Mimi
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Italian pet form of Maria, originally a nursery name
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ˈmimi/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Mimi is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Indonesia than in any other country.
- DZAlgeria≈1 in 1.6K(inferred from the name graph)
- BGBulgaria≈1 in 2.7K
- MYMalaysia≈1 in 4.9K
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.
- Indonesia (inferred from the name graph)
- 6 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 438 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 1.6K (inferred from the name graph)
≈28,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Algeria, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Italian pet form of Maria, originally a nursery name. The heroine of Puccini's opera La Bohéme (1896) announces ‘They call me Mimi’, and since that time the name has occasionally been used in the English-speaking world.
Sources 1
- A concise dictionary of first names
Attested across 25 languages in the etymology graph.
Often considered alongside
Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Mimi, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.
From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Mimi 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ID Indonesia | #977 | ≈28,000 est. | ≈1 in 9.7K | listed | Mimi | 125 |
| DZ Algeria | #108 | ≈26,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.6K | — | Mimi | 29 |
| NG Nigeria | — | ≈15,000 est. | ≈1 in 14K | — | Mimi | 54 |
| US United States | — | 9,711 | 1 in 34K | 9.7K | Mimi | 438 |
| MY Malaysia | #534 | ≈6,600 est. | ≈1 in 4.9K | — | Mimi | 58 |
| BG Bulgaria | #471 | ≈2,500 est. | ≈1 in 2.7K | — | Mimi | 56 |
| KW Kuwait | #796 | ≈340 est. | ≈1 in 8.7K | — | Mimi | 17 |
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. 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Mimi 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 English, lang., Sudan; pers. name
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
In Swahili, Kiswahili: 'I, me, myself'
as a nameAfrican Names
In French, French: 'martial, strong'
as a nameAfrican Names
Wadai (Chad): people; language isolated
as a nameAfrican Names
In French, Pet form, often of Marie or Miriam.
as a nameDictionnaire généalogique des prénoms
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)
- Mimi Fariñab. 1945USAmerican musician (1945–2001)
- Mimi Kennedyb. 1948USAmerican actress
- Mimi Gibsonb. 1948USAmerican actress
- Mimi Lederb. 1952USAmerican film/television director and producer
- Mimi Kuzykb. 1952CACanadian actress (b. 1952)
- Mimi Rogersb. 1956USAmerican actress
- Mimi Giannopulosb. 1989USAmerican actress
- Mimî M. Khayisab. 1991GBBritish-Zimbabwean actress
- Mimi Keeneb. 1998GBBritish actress
- Huh Mimib. 2002JPKorean judoka
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).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 79 sources across 44 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 9.7K | #2,507 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 53 | #2,507 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 14 | — |
Reference works 5
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name 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
- What are other forms of the name Mimi?
- In the etymology graph, Maria, Mary and Marie are forms of the same name in other languages.
- What does the name Mimi mean, and where does it come from?
- Italian pet form of Maria, originally a nursery name. Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names.
- Is Mimi a male or female name?
- Mimi is a female 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.
- How do you pronounce Mimi?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈmimi/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Mimi have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 28 thousand people named Mimi in Indonesia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled mimi.
- How common is the name Mimi?
- In the United States, the national register counted 9,711 people named Mimi in 2020, about 1 in 34 thousand residents.
- How common is Mimi compared with other names?
- In Indonesia, Mimi is the 977th most common given name of 270,909 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Mimi?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/mimiThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Mimi” — the 977th most common given name in Indonesia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.