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
Along the way
  1. 1954
    First appearance
    #4,278 among girls, 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 it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  3. 2017
    Peak, #1,198
    203 babies named Mika — more than any year before or since.
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.