Pronunciation of Micah

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Excuse the (temporary) ignorance - is it Mee-kah or My-kah or something else? Which syllable does the stress fall on?

Mi ca
(Mee ca)

My- ca with stress on first syllable.
Tbh it’s a name I wobble with slightly and although this is how I end up saying it my poor head goes through alternatives and flips from one or another before I dare open my lips !

Definitely My-cah.

As PPs have said it’s a male name with Biblical origins - Micah was a minor prophet living in Judah. The name is derived from the original Hebrew Mikiyahu/Michaiah (various spelling options due to being translated from Hebrew) which means “Who is like Yahweh/God?”

my-ka, as that's how I've always heard it said by religious types, and the name is Biblical

My-cah or my-cuh (depending on accent) with the stress on the 'my'.

I knew two Micah's (one male, one female) who were both MEE-sha.

persipan ‘-Sha’ that’s a spanner in the works !! I’d expect that to be ‘misha’ or at a push ‘micha’

If you want to pronounce a girl's name Misha then spell it that way

@BingoGo

Micah = My-kah Mika = Mee-kah

Yes this is how I would pronounce both

My-kah like the Biblical guy. (And the wee boy from Heroes)

What @DramaAlpaca said.

Joining the My kuh opinion here.

Mike-Uh

My-kah

Like Michael

Mee-ka would be Meeka to me

My-kah
Whichever way is "correct" it will get pronounced both ways so you will spend your life correcting it.
My dc has a name which I thought was obvious how it is pronounced but it is often pronounced incorrectly. It's irritating.

MY-ka

I know a little boy with the name Micah, pronounced mike-a. It’s a biblical name. People are always calling him meek-a but that is not correct. The family is American and apparently it’s reasonably common over there, at least enough that everyone pronounces it correctly.

@BingoGo

Micah = My-kah Mika = Mee-kah

I have chosen this as my overall favourite boy name.

I agree with this post.

I'm hoping to name our baby this if we have a boy. Won't find out till birth.

The correct pronunciation for the male biblical character is My-kuh

Mee-sha is usually misha, meesha or very rarely mica (as is the singer Mica Paris).

I’d never look at Micah and assume it was Meesha that’s just plain weird. Like looking at Michael and pronouncing it Meeshayel

I would say My-ca. I know a female one

@HeronLanyon

persipan ‘-Sha’ that’s a spanner in the works !! I’d expect that to be ‘misha’ or at a push ‘micha’

Knowing the two of them at the same time, I just fully assumed that was how it was pronounced by everyone!

Mee ka

Mike is only pronounced Myke as it ends in e.

I know one (male) and he’s definitely My-cuh

The people saying Mee-ka seem very sure though?

Mike-uh