Quote Originally Posted by Ramil
Quote Originally Posted by charlestonian
I the US, it can be a boy's or a girl's name. I've seen both.
No surprise, people just like it how it sounds and call their baby so. I doubt anybody would have named a girld Michael


How do they spell it? Meesha? or Misha (какая-то Майша получается).
You are wrong about girls named Michael. It is not common but it happens:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Learned
Michael Learned is a four-time Emmy-winning and Golden Globe-nominated American actress best known for her role as Olivia Walton on The Waltons.


As for spelling:

It can be Misha, Mischa, or Meesha.

Home Page for Misha Elena Kilmer
Misha E. Kilmer, Per Christian Hansen and Malena Espanol, A Projection-based Approach to General Form Tikhonov Regularization , SISC, in press, Sept. 2006. ...
www.tufts.edu/~mkilme01/

Mischa Barton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mischa Anne Marsden Barton (born January 24, 1986) is an English-born American actress and fashion model, best known for her role as Marissa Cooper on the ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mischa_Barton

Meesha's Bio
Michele Tayoun (Meesha) is a dynamic, and passionate performer, with a unique, and innovative style that still maintains the traditional elements of Middle ...
www.animusmusic.com/id33.html