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Mio
Mio (みお) is a Japanese name for girls. Its best-known spelling is 美桜, 美 beautiful + 桜 cherry blossom. It is popular today and has reached No. 1 in 2020.
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Ways to write Mio
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.
美桜
美beautiful桜cherry blossom
Girl, best No. 4 (2004–2025)美穂
美beautiful穂ear of grain
Girl, best No. 2 (1973–1992)澪
澪waterway
Girl, best No. 4 (2007–2025)美緒
美beautiful緒thread, beginning
Girl, best No. 19 (2006–2023)美織
美beautiful織to weave
Girl, best No. 27 (2012–2022)美音
美beautiful音sound
Girl, best No. 31 (2007–2011)実桜
実fruit, truth桜cherry blossom
Girl, best No. 41 (2012–2025)真緒
真true, genuine緒thread, beginning
Girl, best No. 57 (2004–2009)未桜
未not yet, future桜cherry blossom
Girl, best No. 75 (2021–2023)未央
未not yet, future央centre
Girl, 19 notable people on Wikidata美生
美beautiful生life, to live
Girl, 6 notable people on Wikidata実生
実fruit, truth生life, to live
Girl, 5 notable people on Wikidata実央
実fruit, truth央centre
Girl, 4 notable people on Wikidata美央
美beautiful央centre
Girl, 3 notable people on Wikidata美欧
美beautiful欧(sound ō)
Girl, 3 notable people on Wikidata実音
実fruit, truth音sound
Girl, 3 notable people on Wikidata水脈
水water脈vein, pulse
Girl, 2 notable people on Wikidata美青
美beautiful青blue, green
Girl, 2 notable people on Wikidata実緒
実fruit, truth緒thread, beginning
Girl, 2 notable people on Wikidata弥央
弥more and more央centre
Girl, 2 notable people on Wikidata海音
海sea音sound
Girl, 2 notable people on WikidataRarer spellings
These spellings of Mio appear in Japanese name records but are uncommon. Each uses a standard reading of its kanji.
果緒fruit + threadGirl
果生fruit + lifeGirl
海央sea + centreGirl
海桜sea + cherry blossomGirl
海緒sea + threadGirl
海雄sea + heroGirl
幹央trunk + centreGirl
見緒to see + threadGirl
Popularity in Japan
Where Mio has ranked among the most popular name readings each year. Its best year was 2020, at No. 1.
Show the numbers
| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 2025 | No. 6 |
| 2024 | No. 8 |
| 2023 | No. 3 |
| 2022 | No. 4 |
| 2021 | No. 2 |
| 2020 | No. 1 |
| 2019 | No. 9 |
| 2018 | No. 12 |
| 2017 | No. 13 |
| 2016 | No. 13 |
| 2015 | No. 8 |
| 2014 | No. 14 |
| 2013 | No. 9 |
| 2012 | No. 8 |
| 2011 | No. 10 |
| 2010 | No. 16 |
| 2009 | No. 3 |
| 2008 | No. 4 |
| 2007 | No. 10 |
| 2006 | No. 25 |
| 2005 | No. 34 |
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 Mio
Mio Otani 未央Japanese association football player
Mio Shinozaki 澪Japanese basketball player (born 1991)
Mio Imada 美桜Japanese actress, talent and model
From Wikidata: notable Japanese people with this given name.