Misha
Mischa is a male and (rarely) female given name .
Origin and meaning
Misha is of Slavic origin. It is the diminutive of Michail, the Russian variant of Mikhael or Michael .
Well-known namesake
- Mischa Auer (1905–1967), American film and theater actor
- Mischa Barton (* 1986), British actress
- Florian Mischa Böder (* 1974), German filmmaker, screenwriter and theater director
- Mischa Ebner (1975–2002), Swiss gunman and murderer
- Mischa Krausz (* 1954), Austrian composer, music producer, bass player
- Mischa Maisky (* 1948), Latvian cellist
- Mischa Meier (* 1971), German ancient historian
- Mischa Spoliansky (1898–1985), Russian-British composer
- Mischa Urbatzka (* 1983), German beach volleyball player
- Mischa van der Heiden (* 1971), Dutch techno artist, see DJ Misjah
- Mischael-Sarim Verollet (* 1981), known as "Mischa", German slampoet and author
- Mischa Vetere (* 1967), Swiss poet and writer
- Mischa Zickler (* 1966), Austrian author and television producer
- Mischa Zverev (* 1987), German tennis player
Others
- Mischa, comic series (from 1961) from the Kauka production about the spaceman of the same name
- Misha (mascot) , the mascot of the 1980 Moscow Olympics
- Mischa (magazine) , illustrated children's magazine