Misha

Where Misha comes from

A transliteration of the Russian Ми́ша (Míša), a hypocoristic for Михаи́л (Mixaíl), the Russian equivalent of Michael, from Hebrew מיכאל. Also a female name, presumably analogous to Michelle.
— Wiktionary's entry for Misha
  • Russian
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1954
    First appearance
    #5,148 among girls, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1991
    Peak, #1,248
    135 babies named Misha — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1994
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #2,188.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Russian, Ukrainian.
  • A female given name from Russian.
Namesakes

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Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.