Miki

given name · Japanese · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Miki is a given name, most frequently recorded in Japan, where it is the 5th most common given name. It appears chiefly in Japanese and English, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: ‘three trees’. This name is found mostly in western HonshO, where there is a castle town by that name.

rarermore common
  • JPJapan1 in 649◐
  • USUnited States1 in 112K
  • FIFinland1 in 8.3K

carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.

≈4.4K ●

across 13 countries

Sources
189 ●

114K records

Official registry-verified

1 in 8.3K ◐

Finland

Meaning & origin●

‘three trees’. This name is found mostly in western HonshO, where there is a castle town by that name.

Sources 1

  • Dictionary of American Family Names

Attested across 18 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world●

Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.

Where Miki is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
JP Japan#5111,277106K rec.——Miki164
US United States—2,9695.4K rec.1 in 112K3KMiki189
FI Finland—670△4 rec.1 in 8.3K706—6
IT Italy—379514 rec.—2Miki34
KG Kyrgyzstan—37813 rec.——Miki4
DK Denmark—249—1 in 24K249——
CA Canada—224254 rec.—1Miki30
CN China—17633 rec.——Miki23
HK Hong Kong#812174135 rec.——Miki13
SE Sweden—158177 rec.1 in 65K158Miki16
BR Brazil—156—1 in 1.4M169——
PH Philippines—14884 rec.——Miki20

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.

Languages●

  • Japanese119K58%
  • English34K17%
  • Spanish9.3K5%
  • Hindi6.7K3%
  • Portuguese3.7K2%
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Languages in which the name is recorded
NameRecordsNote
Japanese118,52658%
English34,46717%
Spanish9,2875%
Hindi6,7053%
Portuguese3,6972%

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◐

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

  • English given name44K records spelled Miki9 spellings in the group

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

    Languages: English, Western Frisian

    Also written Mikï, Mikì, Miķï, Mįķï, Míkí

  • Spanish given name16K records spelled Miki3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Mexico, Brazil, Peru, United States

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Miķi

  • Hindi given name7.4K records spelled Miki10 spellings in the group

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

    Languages: Hindi, Bangla, Odia

    Also written Mickey, মিকি, Micki

  • German given name4.3K records spelled Miki5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Germany, Austria, United States, Italy

    Also written Mïkï, Mìkì

  • Finnish given name3.8K records spelled Miki4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Finland, United States, Italy, Israel

    Languages: Finnish, Estonian

    Also written Mìkì, Míkì

  • French given name3.4K records spelled Miki9 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Spain, Italy

    Languages: French, Catalan

    Also written Mïki, Míkì, Mįkį, M̮̩͖̠̣̔îkî, Mîkî

  • a separate given name2.3K records spelled Miki4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, India, Ethiopia, United Kingdom

    Also written Mikī, Miḳi, Mīkī

59 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●

Miki 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.

  • In Japanese, Rōmaji transcription of みき

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In English, Takeo, Japanese politician

    as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

  • In English, Aboriginal: the Moon

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

  • In Spanish, Árbol

    as a name25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado

  • In cmc-pro, корюшка

    as a wordStarLing Tower of Babel etymological databases (Starostin et al.)

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●

020406080196019802000202061 · 1973

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Miki in SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present), United States, 1942–2025
Yearrecords
19429
19435
19445
19456
19466
19479
194914
195012
19519
195213
195320
195414
195513
195614
195719
195827
195925
196020
196128
196230
196322
196426
196524
196628
196724
196827
196927
197030
197148
197247
197361
197459
197553
197627
197735
197830
197936
198029
198131
198222
198328
198430
198534
198626
198727
198831
198931
199032
199139
199222
199327
199419
199521
199621
199717
199824
199924
200023
200123
200222
200311
200411
200524
200626
200719
200810
200922
201012
201110
201216
201312
201421
201510
201610
201713
20188
201915
202014
202118
20227
20239
20259

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 82 years between 1942–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

194019601980Mike Leigh, b. 1943Mike DeWine, b. 1947Mike Starr, b. 1950Mike Pence, b. 1959Mike J. Dunleavy, b. 1961Mike Pompeo, b. 1963Mike Tyson, b. 1966Mike Phiromphorn, b. 1966Mike Colter, b. 1976Mike Bryan, b. 1978
  • Mike Leighb. 1943GBnot in their usual nameEnglish writer and director (born 1943)
  • Mike DeWineb. 1947USnot in their usual nameGovernor of Ohio since 2019
  • Mike Starrb. 1950USnot in their usual nameAmerican actor (born 1950)
  • Mike Penceb. 1959USnot in their usual nameVice President of the United States from 2017 to 2021
  • Mike J. Dunleavyb. 1961USnot in their usual nameGovernor of Alaska since 2018
  • Mike Pompeob. 1963USnot in their usual nameAmerican politician, United States Secretary of State
  • Mike Tysonb. 1966USnot in their usual nameAmerican boxer and media personality (born 1966)
  • Mike Phiromphornb. 1966THnot in their usual nameThai singer from Isan (northeastern) region
  • Mike Colterb. 1976USnot in their usual nameAmerican actor
  • Mike Bryanb. 1978USnot in their usual nameAmerican 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●

Attested in 67 sources across 37 countries.

Official registers attesting Miki
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex20203K#5,295
FI FinlandDVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)—706#1,783
FI FinlandDVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register)—670—
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020334#64,360
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000309#60,887
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020308#5,295
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010250#76,768
DK DenmarkDanmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts)—249#760
BR BrazilIBGE — Nomes (census name API)—169#27,800
SE SwedenSkatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)—158#6,223
BR BrazilIBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror)2022156—
GL GreenlandStatistics Greenland — First names (NAXT5)2021150—

Reference works 4

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 420 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Miki?
We estimate roughly 4.4 thousand people bear Miki (counting its spellings and scripts) across 13 countries in our records.
In which country does Miki have the most bearers?
Miki is most frequently recorded in Japan, where it is most often spelled miki.
How common is Miki compared with other names?
In Japan, Miki is the 5th most common given name of 355,102 given names recorded there.
Is Miki a male or female name?
Miki is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
What does the name Miki mean?
Recorded meaning: ‘three trees’. This name is found mostly in western HonshO, where there is a castle town by that name.
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About this data

● measured from records◐ inferred from the name graph○ machine-generated

Data snapshot . Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Miki” — the 5th most common given name in Japan. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.

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