Meaning of the nameMiqueias

Miqueias is a male name of Hebrew origin, that of the biblical prophet Miqueias (Micah), and it means 'who is like Yahweh?'.

Meaning

“who is like Yahweh?”

Source: Behind the Name: Micaiah

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People (2022): 23,993
Rank in Brazil: #943
Median age: 17 years
2010 Census: 15,882; people

Miqueias in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Miqueias, 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 (6,723 people).

297 women 23,696 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 Miqueias is most common

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

Acre 0.040%
Amazonas 0.029%
Maranhão 0.029%
Pará 0.025%
Roraima 0.024%

All states

State	People	% of population
Bahia	2,979	0.021%
São Paulo	2,954	0.007%
Pará	2,004	0.025%
Maranhão	1,929	0.029%
Ceará	1,648	0.019%
Minas Gerais	1,597	0.008%
Pernambuco	1,505	0.017%
Amazonas	1,158	0.029%
Rio de Janeiro	910	0.006%
Goiás	773	0.011%
Espírito Santo	762	0.020%
Piauí	719	0.022%
Rio Grande do Sul	692	0.006%
Paraná	512	0.005%
Paraíba	457	0.012%
Mato Grosso	384	0.011%
Rio Grande do Norte	383	0.012%
Rondônia	367	0.023%
Alagoas	358	0.011%
Acre	335	0.040%
Distrito Federal	324	0.012%
Tocantins	308	0.020%
Santa Catarina	306	0.004%
Mato Grosso do Sul	177	0.006%
Sergipe	169	0.008%
Roraima	151	0.024%
Amapá	132	0.018%

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

About the name Miqueias

Miqueias is the Portuguese name of the prophet and the biblical book called Micah in English. Wiktionary gives it as a learned borrowing from Latin Michaeas, from ancient Greek Μιχαίας (Mikhaías) and from Hebrew מִיכָיָה, and records Micaías as a doublet. According to Behind the Name, the Hebrew name means 'who is like Yahweh?' and is formed from the interrogative pronoun 'who'; Micah is the contracted form of that name. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 23,993 people named Miqueias, almost all of them born from the 1980s onward; proportionally, the name is most common in Acre.

Sources

Wiktionary: Miqueias (Portuguese) · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Behind the Name: Micaiah · behindthename.com · meaning
Behind the Name: Micah · behindthename.com · origin
Wiktionary: Miquéias (Portuguese) · en.wiktionary.org · spelling

Questions about the name Miqueias

What does the name Miqueias mean?

Miqueias means “who is like Yahweh?”, according to Behind the Name.

How many people are named Miqueias in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 23,993 people with the first name Miqueias, which ranks it number 943 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2000s.

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

Miqueias is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 297 women and 23,696 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Miqueias?

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

In which Brazilian state is Miqueias most common?

Proportionally, in Acre: 0.040% of the state's population is named Miqueias (335 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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