Mica
given name · Latin script
Meaning: A name meaning 'Who is like Yahweh?', symbolizing humility and the incomparable nature of God
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/maɪkə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Mica is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.
- PHPhilippines≈1 in 32K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 91K
- RSSerbia≈1 in 6.4K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 317 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 6.4K (inferred from the name graph)
≈13,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Serbia, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
A name meaning 'Who is like Yahweh?', symbolizing humility and the incomparable nature of God.
Sources 1
- Biblical Names Compiled Database
Attested across 19 languages in the etymology graph.
Often considered alongside
Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Mica, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.
From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Mica 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | ≈13,000 est. | ≈1 in 111K | — | Mica | 11 |
| US United States | 3,649 | 1 in 91K | 2.7K | Mica | 317 |
| PH Philippines | ≈3,400 est. | ≈1 in 32K | — | Mica | 74 |
| RS Serbia | ≈1,100 est. | ≈1 in 6.4K | — | Mica | 9 |
| AR Argentina | ≈1,000 est. | ≈1 in 44K | 56 | — | 1 |
| AT Austria | ≈270 est. | ≈1 in 33K | 14 | Mica | 17 |
| HR Croatia | 156 | 1 in 27K | 156 | — | — |
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: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Statistik Austria — STATatlas Vornamen WFS (per-name time series 1984–2024); DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form); RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national). 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Mica is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
A shortened form of Michael or Micaiah, meaning "Who is like Yahweh?" or "Who is like God?".
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
In English, Any of a group of hydrous aluminosilicate minerals characterized by highly perfect cleavage, so that they readily separate into very thin leaves, more or less elastic.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Who is like Yahweh?
as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database
In English, Biblical name
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
In English, Hebrew; a brook, biblical name
as a nameBaby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…
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)
- Mica Zester Heidemannb. 1860USartist, born 1860
- Mica Endsleyb. 1961USformer Chief Scientist of the U.S. Air Force
- Mica Parisb. 1969GBEnglish soul/jazz singer
- Micachub. 1987GBnot in their usual nameEnglish singer, songwriter and composer
- Fontaine Chapmanb. 1990GBnot in their usual namebadminton player
- Mica Argañarazb. 1990ARArgentine fashion model and artist
- Mica McNeillb. 1993GBBritish bobsledder
- Mica Mooreb. 1993GBBritish bobsledder
- Cameron Boyceb. 1999USnot in their usual nameAmerican actor (1999–2019)
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).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 67 sources across 33 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 2.7K | #4,903 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 947 | #4,903 |
| HR Croatia | DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form) | 2021 | 156 | #1,307 |
| HR Croatia | DZS — Učestalost osobnih imena (Popis 2021) | 2021 | 124 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 23 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 20 | — |
| AT Austria | Statistik Austria — STATatlas Vornamen WFS (per-name time series 1984–2024) | 2023 | 14 | #1,753 |
| AT Austria | Statistik Austria — STATatlas Vornamen WFS (per-name time series 1984–2024) | 2018 | 4 | #1,899 |
| AR Argentina | datos.gob.ar — nombres.datos.gob.ar per-name lookup (1922–2015) | 2015 | 3 | — |
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — births 1922–2015 (Kaggle mirror) | 2015 | 3 | — |
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Nombres de nacimientos (2012–present) | 2017 | 2 | #6,029 |
| AT Austria | Statistik Austria — Vornamen der Geborenen (1984–present) | 2023 | 1 | #2,841 |
Reference works 5
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Lietuvių kalbos institutas — Lietuvių pavardžių žodynas (Lithuanian surname dictionary)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
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
- How do you pronounce Mica?
- A machine transcription gives /maɪkə/ (IPA) for English.
- What are other forms of the name Mica?
- In the etymology graph, Michelle, Micaela and Michaela are forms of the same name in other languages.
- Is Mica a male or female name?
- Mica 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 Mica mean, and where does it come from?
- A name meaning 'Who is like Yahweh?', symbolizing humility and the incomparable nature of God. Recorded by Biblical Names Compiled Database.
- In which country does Mica have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 13 thousand people named Mica in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled mica.
- How common is the name Mica?
- In the United States, the national register counted 3,649 people named Mica in 2020, about 1 in 91 thousand residents.
What do you want to know about Mica?
Nobody replies to these one by one, but what readers ask decides what these pages answer next.
Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/micaThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Mica”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.