Micah (/ˈ m aɪ k ə / ;Hebrew :מִיכָה ,Modern : Mikha ,Tiberian : Mîḵā ) is a given name.
Micah is the name of several people in theHebrew Bible (Old Testament ), and means "Who is like God?”. The name is sometimes found withtheophoric extensions . Suffix theophory inYah and inYahweh results inMichaiah orMichaihu (Hebrew :מִיכָיְהוּ ,Modern : Mikhayhu ,Tiberian : Mîḵā́yhû ), meaningwho is likeYahweh ? [ 1] Suffix theophory inEl results inMichael (Hebrew :מִיכָאֵל ,Modern : Mikha'el ,Tiberian : Mîḵāʼēl ), meaning "who is like god".
InGerman andDutch , Micah is spelledMicha and thech in the name is pronounced either[ʃ] or[x] ; the first is more common in female names, the latter in male names. InFinnish Micah is spelledMiika .
Notable people with the given name "Micah"[ edit ] Micah Abernathy (born 1997), American football playerMicah Abraham (born 2000), American football playerMicah Aiu (born 1988/1989), American politicianMicah Aivazoff (born 1969), Canadian ice hockey playerMicah Albert (born 1979), American photojournalistMicah Alberti (born 1984), American actorMicah Alejado , American football playerMicah Altman (born 1967), American social scientistMicah Anthony (born 2004), English footballerMicah Armstrong , American evangelistMicah Ashby (born 1992), American-Irish mixed martial artistMicah Lakin Avni (born 1969), Israeli businessmanMicah Awe (born 1994), Nigerian Canadian football playerMicah Balfour (born 1978), English actorMicah Ballard (born 1975), American poetMicah Barlow (1873–1936), English cricketerMicah Barnes (born 1960), Canadian singer-songwriterMicah Baskerville (born 1999), American football playerMicah Beckwith (born 1982), American pastor and politicianMicah Bernard (born 2001), American football playerMicah Blunt , American basketball playerMicah Bowie (born 1974), American baseball playerMicah Boyd (born 1982), American rowerMicah Brooks (1775–1857), American politicianMicah Brown (born 1986), Canadian football playerMicah Burton (born 2006), American soccer playerMicah Hamilton (born 2003), English footballerMicah Handlogten (born 2003), American basketball playerMicah Hannemann (born 1994), American football playerMicah Hart (born 1997), Canadian ice hockey playerMicah Hauptman (born 1973), American actorMicah Hawkins (1777–1825), American poetMicah Hilton (born 1985), Montserratian footballerMicah P. Hinson (born 1981), American musicianMicah Hoffpauir (born 1980), American baseball playerMicah Hudson , American football playerMicah Hyde (disambiguation) , multiple peopleMicah Salt (1847–1915), English tailorMicah C. Saufley (1842–1910), American judgeMicah Schwartzman (born 1976), American law professorMicah Shrewsberry (born 1976), American basketball coachMicah Sloat (born 1981), American actorMicah Smaldone (born 1978), American musicianMicah W. J. Smith (born 1981), American lawyerMicah Solusod (born 1990), American voice actorMicah Stampley (born 1971), American singer-songwriterMicah Sterling (1784–1844), American politicianFictional characters [ edit ] ^ New Bible Dictionary, second edition. Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Wheaton, IL, USA. Name list
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