Given name
Mirko
“one who is prosperous”·“a peaceful woman”·“one who is wonderful”
Mirko is a variant of Mira. Interpretations include “one who is prosperous”, “a peaceful woman”, and “one who is wonderful”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Mirko is a variant of Mira. Interpretations include “one who is prosperous”, “a peaceful woman”, and “one who is wonderful”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Mirko is a variant of Mira. A possible origin is Latin, although the derivation remains uncertain.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
Built from Serbo-Croatian mȋr (“peace”) + -ko.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1916. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Mirko through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 183
- 183 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2014
- 16 babies
- 2025
- 9
- #8,693 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −8%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 8,693 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 16 in 2014. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 985 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.
Mirko’s family of names
Mirko has a related form in Mira. In Italian usage, Mirko has a related form in MIRCO. In Italian usage, Mirko has a related form in MIRCO.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
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.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Mirko
- Mirko VučinićMontenegrin footballerborn 1983
- Mirko HrgovićBosnian association football playerborn 1979
- Mirko CvetkovićPrime Minister of Serbia (2008–2012)born 1950
- Mirko Cro CopCroatian mixed martial artist, kickboxer and law enforcement officerborn 1974
- Mirko JozićCroatian footballerborn 1940
- Mirko KovačYugoslav writer (1938–2013)
- Mirko IvanićMontenegrin footballerborn 1993
- Mirko ValdifioriItalian association football player (born 1986)
- Mirko AlilovićCroatian handball playerborn 1985
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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