Given name & surname · also Hawaiian
Miki
“of the beautiful tree”·“one who is nimble”·“from the trees”
Miki is used as a given name and a surname. Interpretations include “of the beautiful tree”, “one who is nimble”, and “from the trees”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Original Japanese三鬼
Meaning & origin
What it means
Interpretations include “of the beautiful tree”, “one who is nimble”, and “from the trees”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Where it comes from
This spelling has been associated with Japanese and Hawaiian naming traditions.
How it developed
In English usage, Miki is a diminutive of Michael. In English usage, Miki is a diminutive of Michelle.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1942. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Miki through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,885
- 73 boys · 1,812 girls
- Most popular year
- 1974
- 65 babies
- 2025
- 9
- #10,640 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −28%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 10,640 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 61 in 1973. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,277 as a first name in 2020; 334 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.
Miki’s family of names
In English usage, Miki is a diminutive of Michael. Miki has a related form in Mika. In English usage, Miki is a diminutive of Michelle.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Miki has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Japanese roots to each of them.
Nicknames & forms 14
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 19
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
- 三鬼original script · Japanese
- 未希original script · Japanese
- 実希original script · Japanese
- 美來original script · Japanese
- 美岐original script · Japanese
- 壬姫original script · Japanese
- 実己original script · Japanese
- 美来original script · Japanese
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Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Miki
- Miki YamaneJapanese footballer (born 1993)
- Miki MatsubaraJapanese singer-songwriter (1959-2004)
- Miki AndoJapanese figure skaterborn 1987
- Miki FujimotoJapanese actress, singer, dancer and modelborn 1985
- Miki KanieJapanese archerborn 1988
- Miki NakataniJapanese actress and singer (1976-)
- Nakayama Mikifounder of Tenrikyo (1798–1887)
- Miki MusterSlovene illustrator and animator1925–2018
- Miki ItōJapanese voice actress and narrator (born 1962)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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