Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Minori isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1994. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Minori through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 84
- 0 boys · 84 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 9 babies
- 2025
- 9
- #10,647 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 10,647 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 253 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.
Minori’s family of names
In Japanese usage, Minori is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 実. In Japanese usage, Minori is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 実乃里. In Japanese usage, Minori is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 実理.
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 8
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Minori
- Minori SatoJapanese association football playerborn 1991
- Minori ChiharaJapanese voice actress and singerborn 1980
- Minori SuzukiJapanese voice actressborn 1997
- Minori MatsushimaJapanese actress, voice actress and narrator (1940–2022)
- Minori HatsuneJapanese AV idolborn 1987
- Minori TeradaJapanese actor1942–2024
- Minori HayakariJapanese long-distance runner, coachborn 1972
- Minori KimuraJapanese manga artistborn 1949
- Minori FujideraJapanese voice actressborn 2006
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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