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Micah, boy or girl?

futurestaplesfuturestaples member
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We really like the name Micah, but when we tell people that, they seem to think it's a girls name. Thoughts? Will this be one of the many boys names that in 10 years is considered a girls name? We don't want to give our son a "girly" name...
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    ZimgerZimger member
    Boy! Oh my word! Boy!
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    MaineMama33MaineMama33 member
    Boy. God help us if this becomes a "girl name"....
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    abbyfulabbyful member
    100% boy!
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    ShebamommyShebamommy member
    I immediately think boy, athough in the last year I've met two female Micah's (adults in their 30s/40s; one spelled Mika).  


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    capuletcapulet member
    Boy.  I would hope the biblical boy names are safe.  I actually have met a woman who would now be in her 30s named Micah, but it definitely seemed weird to me.
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    futurestaplesfuturestaples member
    I agree, BOY, all the way!!! But I now know of 3 baby girl Micah's and almost every person we say it too, says girl... What??! :( You guys make me feel better that you seem so shocked people say girl, thank you!
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    Pdx323Pdx323 member
    Boy!!!
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    TweedleDee3TweedleDee3 member
    Mieke I think is a girl name, but far from the name Micah which I have only ever associated with males.
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    Boy.

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    Spin313Spin313 member
    Boy name that has moved to the unisex column
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    MrsPDXMrsPDX member
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    Boy! Definitely not a girl's name. And I also absolutely love the name Micah too (just an added note).
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    sasq09sasq09 member
    Boy, but our good friends recently named their little girl Micah... I just think its super masculine.
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    kmvisiolikmvisioli member
    Micah is male. Maaike (pronounced basically like Micah) is a female family name in my family, but it is Dutch.
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    NicoCo724NicoCo724 member
    Micah is my son's name! The neighbor kid told us that there's a girl Micah that he goes to school with. Ugh. I imagine we'll have to deal with that now and then, but everyone who's heard his name has assumed that he's male!
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    tigerlily25tigerlily25 member
    Micah is a boys name. My cousin's son is names that although she spells it Myka.

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    drunkindonutsdrunkindonuts member
    in no way, shape, or form is Micah a girl name. it's not even unisex. definitely boy.

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    Shebamommy said:

    I immediately think boy, athough in the last year I've met two female Micah's (adults in their 30s/40s; one spelled Mika).  

    If I saw "Mika", I would pronounce it "mee-ka".
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    BunnyBerryBunnyBerry member
    Boy name (Biblical), but since it ends with "ah," I guess that makes it a target for all those parents looking for "strong" girl names?
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    LNic5LNic5 member
    Boy!!!
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    4N6s4N6s member
    Boy. But I only know one and its a girl.
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    jordannpaige10jordannpaige10 member
    I posted about this not long ago. It is a BOYS name. I've only ever met females named Micah though. It's DHs favorite boy name, but I can't get passed my girl associations so I think it is out for us.
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    CML11CML11 member
    Micah (Mike-ah) all boy. I had a Hawaiian friend that was Meka (Meek-ah). Maybe that's what they are thinking?

    Micah is not girly at all
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    jenkh2012jenkh2012 member
    BOY, without a doubt!
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    DawnJM25DawnJM25 member
    Boy. But doesn't surprise me that people are using this on girls.
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    LimaD said:


    No way. Just because some people choose to name their poor girl a 100% boy name doesn't make a name "unisex." It makes their daughter a girl with a boy's name.

    Just because you disagree/don't like it, doesn't mean it hasn't happened.
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    mommabird77mommabird77 member
    Are people actually naming their daughter's Micah because if so, WTAF!?

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    LexiSophie55LexiSophie55 member
    Micah = Boy
    Meikah = girl down the road from us

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    jennypolkadotsjennypolkadots member
    BOY!

    It is not a super common name though so it's possible people just haven't heard it before. When they hear a name ending in "ah" they thing girl like Jessica. 

    I've known 3 Micah's in my life. All very much male. 
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    ginger1228ginger1228 member
    Boy.

    But I've only met two Micahs in my life and they're both female.
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    lesliegolemlesliegolem member
    Boy!!! But I will say at work I have spoken to a few female clients named Micah or some variation of it. But I also helped a woman named American yesterday so there's a lot of unusual names out there right now. Not saying its right just saying it seems to be happening more now than ever.
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    lilann2011lilann2011 member
    Wow I thought boy right when I read it!! Don't think it's feminine at all
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    futurestaplesfuturestaples member



    So I think it depends on how you're pronouncing it when you tell people. When I read Micah, I think 100% boy, no doubt, but I do know quite a few female's spelt (British spelling, I know) Mikka. I think it's usually been in Jewish communities where I've met ladied with this name. So are you pronouncing it My-ka, Meek-ah, or Mick-a?

    We would pronounce it like My-ka
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    Boy! 100%

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