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Chaela
How to Pronounce Chaela
Pronounced KAY-luh /ˈkeɪlə/Medium
Meaning: Chaela reads as a clipped or respelled form of Michaela, and is close in sound to Kayla; Michaela is the feminine of Michael, from the Hebrew Mikha'el, meaning who is like God, a rhetorical question. Chaela carries that meaning through its likely parent.Low
Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.
SSA data updated May 2026. How we source & verify this data.
History & Origin
Chaela most likely began as the tail end of Michaela, clipped and respelled, at a time when Michaela and Kayla were both fashionable.
It stayed rare throughout, given to only about twenty girls a year at its best. A girl named Chaela at its turn-of-the-century peak would be in her mid twenties now.
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Frequently Asked
What does the name Chaela mean?
It reads as a short form of Michaela, from the Hebrew Mikha'el meaning who is like God, and is close in sound to Kayla.
How do you pronounce Chaela?
It is said KAY-luh /ˈkeɪlə/, two syllables stressed on the first.
Is Chaela a boy or girl name?
Chaela is recorded as a girl's name.
How popular is Chaela?
It has always been very rare, given to only about twenty girls a year at its peak around the turn of the century.