Girl's alternative to Mike/Michael?

[RainwildsGirl]

We are wanting to honour DH's grandfather who's name is Mike but we have a strong feeling this baby will be a girl.

Are there any other alternatives other than Michelle (which I hate) and Michaela?? It will be a middle name, not first name.

[wigglesrock]

Misha?

[BreeVDKamp]

Mika/Micah/Micha?

[BreeVDKamp]

Bit far removed, but Kayla? I knew one.

[wigglesrock]

Sorry I meant to add, I know its a Russian boys diminutive for Michael but I know 2 little girls called it.

[Lweji]

Isn't Misha supposed to be a diminutive of Mikhail? Or at least a male name?

[SwedishEdith]

Some girls are actually called Michael. The actress who played the mum in the Waltons was Michael Learned. And the bass player of the Bangles (but she changed her name to that)

[sugar21]

Michaela

[BikeRunSki]

We had this issue with DD (DF was called Michael) and she ended up named after the title character in his favourite book (it's not actually such a tenuous link to him though, as he spent his life collecting different editions, translations, illustrations of this book; as well as other books by and about the same author, and other memorabilia).

[BikeRunSki]

Mia ?

[BikeRunSki]

Shelly?
Leah ? (the end bit of Michael!)

[RainwildsGirl]

hmm....Mika is a possibility I guess. Mia is a nice name but isn't recognisably from Michael/Mike. part of the issue is our other DC have the actual names of the person they are honouring as a middle name, so its obvious why that is their name to the family and I wanted the same this time.

which I guess brings us back to Michaela....which I just don't love that much.

bike if I did that the poor child would be named out of some hideous crime thriller book!!

[MeDented]

I think Michael makes a lovely middle name for a girl

[ConesOfDunshire]

Mimi? Perhaps as a middle name?

What was grandfather's middle name?

[BreeVDKamp]

Oh I love that Leah idea! Subtle but meaningful. But doesn't meet the 'obvious' requirement to match your other DC.

[RainwildsGirl]

grandfather's middle name is a surname so even less suitable!!

[RainwildsGirl]

The Leah idea is interesting, might float that one past DH.

[Tuiles]

Make one up? (MN pet hate but hardly matters for a middle name)

Mikha
Mykea
Etc

[Sophronia]

Michal (Hebrew girls name meaning 'brook')
Micheline
Michelina
Michela
Michala
Mica
Michelangela
Mihaila

[Gwenhwyfar]

Michelle

[Sophronia]

Also Micaiah / Micaia (my-KAY-ah or my-KYE-a) is a Biblical name used for both males and females.

[lottiegarbanzo]

I once encountered a Michaelene, pr Michael-een, not Mish-ell-een as I'd vaguely imagined.

I like Micheline, could become Mishi.

[lottiegarbanzo]

Also, do the two pr. of Michaela help at all? Can be Kayla or kye-la. Arguably the latter might be regarded as more 'grown up' or sophisticated.

[Fletcherl]

I know a lovely little girl Mikalena who is Norwegian.

[Fletcherl]

Could you call her Angel for the archangel?

[Zhabr]

My DD's second name is Mikhaila