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Meaning of the nameMichela

Michela is a female name of Italian origin, the feminine form of Michael, which in Hebrew means 'who is like God?'.

Meaning

“Italian feminine form of Michael, 'who is like God?'”

Source: Behind the Name: Michela · Behind the Name: Michael

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People (2022)
2,510
Rank in Brazil
#4,405
Median age
43 years
2010 Census
2,745
people

Michela in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Michela, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1970s (1,302 people).

2,502 women 0 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 Michela is most common

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

  1. Santa Catarina 0.002%
  2. São Paulo 0.002%
  3. Rio Grande do Sul 0.001%
  4. Paraná 0.001%
  5. Rio de Janeiro 0.001%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo7230.002%
Santa Catarina1860.002%
Minas Gerais1840.001%
Rio de Janeiro1680.001%
Rio Grande do Sul1430.001%
Paraná1400.001%
Pará960.001%
Bahia950.001%
Amazonas910.002%
Espírito Santo890.002%
Pernambuco810.001%
Goiás630.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul630.002%
Alagoas530.002%
Rondônia400.003%
Mato Grosso370.001%
Ceará350.000%
Acre330.004%
Distrito Federal320.001%
Amapá290.004%
Maranhão260.000%
Paraíba250.001%
Rio Grande do Norte240.001%
Sergipe200.001%

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

About the name Michela

Behind the Name presents Michela as the Italian feminine form of Michael; Wiktionary records it in Italian as a female name, whose masculine is Michele. The base name comes from Hebrew מִיכָאֵל (Miḵaʾel), which Behind the Name explains as the rhetorical question 'who is like God?'. Michael is also the name of the archangel mentioned in the books of Daniel and Revelation. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 2,510 people named Michela, with a median age of 43.

Sources

  1. Behind the Name: Michela · behindthename.com · meaning
  2. Behind the Name: Michael · behindthename.com · meaning
  3. Wiktionary: Michela · en.wiktionary.org · origin

Questions about the name Michela

What does the name Michela mean?

Michela means “Italian feminine form of Michael, 'who is like God?'”, according to Behind the Name.

How many people are named Michela in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,510 people with the first name Michela, which ranks it number 4,405 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1970s.

Is Michela a boy's or a girl's name?

Michela is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 2,502 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Michela?

Michela is a name of Italian and Hebrew origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Michela most common?

Proportionally, in Santa Catarina: 0.002% of the state's population is named Michela (186 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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