Given name & surname
Midori
“having green eyes”
Midori is used as a given name and a surname. One Japanese interpretation is “having green eyes.”
Original Japanese宮土理
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Japanese interpretation is “having green eyes.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Japanese.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Midori through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,224
- 0 boys · 1,224 girls
- Most popular year
- 1988
- 33 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −20%
- Easing
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 13 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 33 in 1988. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,795 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Midori’s family of names
Midori has a related form in Midorea. Midori has a related form in Midoree. Midori has a related form in Midorey.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 5
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Midori
- Midori HondaJapanese association football playerborn 1964
- MidoriJapanese American Violinistborn 1971
- Midori ItoJapanese figure skaterborn 1969
- Midori FrancisAmerican actressborn 1994
- Midori MatsushimaJapanese politicianborn 1956
- Midori ShintaniJapanese judokaborn 1980
- Midori SeilerJapanese violinist and music educatorborn 1969
- Midori KatōJapanese actress, voice actress and narratorborn 1939
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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