Miki

given name · Latin script

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

Miki is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Japan than in any other country, where it is the 5th most common given name. In Japanese, recorded as ‘three trees’. This name is found mostly in western HonshO, where there is a castle town by that name.

rarermore common
  • JPJapan≈1 in 411(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 102K
  • GLGreenland≈1 in 8K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Japan (inferred from the name graph)

≈310,000 people, est.

Sources
206 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 411 (inferred from the name graph)

Japan, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

‘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 17 languages in the etymology graph.

How Miki is read(measured from records)

Miki is one spelling over 3 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 3 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.

  • Japanese59%

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

    as a nameDictionary of American Family Names

    Rōmaji transcription of みき

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

  • English18%

    Takeo, Japanese politician

    as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

    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…

  • Spanish5.3%

    Árbol

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

The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Miki counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Miki is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
JP Japan#5≈310,000 est.≈1 in 411—Miki169
CN China—≈40,000 est.≈1 in 35K—Miki22
IT Italy—≈6,500 est.≈1 in 9.6K2Miki32
US United States—3,2771 in 102K3KMiki206
AT Austria—≈970 est.≈1 in 9.2K16——
FI Finland—6931 in 8K706—4
GL Greenland—≈7 est.≈1 in 8K150——

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); ISTAT — Contanomi newborn per-name series (1999–2024, JSONP backend); Statistics Greenland — First names (NAXT5); Statistik Austria — STATatlas Vornamen WFS (per-name time series 1984–2024). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

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

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

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 name9 spellings in the group

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

    Also written Míkí, Mįķï, Mikì, Mikï, Miķï

  • Spanish given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Mexico, Peru, United States, Spain

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Miķi

  • Hindi given name10 spellings in the group

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

    Languages: Hindi, Bangla, Odia

    Also written Mickey, মিকি, Micki

  • German given name5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Germany, Austria, United States, Switzerland

    Also written Mïkï, Mìkì

  • Finnish given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Finland, Italy, Israel

    Languages: Finnish, Estonian

    Also written Míkì, Mìkì

  • French given name9 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Italy, Belgium

    Also written Mïki, Míkì, Mįkį, Mĩķï, Mîkî

  • a separate name4 spellings in the group

    Also written Miḳi, Mikī, Mīkī

60 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(measured from records)

Miki is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • 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.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

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(measured from records)

Attested in 68 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#921
FI FinlandDVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register)—670—
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020308#5,295
GL GreenlandStatistics Greenland — First names (NAXT5)2021150—
FI FinlandDVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)—82#3,392
FI FinlandDVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register)—23—
AT AustriaStatistik Austria — STATatlas Vornamen WFS (per-name time series 1984–2024)202416#985
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)20259—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)20045—
AT AustriaStatistik Austria — Vornamen der Geborenen (1984–present)20243#1,173
IT ItalyISTAT — Contanomi newborn per-name series (1999–2024, JSONP backend)20242#4,217

Reference works 5

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
  • Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)

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

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

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, and where does it come from?
‘three trees’. This name is found mostly in western HonshO, where there is a castle town by that name. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
In which country does Miki have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 306 thousand people named Miki in Japan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled miki.
How common is the name Miki?
In the United States, the national register counted 3,277 people named Miki in 2020, about 1 in 102 thousand residents.
How common is Miki compared with other names?
In Japan, Miki is the 5th most common given name of 366,905 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

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 2026-10-10.

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