Misha (disambiguation)
Misha | |
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Pronunciation | Russian: [ˈmɪʃ.ɑː] |
Gender | Male |
Origin | |
Word/name | Russia, Hebrew |
Meaning | "Who is like God?" |
Other names | |
Related names | Michael, Mikhail, Michal, Mischa, Micha, Míša |
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Misha is a diminutive of the Russian name Михаил (Mikhail). A hypocoristic of Michael, its English-language equivalent would be Mike. Non-Russian usages sometimes have it as a female name, and sometimes as Mischa.
People
- Misha Alperin, Ukrainian jazz musician
- Sir Misha Black, British architect
- Misha Calvin, Serbian rock guitarist
- Misha Collins (born 1974), American actor
- Misha Dichter (born 1945), American pianist
- Misha Glenny (born 1958), British journalist
- Misha Mengelberg (born 1935), Dutch jazz pianist
- Misha Reznikoff, American-Ukrainian artist
- Misha Segal, Israeli film producer and composer
- Misha Verbitsky (born 1969), Russian mathematician
- Misha (singer) (born 1975), Slovak R&B musician
- Misha (album), the second studio album by Misha
- Misha B (born 1992), British singer and X Factor 2011 finalist
- Misha Mansoor (born 1984), Guitarist of progressive metal band Periphery
- Mikhail Baryshnikov (born 1948) nicknamed "Misha", Russian dancer, choreographer and actor
- Mikheil Saakashvili, nicknamed "Misha", former President of Georgia
- Misha Zilberman (born 1989), an Israeli Olympic badminton player
Fictional characters
- Misha, mascot of the 1980 Olympic Games
- Misha (Pita-ten), character from the anime and manga Pita-ten
- Misha Arsellec Lune, character in the PlayStation 2 game Ar tonelico: Melody of Elemia
- Misha, from Katawa Shoujo.
- Misha Milanich, a character from the video game Mercenaries 2: World in Flames.
- Misha, a penguin from Andrey Kurkov's books Death and the Penguin and Penguin Lost
- Misha Latanya, eldest son of the Lion of Senet, in Jennifer Fallon's Second Sons Trilogy
- Misha Milgrom, the main character of the book Milkweed by Jerry Spinelli
- Misha, the "Heavy Weapons Guy" class from the video game Team Fortress 2
- Misha, a bear, one of the Rexxar's Companions from the Warcraft franchise
Others
- Misha: A Mémoire of the Holocaust Years, hoax Holocaust memoir
- Misha (woreda), Hadiya Zone, Ethiopia
- Misha (magazine), Russian children's magazine
See also
- Mischa (disambiguation)
- Mishka (disambiguation)
- Myosha River, a river in Tatarstan, Russia
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