Midori

Meaning & origin●(measured from records)

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

Often considered alongside

Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Midori, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.

• Kaede
• Sakura
• Aoi
• Sayuri
• Sora
• Rei
• Haru
• Hana
• Yuki
• Akari
• Izumi
• Aiko

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.

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

Midori is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name4 spellings in the group

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

  Also written Mïdorï

49 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)

Midori is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• ‘Verdant’.

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

• In German, weibl. Vom. japanischer Herkunft (»grün«, Symbol fur Hoffnung, Jungsein,

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

• Feliz

  as a name·25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado

• In English, A sweet, bright green, muskmelon-flavored liqueur made by Suntory.

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

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)

• Midori Katōb. 1939JPJapanese actress, voice actress and narrator
• Midori Nakanob. 1946JPJapanese essayist
• Midori Kiuchib. 1950JPJapanese actress, narrator (1950-2019)
• Midori Matsushimab. 1956JPJapanese politician
• Midori Kinouchib. 1957JPJapanese actress and singer (1957-)
• Midori Itob. 1969JPJapanese figure skater
• Midori Gotōb. 1971USJapanese American Violinist
• Midori Tannob. 1973JPJapanese announcer
• Midori Tsukimiyab. 1990JPJapanese seiyū
• Midori Francisb. 1994USAmerican actress

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)

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

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Midori mean, and where does it come from?

US violinist; melon liqueur Recorded by Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names.

Is Midori a male or female name?

Midori 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 Midori?

A machine transcription gives /mɪdɔɹi/ (IPA) for Japanese.

In which country does Midori have the most bearers?

In the United States, the national register counted about 1.8 thousand people named Midori, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled midori.

Where is Midori most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Midori is densest in Sweden — about 1 in 140 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.

How common is the name Midori?

In the United States, the national register counted 1,795 people named Midori in 2020, about 1 in 185 thousand residents.