Meaning of the nameMicaías

Micaías is a biblical name of Hebrew origin, linked to the question 'who is like Yahweh?', and the Portuguese doublet of Miqueias.

Meaning

“who is like Yahweh?”

Source: Behind the Name: Micaiah · Wiktionary: Micah

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People (2022): 1,711
Rank in Brazil: #5,705
Median age: 11 years
2010 Census: 856; people

Micaías in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Micaías, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 2000s (529 people).

21 women 1,690 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Micaías is most common

States with the highest share of people named Micaías in the population, in the 2022 Census.

Maranhão 0.003%
Pernambuco 0.002%
Ceará 0.001%
Bahia 0.001%
Minas Gerais 0.001%

All states

State	People	% of population
Pernambuco	178	0.002%
Maranhão	172	0.003%
São Paulo	155	0.000%
Bahia	145	0.001%
Ceará	122	0.001%
Minas Gerais	104	0.001%
Amazonas	97	0.003%
Pará	94	0.001%
Paraíba	68	0.002%
Goiás	57	0.001%
Alagoas	57	0.002%
Rio de Janeiro	54	0.000%
Rio Grande do Norte	53	0.002%
Piauí	46	0.001%
Espírito Santo	37	0.001%
Mato Grosso	35	0.001%
Rio Grande do Sul	31	0.000%
Rondônia	30	0.002%
Mato Grosso do Sul	27	0.001%
Acre	25	0.003%
Tocantins	24	0.002%
Santa Catarina	23	0.000%
Paraná	20	0.000%
Sergipe	20	0.001%
Distrito Federal	17	0.001%
Roraima	15	0.002%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Micaías

According to Wiktionary, Micaías comes from Hebrew מִיכָיָה, passing through Greek Μιχαίας and Latin Michaeas, and Wiktionary identifies it as a doublet of Miqueias. Behind the Name gives the Hebrew form Micaiah the sense 'who is like Yahweh?', and Wiktionary gives the same gloss for the long form of which Micah is a short form. In Wiktionary, Micaías is the name of a biblical prophet. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,711 people named Micaías, with a median age of 11. Most of those recorded were born from 2000 onward. Proportionally, it is most common in Maranhão.

Sources

Wiktionary: Micaías · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Behind the Name: Micaiah · behindthename.com · meaning
Wiktionary: Micah · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Wiktionary: Miqueias · en.wiktionary.org · origin

Questions about the name Micaías

What does the name Micaías mean?

Micaías means “who is like Yahweh?”, according to Behind the Name and Wiktionary.

How many people are named Micaías in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,711 people with the first name Micaías, which ranks it number 5,705 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2000s.

Is Micaías a boy's or a girl's name?

Micaías is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 21 women and 1,690 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Micaías?

Micaías is a name of Hebrew origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Micaías most common?

Proportionally, in Maranhão: 0.003% of the state's population is named Micaías (172 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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