Micah (; 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 "He 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. In Finnish Micah is spelled Miika.
Notable people with the given name "Micah"
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- Micah Abernathy (born 1997), American football player
- Micah Abraham (born 2000), 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
- 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 Bernard (born 2001), 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
Fictional characters
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- ^ New Bible Dictionary, second edition. Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Wheaton, IL, USA.