Micah

This article is about the given name. For other uses, see Micah (disambiguation).

Micah (/ˈmaɪkə/; Hebrew: מִיכָה, Modern: Mikha, Tiberian: Mîḵā) is a given name.

Micah is the name of several people in the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament), and means "Who is like God?" The name is sometimes found with theophoric extensions. Suffix theophory in Yah and in Yahweh results in Michaiah or Michaihu (Hebrew: מִיכָיְהוּ, Modern: Mikhayhu, Tiberian: Mîḵā́yhû), meaning who is like Yahweh?^[1] Suffix theophory in El results in Michael (Hebrew: מִיכָאֵל, Modern: Mikha'el, Tiberian: Mîḵāʼēl), meaning "who is like god".

In German and Dutch, Micah is spelled Micha and the ch in the name is pronounced either [ʃ] or [x]; the first is more common in female names, the latter in male names. The name is not as common as Michael or Michiel.

Bible

• Micah son of Mephibosheth son of Jonathan son of Saul, the first king of Israel (1 Chronicles 9:40)
• Micah (prophet), eponymous prophet of the Book of Micah in the Old Testament
• Micaiah, a prophet and the son of Imlah, who gave a negative prophecy to Ahab on his request

Notable people with the given name "Micah"

A

• Micah Abernathy (born 1997), American football player
• Micah Aiu, American politician
• Micah Aivazoff (born 1969), Canadian ice hockey player
• Micah Albert (born 1979), American photojournalist
• Micah Alberti (born 1984), American actor
• Micah Altman (born 1967), American social scientist
• Micah Armstrong, American evangelist
• Micah Lakin Avni (born 1969), Israeli businessman
• Micah Awe (born 1994), Nigerian Canadian football player

B

• Micah Balfour (born 1978), English actor
• Micah Ballard (born 1975), American poet
• Micah Barlow (1873–1936), English cricketer
• Micah Barnes (born 1960), Canadian singer-songwriter
• Micah Baskerville (born 1999), American football player
• Micah Blunt, American basketball player
• Micah Bowie (born 1974), American baseball player
• Micah Boyd (born 1982), American rower
• Micah Brooks (1775–1857), American politician
• Micah Brown (born 1986), Canadian football player

C

• Micah Caskey (born 1981), American politician
• Micah Cheserem, Kenyan banker
• Micah Christenson (born 1993), American volleyball player
• Micah Cooks (born 1981), American soccer player

D

• Micah Downs (born 1986), American basketball player

E

• Micah Evans (born 1993), English footballer

F

• Micah Fitzerman-Blue, American screenwriter
• Micah Fowler (born 1998), American actor
• Micah Franklin (disambiguation), multiple people

G

• Micah Garen (born 1968), American filmmaker
• Micah Gravley (born 1974), American politician
• Micah Gunnell (born 1980), American comic book artist

H

• Micah Hannemann (born 1994), American football player
• Micah Hart (born 1997), Canadian ice hockey player
• Micah Hauptman (born 1973), American actor
• Micah Hawkins (1777–1825), American poet
• Micah Hilton (born 1985), Montserratian footballer
• Micah P. Hinson (born 1981), American musician
• Micah Hoffpauir (born 1980), American baseball player
• Micah Hyde (disambiguation), multiple people

J

• Micah Jenkins (1835–1864), American general
• Micah Jesse (born 1986), American blogger
• Micah Johnson (disambiguation), multiple people

K

• Micha Kaufman (born 1946), Israeli sport shooter
• Micah Kellner (born 1979), American politician
• Micah Kiser (born 1995), American football player
• Micah Knorr (born 1975), American football player
• Micah Kogo (born 1986), Kenyan long-distance runner

L

• Micah Lancaster (born 1984), American basketball player
• Micah Lawrence (born 1990), American swimmer
• Micah Lea'alafa (born 1991), Solomon Islands footballer
• Micah Joseph Lebensohn (1828–1852), Russian poet
• Micah Lewensohn (1952–2017), Israeli theater director
• Micah Lexier (born 1960), Canadian artist
• Micah Kai Lynette (born 2001), Thai figure skater

M

• Micah Maʻa (born 1997), American volleyball player
• Micha Marah (born 1953), Belgian singer and actress
• Micah Masei (born 1999), Samoan swimmer
• Micah Massey (born 1987), American musician
• Micah McFadden (born 2000), American football player
• Micah McLaurin (born 1994), American pianist

N

• Micah Naftalin (1933–2009), American activist
• Micah Nathan, American novelist
• Micah Neal (born 1974), American politician

O

• Micah Obiero (born 2001), English footballer
• Micah Ohlman (born 1972), American journalist
• Micah Ortega (born 1976), American guitarist
• Micah Owings (born 1982), American baseball player

P

• Micah Parsons (born 1999), American football player
• Micah Paulino (born 1992), Guamanian footballer
• Micah Pellerin (born 1988), American football player
• Micah Perks (born 1963), American writer
• Micah Potter (born 1998), American basketball player

R

• Micah Richards (born 1988), English football player
• Micah Ross (born 1976), American football player
• Micah Rucker (born 1985), American football player

S

• Micah Salt (1847–1915), English tailor
• Micah C. Saufley (1842–1910), American judge
• Micah Schwartzman (born 1976), American law professor
• Micah Shrewsberry (born 1976), American basketball coach
• Micah Sloat (born 1981), American actor
• Micah Smaldone (born 1978), American musician
• Micah Solusod (born 1990), American voice actor
• Micah Stampley (born 1971), American singer-songwriter
• Micah Sterling (1784–1844), American politician

T

• Micah Taul (1785–1850), American politician
• Micah Taul (Alabama politician) (1832–1873), American politician
• Micah Teitz (born 1996), Canadian football player
• Micah Townshend (1749–1832), American political leader
• Micah True (1953–2012), American runner
• Micah Tyler (born 1983), American singer

W

• Micha Wertheim (born 1972), Dutch comedian
• Micah M. White (born 1982), American activist
• Micah Wilkinson (born 1996), New Zealand sailor
• Micah Williams (disambiguation), multiple people
• Micah Wright (born 1974), American author

Z

• Micah Zenko, American political scientist

Fictional characters

• Micah Clarke, a character in the novel Micah Clarke
• Micah Rains, a character in the comic series Wonder Woman
• Micah Sanders, a character in the television series Heroes
• Micah Bell lll, the main antagonist of the video game Red Dead Redemption 2
• King Micah, a character in the television series She-Ra: Princess of Power

Surname

• Ben Micah (died 2022), Papua New Guinean politician
• Duke Micah (born 1991), Ghanaian boxer
• Teagan Micah (born 1997), Australian footballer

See also

• Michael (disambiguation), a disambiguation page for "Michael"
• Micah (disambiguation), a disambiguation page for "Micah"
• Myka (disambiguation), a disambiguation page for "Myka"

References

1. New Bible Dictionary, second edition. Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Wheaton, IL, USA.

Sources

•   This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Easton, Matthew George (1897). "Micah". Easton's Bible Dictionary (New and revised ed.). T. Nelson and Sons.