Micah (; ) is a given name. Micah is the name of several people in the

Hebrew Bible The Hebrew Bible or Tanakh (;"Tanach"
. '' Old Testament The Old Testament (OT) is the first division of the Christian biblical canon, which is based primarily upon the 24 books of the Hebrew Bible, or Tanakh, a collection of ancient religious Hebrew and occasionally Aramaic writings by the Isr ...

), and means "He who is like God”. The name is sometimes found with theophoric extensions. Suffix theophory in '' Yah'' and in ''

Yahweh Yahweh was an Ancient Semitic religion, ancient Semitic deity of Weather god, weather and List of war deities, war in the History of the ancient Levant, ancient Levant, the national god of the kingdoms of Kingdom of Judah, Judah and Kingdom ...

'' results in Michaiah or Michaihu (), meaning ''who is like

?''New Bible Dictionary, second edition. Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Wheaton, IL, USA. Suffix theophory in '' El'' results in ''

Michael Michael may refer to: People * Michael (given name), a given name * he He ..., a given name * Michael (surname), including a list of people with the surname Michael Given name * Michael (bishop elect)">Michael (surname)">he He ..., a given nam ...

'' (), meaning "who is like god". In

German German(s) may refer to: * Germany, the country of the Germans and German things **Germania (Roman era) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizenship in Germany, see also Ge ...

and

Dutch Dutch or Nederlands commonly refers to: * Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands ** Dutch people as an ethnic group () ** Dutch nationality law, history and regulations of Dutch citizenship () ** Dutch language () * In specific terms, i ...

, Micah is spelled and the ''ch'' in the name is pronounced either or ; 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 .

Bible

*Micah, an Ephraimite, whose narrative features in Judges 17 and Judges 18 *Micah son of Mephibosheth son of Jonathan son of

Saul Saul (; , ; , ; ) was a monarch of ancient Israel and Judah and, according to the Hebrew Bible and Old Testament, the first king of the United Monarchy, a polity of uncertain historicity. His reign, traditionally placed in the late eleventh c ...

, the first king of Israel () *

Micah (prophet) According to the Hebrew Bible, Micah ( ''Mīḵā hamMōraštī'' "Micah the Morashtite"), also known as Micheas, was a prophet in the Bible and is traditionally regarded as the author of the Book of Micah. He is considered one of the Twelve Mi ...

, eponymous prophet of the

Book of Micah The Book of Micah is the sixth of the twelve minor prophets in the Hebrew Bible. The book has seven chapters. Ostensibly, it records the sayings of Micah, whose name is ''Mikayahu'' (), meaning "Who is like Yahweh?", an 8th-century BCE prophet f ...

in the Old Testament *

Micaiah Micaiah ( ''Mīḵāyəhū'' "Who is like Yah?"), son of Imlah, is a prophet in the Hebrew Bible. He is one of the four disciples of Elijah and not to be confused with Micah, prophet of the Book of Micah. Prophecy The events leading up to th ...

, a prophet and the son of Imlah, who gave a negative prophecy to Ahab on his request

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 Micah Anthony Alberti (born August 19, 1984) is an American model and actor. Career Alberti began modeling as an adolescent and obtained his first acting job playing James Edward Martin on ''All My Children''. After his one-year stint on the ...

(born 1984), American actor *

Micah Altman Micah Altman (born August 31, 1967) is an American social scientist who conducts research in social science informatics. Since 2012, he has worked as the head research scientist in the MIT Libraries, first as director of the Program on Informat ...

(born 1967), American social scientist * Micah Armstrong, American evangelist *

Micah Lakin Avni Micah Lakin Avni (; born June 13, 1969) is an Israeli businessman, attorney and a human rights and anti-terrorism activist. Avni is the founder and CEO of Peninsula group, a publicly traded Israeli commercial finance company, between 2000 and 200 ...

(born 1969), Israeli businessman *

Micah Awe Micah Awe (born January 4, 1994) is a Nigerian professional football linebacker for the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He played college football at Texas Tech. Awe has also been a member of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, New York J ...

