Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Miyako comes from Japanese, and ultimately from Japanese.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1912. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Miyako through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 178
- 0 boys · 178 girls
- Most popular year
- 1922
- 9 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
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 519 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.
Miyako’s family of names
In Japanese usage, Miyako is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 実耶子. In Japanese usage, Miyako is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 美夜子. In Japanese usage, Miyako is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 美弥子.
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 4
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Miyako
- Miyako TanakaOlympic synchronized swimmerborn 1967
- Miyako SumiyoshiJapanese speed skater (1987-2018)
- Miyako IshiuchiJapanese photographer (born 1947)
- Miyako MatsumotoJapanese professional wrestler and actressborn 1985
- Miyako MakiJapanese manga artistborn 1935
- Miyako ItōJapanese voice actressborn 1962
- Miyako ŌtsukaJapanese basketball player (born 1953)born 1952
- Miyako YamaguchiJapanese actressborn 1952
- Miyako YoshidaJapanese ballet dancer and ballet instructor (1965-)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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