Entry № 6839 · Hebrew origin

Mikaela Mikaela — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ mih-KAY-lah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Hebrew
Meaning
"Who is like God? (Mikaela Shiffrin, most World Cup wins ever)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Modern (Hebrew)

A name that means "who is like god? (mikaela shiffrin, most world cup wins ever)".

Mikaela is a feminine of Michael — from the Hebrew Mikha'el, rhetorical question meaning "Who is like God?" Mikaela Shiffrin (born 1995) — American Alpine ski racer; holds the all-time World Cup record for most race victories in the history of the sport with 99 wins (men's or women's) — surpassing Ingemar Stenmark's 86-win record on March 11, 2023.

Subject of countless 2023-2024 sports retrospectives.

Who is like God?

The name in its native script.

מִיכָאֵל
Transliteration
Mikha'el
Pronunciation
/ mɪˈkeɪ.lə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Mikaela stands.

Mikaela 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.

Mikaelas before her.

Real people
Mikaela Shiffrin
American Alpine ski racer.
born 1995
In fiction
Mikaela
Transformers.
2007

Names connected to Mikaela.

The number behind Mikaela.

7

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Mikaela reduce to 7, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.