Baby name
CLASSIC
🇦🇹 🇩🇪 🇷🇺 Mischa
/MEE · shah/
Meaning
“Who is like God”
Russian and German diminutive of Mikhail (Michael), meaning 'who is like God'; popularized in the West partly by actress Misha Barton and carries a cosmopolitan Russian feel.
Nicknames
misha
Vibe
strongwarm
How it ages.
Cross-cultural and gently exotic; ages well without feeling trendy.
The cultural moment.
Common in Russia for generations; established as a given name in Germany and Austria from the 1970s onward.