Shem Tov Boy's nameOrigin: biblicalIn Israel: steady
MichaIn Hebrew: מיכה · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel
With vowel points: מִיכָהRomanization: mikha
Micha (Hebrew: מיכה) is a boy's name of biblical origin. 1,445 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). In 2024 it was given to 9 boys and ranked #698. Its peak year was 1974, with 50 babies.
- People in Israel
- 1,445
- born 1949–2024
- Babies in 2024
- 9
- rank #698
- Peak year
- 1974
- 50 babies
- USA
- —
- not in the SSA list
Writing and saying Micha
In Hebrew letters the name is מיכה, read right to left. Micha is the Latin spelling recorded by our review; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms. Wiktionary romanizes it as "mikha" (the accent marks the stressed syllable).
Meaning and origin
- Micah (a book of the Old Testament of Bible, and of the Tanakh)
- Micah (the minor prophet and author of the Book of Micah)
- a male given name, equivalent to English Micah
Shortening of מִיכָיָה (mīḵāyāh), מִיכָיָהוּ (mīḵāyāhū), מִיכַיְהוּ (mīḵāyᵊhū, “who is like Yahweh”)
Quoted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), unchanged.
Micha by year in Israel
How many boys out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).
per 10,000 babies of the same sex
Related Israeli names
Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.
Questions about Micha
How do you write Micha in Hebrew?
Micha is written מיכה in Hebrew (with vowel points: מִיכָה). Hebrew is read right to left. A dictionary romanization is "mikha".
How many people in Israel are named Micha?
1,445 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name מיכה: 24 women and 1,421 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.
Is Micha a boy's or a girl's name?
In Israel it is almost always a boy's name: 98.3% of the people named מיכה are men.
What does the name Micha mean?
English Wiktionary describes it as: "Micah (a book of the Old Testament of Bible, and of the Tanakh)" Etymology: Shortening of מִיכָיָה (mīḵāyāh), מִיכָיָהוּ (mīḵāyāhū), מִיכַיְהוּ (mīḵāyᵊhū, “who is like Yahweh”)
Sources
Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.