Mika

Where Mika comes from

* (Japanese given name): Borrowed from Japanese みか (Mika). * (Hebrew given name): From Hebrew מִיכָה (mīḵāh)
— Wiktionary's entry for Mika
  • Japanese
  • Hebrew
  • Vowel-ended
Mika through the years
  1. 1954
    First appearance
    #4,278 among girls with 8 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1961
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name. From this year on, more girls have.
  3. 2017
    Peak, #1,198
    203 babies named Mika, the most in any year.
In the dictionary
  • A unisex given name.
  • A female given name from Japanese.
  • A unisex given name from Hebrew, variant of Micah.
Namesakes

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Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.