(born 1994), Nigerian Canadian football player

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Micah Balfour Micah Balfour (born 18 July 1978) is an English actor. He is known for his roles as PC Benjamin Gayle in the ITV police drama ''The Bill'', Jermaine Bailey in the ITV soap opera ''Emmerdale'', Junior Knight in the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders' ...

(born 1978), English actor *

Micah Ballard Micah Ballard is a poet born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana on September 23, 1975. Since 1999 he has lived in San Francisco with his wife, poet Sunnylyn Thibodeaux. Under the imprints Auguste Press and Lew Gallery Editions they have printed over 30 boo ...

(born 1975), American poet *

Micah Barlow Micah Yates Barlow (6 February 1873 – 13 January 1936) was an English first-class cricketer. The son of Micah Barlow and his wife, Martha Mary Barlow, he was born at Bury in February 1873. He was educated at Harrow School, before going up t ...

(1873–1936), English cricketer * Micah Barnes (born 1960), Canadian singer-songwriter *

Micah Baskerville Micah Baskerville (born October 19, 1999) is an American professional American football, football linebacker for the DC Defenders of the United Football League (2024), United Football League (UFL). He played college football at LSU Tigers footbal ...

(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

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

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* Micah Downs (born 1986), American basketball player

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* Micah Evans (born 1993), English footballer

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Micah Fitzerman-Blue Micah Fitzerman-Blue is an American screenwriter, director and producer. He is best known for his work on '' Maleficent: Mistress of Evil'', ''A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood'' and ''Painkiller An analgesic drug, also called simply an a ...

, American screenwriter * Micah Fowler (born 1998), American actor * Micah Franklin (disambiguation), multiple people

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Micah Garen Micah Garen is an American documentary filmmaker and journalist whose work has focused on conflict zones in the Middle EastMark Thompson, March 26, 2012, Time magazineCall me Eshaan Accessed July 11, 2014, "...Air Force Lieut. Colonel John Darin ...

(born 1968), American filmmaker *

Micah Gravley Micah Gravley (born May 12, 1974) is an American politician who served in the Georgia House of Representatives The Georgia House of Representatives is the lower house of the Georgia General Assembly (the state legislature) of the U.S. state ...

(born 1974), American politician * Micah Gunnell (born 1980), American comic book artist

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* 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 Hudson, American football 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 Michael Kaufman or Kauffman may refer to: * Michael Kaufman (author), promoter of the White Ribbon Campaign * Andy Kaufman's brother * Michael T. Kaufman (1938–2010), writer for the ''New York Times'' * Michael J. Kaufman, dean and law professor a ...

(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 Micah Kemboi Kogo (born 3 June 1986 in Burnt Forest, Uasin Gishu District) is a Kenyan Long-distance track event, long-distance Running, runner, who specialises in the 10,000 metres. He is the former World record in athletics, world record holde ...

(born 1986), Kenyan long-distance runner

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* Micah Lancaster (born 1984), American basketball player * Micah Lawrence (born 1990), American swimmer * Micah Lea'alafa (born 1991), Solomon Islands footballer *

Micah Joseph Lebensohn Micah Joseph Lebensohn (; (2 February 1828 – 17 February 1852), also known by the pen name Mikhal (), was one of the foremost poets and translators of the Haskalah in Vilna. He is best known for his innovative narrative Biblical romances and ...

(1828–1852), Russian poet *

Micah Lewensohn Micah Lewensohn (; 27 August 1952 – 20 March 2017) was an Israeli theater director and actor. Directing for the Theatre * ''The Producers (musical), The Producers'' by Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan (writer), Thomas Meehan, Cameri Theater. 2006 ...

(1952–2017), Israeli theater director * Micah Lexier (born 1960), Canadian artist * Micah Akasile Lolem (born 1967), Ugandan politician * Micah Kai Lynette (born 2001), Thai figure skater

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* Micah Maʻa (born 1997), American volleyball player *

Micha Marah Micha Marah (born 26 September 1953) is a Belgian singer and actress. She represented Belgium at the Eurovision Song Contest The Eurovision Song Contest (), often known simply as Eurovision, is an international Music competition, song com ...

