Given name & surname

Miu

Miu is a feminine given name from Japanese. It is used in English and French.

Original Japanese美海

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Miu comes from Japanese.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2001. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Miu through the years

Babies since 1880
92
0 boys · 92 girls
Most popular year
2003
9 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
02462025Highest share 20030.0
Miu in U.S. Social Security birth records, 2001–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 448 as a first name in 2020; 568 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.

Miu’s family of names

In Japanese usage, Miu is a Roman-alphabet rendering of みう. In Japanese usage, Miu is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 愛生. In Japanese usage, Miu is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 美海.

Walk Miu’s family in the name graph

MiuMyu美海美雨視雨愛生みう美羽実生

The ring: spellings.

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