Entry № 6306 · English origin

Makayla Makayla — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ mah-KAY-lah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
English
Meaning
"Who is like God (American Michaela variant)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "who is like god (american michaela variant)".

Makayla is from the English Makayla.

Who is like God (American Michaela variant) — a English name.

The name in its native script.

Makayla
Transliteration
Makayla
Pronunciation
/ məˈkeɪ.lə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Makayla stands.

Makayla does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Makaylas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Archangel Michael / Daniel 12:1
American respelling of Michaela + Hebrew Who is like God + Archangel Michael + Book of Daniel 12:1 + Revelation 12:7 + Michael defender warrior of God + pan-Abrahamic angelology
Judeo-Christian

Names connected to Makayla.

The number behind Makayla.

1

The Leader

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Makayla reduce to 1, The Leader. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.