(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 Micah McLaurin is an American pianist. Biography Micah McLaurin was born in Charleston, South Carolina, he began playing piano at the age of eight when his grandmother gave his family her old piano. He started lessons with Marsha Gerber, and ...

(born 1994), American pianist

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

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* Micah Obiero (born 2001), English footballer * Micah Ohlman (born 1972), American journalist * Micah Ortega (born 1976), American guitarist *

Micah Owings Micah Burton Owings (born September 28, 1982) is an Americans, American former professional baseball player who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Arizona Diamondbacks, Cincinnati Reds and San Diego Padres between 2007 and 2012. Durin ...

(born 1982), American baseball player

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* 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 Micah Potter (born April 6, 1998) is an American professional basketball player for the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association (NBA), on a two-way contract with the Salt Lake City Stars of the NBA G League. He played college basketball ...

(born 1998), American basketball player

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Micah Richards Micah Lincoln Richards (born 24 June 1988) is an English Association football, football pundit and former professional player who played as a right-back. Richards began his senior career with Manchester City F.C., Manchester City and made 245 a ...

(born 1988), English football player * Micah Robinson (born 2002), American football player * Micah Ross (born 1976), American football player * Micah Rucker (born 1985), American football player

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Micah Salt Micah Salt (c. 1847 – 22 January 1915) was a tailor and amateur archaeologist from Buxton in Derbyshire. Life Micah Salt was born in Alstonefield, Staffordshire in about 1847. He lived in Hollinsclough with his mother Eliza between 1851 and ...

(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 Micah Solusod is an American voice actor. His best-known role in anime has been the title character Soul Evans in ''Soul Eater'', which was broadcast on Adult Swim's programming block ''Toonami''. He debuted as Malek Yildrim Werner in '' Blassr ...

(born 1990), American voice actor * Micah Stampley (born 1971), American singer-songwriter * Micah Sterling (1784–1844), American politician

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* Micah Taul (1785–1850), American politician *

Micah Taul (Alabama politician) Micah Taul (November 25, 1832 – February 13, 1873) served as the 13th Secretary of State of Alabama from 1867 to 1868. Taul was Secretary of the Alabama State Senate The Alabama State Senate is the upper house of the Alabama Legislature ...

(1832–1873), American politician * Micah Teitz (born 1996), Canadian football player * Micah Townshend (1749–1832), American political leader *

Micah True Micah True (November 10, 1953 – March 27, 2012), born Michael Randall Hickman and also known as Caballo Blanco (white horse), was an American ultrarunning, ultrarunner from Boulder, Colorado, who received attention because of his depiction ...

(1953–2012), American runner *

Micah Tyler Micah Tyler is an American Christian musician, who primarily plays Christian pop music. He has released four musical works: two studio albums, ''The Story I Tell'' (2013) and ''New Today'' (2020), and two extended plays, ''The Kitchen Sink'' (20 ...

(born 1983), American singer

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* 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

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* 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 Wonder Woman is a superheroine who appears in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character first appeared in ''All Star Comics'' Introducing Wonder Woman, #8, published October 21, 1941, with her first feature in ''Sensation Comic ...

'' * Micah Sanders, a character in the television series ''

Heroes Heroes or Héroes may refer to: * Hero, one who displays courage and self-sacrifice for the greater good Film * ''Heroes'' (1977 film), an American drama * ''Heroes'' (2008 film), an Indian Hindi film Gaming * ''Heroes of Might and Magic'' ...

'' *Micah Bell lll, the main antagonist of the video game ''

Red Dead Redemption 2 ''Red Dead Redemption 2'' is a 2018 action-adventure game developed and published by Rockstar Games. The game is the third entry in the ''Red Dead'' series and a prequel to the 2010 game ''Red Dead Redemption''. The story is set in a fictiona ...

'' *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 Teagan Jade Micah (; born 20 October 1997) is an Australian professional Association football, soccer player who plays as a Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper for Women's Super League club Liverpool F.C. Women, Liverpool and the Aust ...

(born 1997), Australian footballer

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