Mike

Spellings & scripts●

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 18 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Mike is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish given name269K records spelled Mike5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Mexico, Philippines, Colombia

  Languages: Spanish, Italian, Romanian

  Also written Mikè, Míkë

• a separate given name254K records spelled Mike2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Italy

  Also written Miké

• French given name130K records spelled Mike5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United States, Canada, Belgium

  Also written Miké, Mïke, MiKe', Mikè

• Portuguese given name104K records spelled Mike7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, United States, United Kingdom, Portugal

  Also written Mikë, Mìke, Miké, Mîkê, Miķe

• Chinese given name32K records spelled Mike5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Taiwan, United Kingdom, China

  Languages: Chinese, Burmese

  Also written Míkë, Mïkę, Mîkê

• Japanese given name25K records spelled Mike2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Japan, United Kingdom, Canada

  Also written Mi-Ke

• Indonesian given name19K records spelled Mike4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, United States, Philippines, Malaysia

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written Mikë, Miké

90 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Mike is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• Usual short form of Michael. It is also used as an independent given name, particularly in the United States. Pet form: Mikey. Mikki ° Feminine variant of Micky (see }Mick) or pet form of Michaela, now sometimes used as an independent given name. Variants: Micki, Mickie, Mickey.

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

• In Hungarian, from a pet form of the personal name Miklos, Hungarian form of Nicholas, or possibly from a short form of Mihdly, Hungarian form of Michael.

  as a name·Dictionary of American Family Names

• In English, A microphone.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Swedish, Mike är en engelsk smekform till → Mikael.

  as a name·Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon

• In English, short form of Michael

  as a name·Baby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 146 years between 1880–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Mike Leighb. 1943GBEnglish writer and director (born 1943)
• Mike DeWineb. 1947USGovernor of Ohio since 2019
• Mike Starrb. 1950USAmerican actor (born 1950)
• Mike Penceb. 1959USVice President of the United States from 2017 to 2021
• Mike J. Dunleavyb. 1961USGovernor of Alaska since 2018
• Mike Pompeob. 1963USAmerican politician, United States Secretary of State
• Mike Tysonb. 1966USAmerican boxer and media personality (born 1966)
• Mike Phiromphornb. 1966THThai singer from Isan (northeastern) region
• Mike Colterb. 1976USAmerican actor
• Mike Bryanb. 1978USAmerican tennis player

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 1,034 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Mike?

We estimate roughly 252 thousand people bear Mike (counting its spellings and scripts) across 11 countries in our records.

In which country does Mike have the most bearers?

We estimate about 227 thousand people bear Mike in the United States, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled mike.

How common is Mike compared with other names?

In the United States, Mike is the 110th most common given name of 3,122,706 given names recorded there.

Is Mike a male or female name?

Mike is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Mike mean?

Recorded meaning: Short form of Michael; 'Who is like God?'.