Fun Facts About the Name Micaella
- 365 babies named Micaella: U.S. records list 365 babies given the name Micaella from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Micaella Mean?
Micaella is a feminine form of the name Michael, which comes from the Hebrew Mikha'el (מִיכָאֵל). The Hebrew name is built from three elements: mi ("who"), ka ("like"), and El ("God"), and its literal sense is the question "Who is like God?" The traditional reading treats that question as rhetorical - a statement of God's incomparability - rather than as a claim that the bearer is like God. The feminine ending -a comes from Latin and Romance usage, as seen in the forms Michaela and Micaela. Micaella is a spelling variant that doubles the l, a shape that follows the Italian habit of feminine names in -ella, and it carries the meaning of its parent name.
Micaella Name History & Origins
The Hebrew Mikha'el is the name of the archangel Michael, who appears in the book of Daniel and in later Jewish, Christian, and Islamic tradition. Because the archangel was widely venerated, feminine forms developed across Europe: Michaela in German and Latin use, Micaela in Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese, and Micaëla in French. These European forms are how the feminine name entered English.
Micaella belongs to this family rather than to a separate root. The doubled l matches an Italian spelling pattern in which -ella marks a feminine name, as in Isabella or Gabriella, and it can also be read as an English respelling of Micaela. The name is sometimes associated with Micaëla, the peasant girl in Bizet's opera Carmen (1875), but that French form is an older Romance name; the opera is a well-known literary use, not the name's source.
How Popular is the Name Micaella?
Micaella has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2007. Its best rank was #5,840 in 2007.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #8,693 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2023 | #9,401 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 2021 | #10,072 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2020 | #14,531 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2018 | #13,360 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2017 | #13,641 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2016 | #9,866 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2015 | #7,870 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2014 | #9,356 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2013 | #9,426 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2012 | #8,496 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 2011 | #8,073 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 2010 | #10,246 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2009 | #7,252 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 2008 | #7,992 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 2007 | #5,840 | 24 | 0.0012% |
| 2006 | #6,526 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 2005 | #10,667 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2003 | #9,492 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2002 | #13,162 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2001 | #11,694 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2000 | #12,684 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1999 | #16,032 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1998 | #9,051 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1997 | #13,170 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1996 | #10,213 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1995 | #12,796 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1994 | #6,948 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1993 | #7,874 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1992 | #11,274 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1990 | #10,972 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1988 | #13,137 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1987 | #12,541 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1986 | #10,405 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1985 | #5,916 | 12 | 0.0007% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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How the Name Micaella Shapes Your Personality and Life?
You have psychic power. You can carry on for others with joy. You have a receptive nature and may bear burdens for others. You are pragmatic, thorough, strong-willed, practical and stubborn at times. You are hard working, often martyr to duty. You like home and security above all. You are intuitive and might be interested in the arts, drama or science.
You are always looking for an opportunity to achieve financial and emotional security. You are basically peacemaker. You understand the law of harmony and desire to balance your life with those around you. You may feel incomplete without someone to share your love, ideals, wealth or work. You can be very sensitive and could appear a bit shy and perceptive. You have developed intuition, patience and the ability to nurture others. You can achieve the state of happiness if you are willing to accept your needs in a complimentary relationship and go to create them.
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