The story
- Hebrew · derived fromמיכאל
- Russian · derived fromМи́ша
- English todayMisha
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.
Words from the same roots
Hebrewמיכאל all →
Mikhail
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.