Micah?

Caitte

Micah is on our shortlist of names for our son.

 

Do you think its going to be more popular as a girl's name soon?

Do you think its a name that will age well for a young man / adult?

Does it strike you as overly religious?

Will people call him Mike? 

Which do you like better, Malcolm or Micah? 

alliejo725

I've never heard Micah as a girl's name.

I think it will age well. I know two Micah's--one is 2 and the other is in his 20's. The name suits both of them.

It is a religious name...I'm not sure what "overly-religious" means. It's certainly not a name like James, Matthew, John or Paul---there's no forgetting that Micah is a Bible name as there is with the others I mentioned.

I think shortening Micah to Mike is pretty lazy...it's one extra syllable. Neither of the Micah's I know go by Mike.

I like Micah much better than Malcolm.

baby4dee

I like Micah for a boy. The one Micah I know is a girl but think it works well for both and is not overly popular. It doesn't strike me as "overly" religious. I don't think anyone would use the nn Mike.  

fluffybuns

I love the name Micah! And no I don't think people would call him Mike.

MnM7608

Micah is on my list too...but my husband vetoed it, saying it's a girl's name.  I've never met a girl named Micah.  It's religious, but I don't think it's too much so.

kmv68

I LOVE it for a boy...never heard a girl named Micah.   I think it is cute for a boy but handsome and intelligent sounding for a man.  I can't see people calling him Mike unless you do.

plunderb

I like it (for a boy) and hope that it doesn't turn into a girls' name. I don't think it is going to become exclusively feminine anytime soon. Here are some recent SSA numbers for babies named Micah ? definitely still strongly masculine:

1990: 1,176 boys, 212 girls

2000: 1,975 boys, 391 girls

2005: 2,703 boys, 295 girls

2009: 3,490 boys, 341 girls

Brandibaby28

I like the name! I know 2 girls named micah

one is in her early 40's spells it that way

the other is young and she spells it Myka.

Mama_SAS

The only Micah I know is a 60-year-old woman.

Crispity

The only Micah I've ever known is a girl (she's 30 now), so I've always thought of it as a girl's name.

lhuttlinger

My ds is micah. We live in the bible belt so i wasn't expecting any of the issues that we've had: -people think it's a girls name -people mispronounce it -people think his name is michael -everyone misspells it micha Food for thought coming from someone with experience!

LadyXaverian

Micah is a somewhat popular name where I live for boys. (I know one girl named Myka, but I associate it as a boy name).

I know young boys and adults named Micah, and it suits them all  well.

It doesn't strike me as overly religious.

None of the Micahs I know go by Mike.

I prefer Micah over Malcolm, but I like both names. (I actually know brothers with these names!)

melissar617

I like it. I know of several guys/boys named Micah and then one girl, so I definitely think of it more as a male name than I female name. None of the ones that I know go by a nn, so I don't think you'd have that issue.

LyndseylovesHugh

I have never heard Micah for a boy, it would be a horrible girl's name IMO.

Yes, the only Micahl I know is 30, and it fits him great!

No, but I am not a super religious person so my mind does not go thee

No, my friend Micah has never had that problem, people call him Micahl.

Micah by a long shot, I do not like Malcolm at all!  If you are looking for alternatives, I love Malachi.

forensicmama

I've known quite a few MALE Michahs. Not a single female by that name.

 

Do you think its going to be more popular as a girl's name soon? No.

Do you think its a name that will age well for a young man / adult? Maybe not. My hubby heard it on Dirty Jobs the other day and he said, "What kind of stupid name is that?"

Does it strike you as overly religious? I actually think of the mineral.

Will people call him Mike?  I doubt it. Unless he hates his name and wants people to call him Mike.

Which do you like better, Malcolm or Micah? Malcolm.

 

Koala77

One of my very good friends just named her DD Mykah, which is pronounced the same way.

erinms

I love it. I like Micah better than Malcolm.  It doesn't strike me as a girl's name or overly religious.  I think it will age well.  I think he will only be consistently called Mike if you or he encourage that- I don't think it is an inevitable nickname.

chickaboo1974

My two year old nephew is Micah.  I never even thought of it as a girls name, it is a biblical name but so is John, Matthew and James.  We don't call my nephew Mike.  I like Micah over Malcom.

LPace84

I love Micah!  It is a boys name only IMO.  I just love it personally