Given name & surname
Mingo
“a flirtatious man”
Mingo is used as a given name and a surname. One American interpretation is “a flirtatious man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One American interpretation is “a flirtatious man.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is American.
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
Mingo through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 270
- 270 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1920
- 14 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #13,264 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 13,264 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 14 in 1920. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 332 as a first name in 2020; 4,825 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.
Mingo’s family of names
Mingo has a related form in Mingoe. Mingo has a related form in Myngo. Mingo has a related form in Myngoe.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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