Given name & surname
Mimi
Mimi is used as a given name and a surname. Mimi is connected with Maria.
Meaning & origin
How it developed
In Italian use, Mimi is used as an affectionate form of Maria.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1900. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Mimi through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 6,950
- 0 boys · 6,950 girls
- Most popular year
- 1961
- 168 babies
- 2025
- 14
- #7,765 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +3%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 14 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 7,765 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 3.1% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 168 in 1961. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 9,711 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.
Mimi’s family of names
In German usage, Mimi is a diminutive of Maria. In Greek usage, Mimi as a surname is a transliteration of Μίμη. Mimi is an affectionate form of Maria.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Mimi has relatives in 4 languages.
5 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 6
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Mimi
- Mimi RogersAmerican actressborn 1956
- Mimi KeeneBritish actressborn 1998
- Mimi LederAmerican film/television director and producerborn 1952
- Mimi KennedyAmerican actressborn 1948
- Mimi KodheliAlbanian politicianborn 1964
- Mimi CoertseSouth African singer1932–2026
- Mimi HafidaAlgerian poet and artist (born 1965)
- Mimi KuzykCanadian actress (b. 1952)
- Mimi ChakrabortyIndian actressborn 1989
Characters named Mimi: Mimi Tachikawa (Digimon Adventure).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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