Micah

Micah has the clean architecture of a Hebrew question: who is like God. It is the name of a minor prophet whose book contains one of the most quoted lines in scripture, the call to do justice and love kindness and walk humbly. Long considered a boys' name in American use, it has drifted gently unisex over the last two decades, currently sitting around the top 86. The two syllables land soft then sharp, like a pebble skipped once. Micah reads as quietly principled, a little countercultural, the kind of name attached to people who write songs on acoustic guitars and volunteer without talking about it.