Given name
Miyu
Miyu is a feminine given name from Japanese. It is used in English and French.
Original Japanese未夢
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1995. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Miyu through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 240
- 0 boys · 240 girls
- Most popular year
- 2000
- 16 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #12,768 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −26%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 12,768 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 16 in 2000. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 307 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.
Miyu’s family of names
In Japanese usage, Miyu is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 未夢. In Japanese usage, Miyu is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 未祐. In Japanese usage, Miyu is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 美優.
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 5
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Miyu
- Miyu KatoJapanese tennis playerborn 1994
- Miyu IrinoJapanese actor, voice actor and singerborn 1988
- Miyu TomitaJapanese voice actressborn 1999
- Miyu MatsukiJapanese voice actress (1977–2015)
- Miyu Ueharagravure idol (1987-2011)
- Miyu NambaJapanese swimmerborn 2002
- Miyu HondaJapanese tarento and figure skaterborn 2004
- Miyu NagaokaJapanese volleyball playerborn 1991
- Miyu KubotaJapanese seiyūborn 1995
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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