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Micah pronounced me-kah

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cookiecrumble2022 · 01/05/2022 14:42

Myself and my husband have really been struggling with a boys name!

I'm due in about 5 weeks and we don't know what we're having (we already have a boy )

I am really loving the name Micah and when I read it I pronounce it 'me kah'

It has been the only name I haven't changed my mind about liking, the only thing making me question it is the way I want to spell & pronounce it

I know it can be pronounced mike-ah but I'm not keen on the pronunciation

I know I can technically pronounce it how I want , but has anyone heard of Micah pronounced Me -Kah

I've seen other spelling but I really like this spelling of it

Thank you

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Fizzyfish · 01/05/2022 16:17

Don't like it either way

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elfran · 01/05/2022 15:02

I'll have to echo other posters and say that unfortunately, you're conflating the spelling of one name with the pronunciation of another. Micah is mike-uh, always. I fear you'd be setting yourself and your son up for a lifetime of correcting people if you use this!

Mika (generally male, though I've known girls called this) gets you the sound you want, as does Meeka (female, I know one). I've also known a Marike/Marika (forget how she spelt it), which you might like for a girl?

Snowiscold · 01/05/2022 14:49

I’d say the Finnish racing driver Mika Häkkinen is pretty famous, so most people would know how to pronounce it.

Imissprosecco · 01/05/2022 14:48

I know a Mykah (pronounced me-kah), but it's a woman

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cookiecrumble2022 · 01/05/2022 14:46

@Snowiscold thank you , for some reason when I read Mika I'm reading it as ' Mika ah' and not 'me kah' 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

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Neverendingmindfuck · 01/05/2022 14:46

I've just been watching a programme, a girl was called Micah, pronounced Me kah.

givethatbabyaname · 01/05/2022 14:45

I know a Micha, pronounced Me-ka

kerosene20 · 01/05/2022 14:45

I have never heard of another pronunciation than Mike-ah. There is the female singer Mica Paris, pronounced the way you want, or the male singer Mika? I think your child would have a lifetime of being called Mike-ah and having to correct people.

Snowiscold · 01/05/2022 14:45

It’s pronounced Mike-ah. There isn’t another pronunciation. Maybe you could use Mika instead.

girlmom21 · 01/05/2022 14:44

I'd pronounce it Me-kah if I read it

withacherryonthetop · 01/05/2022 14:44

No, it’s definitely Mike- ah as far as I know

CloseYourEyesAndSee · 01/05/2022 14:43

If pronounce it my kah, sorry