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Miki

Miki (みき) is a Japanese name for girls. Its best-known spelling is 美紀, 美 beautiful + 紀 chronicle. It was most popular in the past, reaching No. 10 in 1975.

み · き · みき · ミキ
Most used spelling美紀みきbeautiful + chronicle

Ways to write Miki

The same sound can be written with different kanji, and each choice changes the meaning. These are the spellings that have appeared in Japan's yearly baby name rankings, most popular first.

美紀
美beautiful紀chronicle, era
Girl, best No. 10 (1975)
美姫
美beautiful姫princess
Girl, best No. 88 (2007)
美貴
美beautiful貴precious, noble
Boys and girls, 26 notable people on Wikidata
美希
美beautiful希hope, rare
Girl, 10 notable people on Wikidata
美樹
美beautiful樹tree
Boys and girls, 4 notable people on Wikidata
実希
実fruit, truth希hope, rare
Boys and girls, 1 notable person on Wikidata

Rarer spellings

These spellings of Miki appear in Japanese name records but are uncommon. Each uses a standard reading of its kanji.

果樹fruit + treeGirl
海葵sea + hollyhockGirl
海希sea + hopeGirl
海貴sea + preciousGirl
海輝sea + to shineGirl
海樹sea + treeGirl
海生sea + lifeGirl
海妃sea + princessGirl

Popularity in Japan

Where the most popular spelling of Miki has ranked among baby names each year. Its best year was 1975, at No. 10.

No. 1No. 45No. 90198019902000Girls, 1975: No. 10Girls, 2007: No. 88
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YearGirls
2007No. 88
1975No. 10

Source: Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance yearly baby name survey. It covers the top 10 names each year from 1912 to 2003, and the top 100 names and top 50 readings from 2004.

Famous people named Miki

Miki Sugawara 菅原 美希Japanese association football player
Miki Yamane 山根 視来Japanese footballer (born 1993)
Miki Fujimoto 美貴Japanese actress, singer, dancer and model
Miki Kanie 蟹江 美貴Japanese archer
Momoko Sakura 美紀Japanese mangaka (1965–2018)
Miki Nonaka 美希Japanese singer and dancer

From Wikidata: notable Japanese people with this given name.

Names that share a kanji