Miyu
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Rōmaji transcription of みゆ
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/miju/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Miyu is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Japan than in any other country.
- JPJapan≈1 in 2.4K(inferred from the name graph)
- HKHong Kong≈1 in 143K
- MYMalaysia≈1 in 346K
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)
- Sources
- 89 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 2.4K (inferred from the name graph)
≈52,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Japan, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Rōmaji transcription of みゆ
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Miyu 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JP Japan | #450 | ≈52,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.4K | — | Miyu | 89 |
| CN China | — | ≈720 est. | ≈1 in 1.9M | — | Miyu | 6 |
| US United States | — | 307 | 1 in 1.1M | 305 | Miyu | 78 |
| MY Malaysia | — | ≈94 est. | ≈1 in 346K | — | Miyu | 8 |
| AU Australia | — | ≈61 est. | ≈1 in 418K | 1 | Miyu | 21 |
| HK Hong Kong | — | ≈51 est. | ≈1 in 143K | — | Miyu | 3 |
| CL Chile | — | ≈23 est. | ≈1 in 779K | 1 | — | — |
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; SA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present); SRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021). 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)
Miyu is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In dag, 1. a strand of fibre 2. a strand of elastic
as a wordDagbani Dictionary CD
In zku, man, human
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Quechua, poison
as a wordkaikki.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)
- Miyu Matsukib. 1977JPJapanese voice actress (1977–2015)
- Miyu Sawaib. 1987JPJapanese actress, voice actress, fashion model, talent
- Miyu Irinob. 1988JPJapanese actor, voice actor and singer
- Miyu Yagyūb. 1990JPJapanese actress (born 1990)
- Miyu Kubotab. 1995IDJapanese seiyū
- Miyu Takagib. 1996JPJapanese voice actress
- Miyū Ikedab. 1998JPJapanese female fashion model, talent and YouTuber (1998-)
- Miyu Tomitab. 1999JPJapanese voice actress
- Miyu Hondab. 2004JPJapanese tarento and figure skater
- Miyu Sasakib. 2011JPJapanese 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)
Attested in 23 sources across 15 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 305 | #29,024 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2000 | 16 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2012 | 14 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2008 | 14 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2011 | 12 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2010 | 12 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2006 | 12 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2003 | 12 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2013 | 11 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2002 | 11 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2016 | 10 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2001 | 10 | — |
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia given-name 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 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Miyu mean, and where does it come from?
- Rōmaji transcription of みゆ Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Miyu?
- A machine transcription gives /miju/ (IPA) for Japanese.
- Is Miyu a male or female name?
- Miyu 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.
- In which country does Miyu have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 52 thousand people named Miyu in Japan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled miyu.
- How common is the name Miyu?
- In the United States, the national register counted 307 people named Miyu in 2020, about 1 in 1.1 million residents.
- How common is Miyu compared with other names?
- In Japan, Miyu is the 450th most common given name of 366,905 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Miyu?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/miyuThe 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, “Miyu” — the 450th most common given name in Japan. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.