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Wednesday, January 08, 2003

All about the name "Mikhaela"
And a few other names as well.

    I get a lot of questions (and compliments) about my name. So for the curious:
  • "Mikhaela" is my parents' creative way of spelling the name "Michaela," derived from the boy's name "Michael." It's a Hebrew name meaning "who is like God."
  • I have never met anyone else who uses the spelling "Mikhaela." But to my horror, when I tried to register www.mikhaela.com, it was taken--and unused. Which is why I'm www.mikhaela.net.
  • Because I'm so used to having a unique name, I get really confused in stores where there are lots of children, as I invariably hear people yelling "Mikhaela, put that down" or "Mikhaela, get over here right now."
  • According to a parenting website, "Michaela" (and its various spellings) was the 18th most popular girl baby name in 1997. The spelling variations (from most to least popular) were: MIKAYLA, MAKAYLA, MICHAELA, MIKAELA, MICHAELLA, MICHEAELA, MICHEALA, MICAILAH, MICAYLA, MIKHAELA, MIKIALA, MYCALA, MIKALA, MIKALAH, MAKAILA, MAKAELA, MYCHAELA, MYKAELA, MYKAYLA, MYKAYLIA. These spellings are all quite familiar, as I used to see them whenever I exchanged Valentines with my classmates in elementary school.
  • I also get questions about where my middle name, "Blake", comes from. The answer is that my mother really loves the work of poet/artist William Blake.
  • In case anyone cares, my family always names its dogs after photographic processes (my mom majored in photography in college, and both my sibling and I do photography in college although I didn't end up majoring in it, what can I say?). So our current dog's name is Cyanotype, and our previous dog was Gumbichromate.
  • From the age of 8 on I decided to name all cats after characters from the Oz books, but was only able to use "Tik-Tok" and "Ozma" before I adopted a toothless old cat who already had the name "Willow."
  • OK, that's all the procrastinating I'll do for now. Back to my papers.
posted by Mikhaela Reid at 6:17 PM

3 Comments:

Blogger Mikhaela said...

hey
dont be worried my name is Mikhaela as well and like u i dont no anyone wit the same name (apart from u!)
i come from Western Australia and im 13!!
hope this makes u feel better!
Mikhaela
xoxo

3:44 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hi there!
My 6y/o is named Mikhaela and lots of people ask me where I got the name from.
I first heard/saw the name 'Mikhaela' in Russia. It also can be found with different spelling formations in Eastern Europe.
I'm part Samoan and it is pronounced as 'Meee - kar - ee - la.
It's a beautiful name.
Mikhaela's mum :)
Auckland, New Zealand
2009

1:11 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I found this website while looking for a nice second name for mikhaela.

I'm a Mikhaela too ^^ though it's pronouced as /mi-ka-eh-la/

:D 2012

9:54 AM  

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