Given name & surname
Miko
“who is like God?”
Miko is a variant of Michael. One Hebrew interpretation is “who is like God?.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Miko is a variant of Michael. One Hebrew interpretation is “who is like God?.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Miko is a variant of Michael. An origin associated with Michael is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1963. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Miko through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,593
- 980 boys · 613 girls
- Most popular year
- 2023
- 97 babies
- 2025
- 70
- #2,743 for boys · #5,506 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +55%
- Rising fast
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 79% boys.
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 47 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 2,743 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 61.9% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. It also appeared in 23 birth records for girls in 2025. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (8). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,381 as a first name in 2020; 697 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.
Miko’s family of names
Miko has a related form in Michael. In Finnish usage, Miko has a related form in Mikko. In Japanese usage, Miko is a Roman-alphabet rendering of みこ.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Miko has relatives in 3 languages.
4 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
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 Miko
- Miko HughesAmerican actorborn 1986
- Miko MissionItalian singerborn 1945
- Miko TripaloCroatian politician (1926-1995)
- Miko PeledIsraeli peace activist, author, and karate instructorborn 1961
- Miko BergbomFinnish politicianborn 1996
- Miko MayamaAmerican actor and film actorborn 1939
- Miko MälbergEstonian swimmer (born 1985)
Characters named Miko: Yae Miko (playable character in Genshin Impact).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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