese and Saxon Royal
• Infanta Antónia of Portugalb. 1845PTnot in their usual namePortuguese Royal
• Infanta Maria Theresa of Portugalb. 1855ATnot in their usual nameAustrian and Portuguese royal (1855–1944)
• Infanta Maria José, Duchess in Bavariab. 1857PTnot in their usual namePortuguese and Bavarian Royal (1857–1943)
• Infanta Marie Anne of Portugalb. 1861NLnot in their usual nameGrand Duchess consort and regent of Luxembourg (1861-1942)
• Infanta Maria Antonia of Portugalb. 1862PTnot in their usual nameTitular Duchess of Parma (1862–1959)
• Micaela Ramazzottib. 1979ITItalian actress

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 839 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Micaela?

We estimate roughly 54 thousand people bear Micaela (counting its spellings and scripts) across 10 countries in our records.

In which country does Micaela have the most bearers?

Micaela is most frequently recorded in Argentina, where it is most often spelled micaela.

How common is Micaela compared with other names?

In Argentina, Micaela is the 111th most common given name of 517,176 given names recorded there.

Is Micaela a male or female name?

Micaela is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Micaela mean?

Recorded meaning: Forma femenina de Miguel; hebreo mi-ka-El '¿quién como Dios?'