What is Misha short for?
Misha is short for Michael and Mikhail. In 2025, 49 girls and 11 boys in the United States were given Misha as their full name, with nothing longer behind it, according to Social Security records.
The names behind Misha
Each count is the number of children given that name in the United States in 2025, from US Social Security records. A name given to fewer than five children in a year is left out of the published file.
Michael Hebrew origin
Misha from Michael: Russian pet form.
13 girls and 8,094 boys named Michael in 2025
Mikhail Russian origin
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Misha from Mikhail: the beloved Russian pet form.
84 boys named Mikhail in 2025