Given name & surname
Mika
“who is like (Yahweh)?”·“who is like God?”
Mika is a variant of Micah. One interpretation is “who is like (Yahweh)?.” In English use, Mika is a variant of Michael. One Hebrew interpretation is “who is like God?.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Mika is a variant of Micah. One interpretation is “who is like (Yahweh)?.” In English use, Mika is a variant of Michael. One Hebrew interpretation is “who is like God?.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In English use, Mika is a variant of Michael. An origin associated with Michael is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Finnish usage, Mika is a short form of Mikael. In Portuguese usage, Mika is a diminutive of Micael.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1954. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Mika is a variant of Micah. The history of Micah gives this family its wider story. Micah appears in biblical tradition, giving it a longstanding religious and cultural context.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Mika through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 8,114
- 1,362 boys · 6,752 girls
- Most popular year
- 2015
- 244 babies
- 2025
- 161
- #1,641 for girls · #3,422 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −13%
- Easing
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 20% boys.
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 127 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 1,641 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 18.1% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 203 in 2017. It also appeared in 34 birth records for boys in 2025. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (31). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 8,413 as a first name in 2020; 2,261 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Mika’s family of names
In Finnish usage, Mika has a nickname in Mike. In English usage, Mika has a related form in Michael. In German usage, Mika has a related form in Michael.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Mika has relatives in 12 languages.
32 related names in 12 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 19
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 10
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
- 三佳original script · Japanese
- 美香original script · Japanese
- 実花original script · Japanese
- 美花original script · Japanese
- 美果original script · Japanese
- 美佳original script · Japanese
- みかoriginal script · Japanese
- 美伽original script · Japanese
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Across languages 18
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Mika
- Mika HäkkinenFinnish racing driver (born 1968)
- Mika WaltariFinnish writer (1908–1979)
- MikaBritish-Lebanese musician, singer and songwriterborn 1983
- Mika SaloFinnish racing driver (1966-)
- Mika NakashimaJapanese singer and actressborn 1983
- Mika VäyrynenFinnish footballer (born 1981)
- Mika MyllyläFinnish cross-country skier1969–2011
- Mika KaurismäkiFinnish film directorborn 1955
- Mika GodtsBelgian footballerborn 2005
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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Sibling ideas
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