Michela

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Michela is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Czechia than in any other country, where it is the 37th most common given name. Recorded meaning: a female given name, masculine equivalent Michele, equivalent to English Michaela or Michelle.

rarermore common
  • ITItaly≈1 in 717(inferred from the name graph)
  • CZCzechia1 in 68as Michaela
  • SKSlovakia≈1 in 557as Michaela

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Michela itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Czechia (measured from records)

157,646 named Michaela

6 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
214 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 717 (inferred from the name graph)

Italy, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

MichelaLatin(measured from records)
מיכאלהHebrew(measured from records)
МихаелаCyrillic(measured from records)
ΜιχαελαGreek(measured from records)
มีเชThai(measured from records)
ՄիքայելաArmenian(measured from records)

6 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Michaela in CZ Czechia, SK Slovakia and Mihaela in MD Moldova.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

a female given name, masculine equivalent Michele, equivalent to English Michaela or Michelle

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 18 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Michela counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Michela is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CZ Czechia#37157,646as Michaela1 in 68158KMichaela153
IT Italy#129≈87,000 est.≈1 in 717219Michela214
US United States—48,489as Michaela1 in 6.9K48KMichela203
AT Austria—≈26,000 est.≈1 in 3408.3K—3
BR Brazil—19,882as Micaela1 in 11K20K—2
MD Moldova#35715,457as Mihaela1 in 21815KMihaela19
SK Slovakia#76≈9,800 est.≈1 in 557—Michaela137
UY Uruguay—8,720as Micaela1 in 3888.7K—1

157,646 people counted by MVČR — living population register 2017. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: MVČR — living population register 2017; ISTAT — Contanomi newborn per-name series (1999–2024, JSONP backend); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); e-services.md — living population register; INE Uruguay — Nombres más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public); Statistik Austria — STATatlas Vornamen WFS (per-name time series 1984–2024). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Michela is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English given name14 spellings in the group

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

    Languages: English, German, Danish

    Also written Miche'La, Michéla, Michelâ, Mìchela

  • Portuguese given name7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Brazil, Italy, United States, Peru

    Languages: Portuguese, Spanish

    Also written Mìchela, Michéla, Mìchélà, Míchela

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Michéla, Michel-A

  • Croatian given name10 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Italy, Croatia, United States, Bulgaria

    Languages: Croatian, Bulgarian, Slovenian

    Also written Микела, Mikela

  • Russian given name10 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Russia, Italy, Peru, United States

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian

    Also written Микела, Mikela, Мичела

46 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(measured from records)

Michela is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Italian, forma feminina de Michele

    as a nameDicionário dos sobrenomes italianos

  • Chi è come Dio?

    as a nameIl grande libro dei nomi per bebè. Significato, origini, curiosità. Oltre 7000 nomi per bambine e bambini Significato,…

  • In Occitan, a female given name, masculine equivalent Micheu, equivalent to English Michaela or Michelle

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

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.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

120014001600180020002200Michelle of Valois, b. 1395Michela Miti, b. 1963Michela Figini, b. 1966Michela Vittoria Brambilla, b. 1967Michela Cescon, b. 1971Michela Murgia, b. 1972Michela Quattrociocche, b. 1988Michela Moioli, b. 1995Michela Pace, b. 2001Michela Luci, b. 2006

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(measured from records)

Attested in 65 sources across 33 countries.

Official registers attesting Michela
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
BR BrazilIBGE — Nomes (census name API)—2.7K#4,897
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex20202.7K#6,084
BR BrazilIBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror)20222.5K—
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—2.5K#4,405
IT ItalyISTAT — Contanomi newborn per-name series (1999–2024, JSONP backend)2024219#122
UY UruguayINE Uruguay — Nombres más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public)—62—
UY UruguayINE Uruguay — Nombres más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public)—59—
MD Moldovae-services.md — living population register—42#1,451
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex202033#6,084
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)201027—
CZ CzechiaMVČR — living population register 2017—20#3,233
AT AustriaStatistik Austria — STATatlas Vornamen WFS (per-name time series 1984–2024)202310#1,838

Reference works 3

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Michela mean, and where does it come from?
a female given name, masculine equivalent Michele, equivalent to English Michaela or Michelle Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
Is Michela a male or female name?
Michela 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 are other forms of the name Michela?
In the etymology graph, Michelle, Michele and Micaela are forms of the same name in other languages; Lina is a recorded short or pet form.
In which country does Michela have the most bearers?
In Czechia, the national register counted about 158 thousand people named Michaela, more than in any other country we hold.
How common is the name Michela?
In Czechia, the national register counted 157,646 people named Michaela, about 1 in 68 residents.
How common is Michela compared with other names?
In Czechia, Michela is the 37th most common given name of 16,679 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Michela” — the 37th most common given name in Czechia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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