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Mika
Mika (みか) is a Japanese name for girls. Its best-known spelling is 美香, 美 beautiful + 香 fragrance. It was most popular in the past, reaching No. 6 in 1984.
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Ways to write Mika
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.
美香
美beautiful香fragrance
Girl, best No. 6 (1972–1984)美佳
美beautiful佳beautiful, good
Girl, 53 notable people on Wikidata美加
美beautiful加to add
Girl, 13 notable people on Wikidata三佳
三three佳beautiful, good
Girl, 11 notable people on Wikidata美華
美beautiful華splendour, flower
Girl, 9 notable people on Wikidata実花
実fruit, truth花flower
Girl, 8 notable people on Wikidata美花
美beautiful花flower
Girl, 6 notable people on Wikidata実佳
実fruit, truth佳beautiful, good
Girl, 5 notable people on Wikidata美歌
美beautiful歌song
Girl, 5 notable people on Wikidata美果
美beautiful果fruit
Girl, 5 notable people on Wikidata美夏
美beautiful夏summer
Girl, 4 notable people on Wikidata実加
実fruit, truth加to add
Girl, 4 notable people on Wikidata実華
実fruit, truth華splendour, flower
Girl, 3 notable people on WikidataRarer spellings
These spellings of Mika appear in Japanese name records but are uncommon. Each uses a standard reading of its kanji.
海佳sea + beautifulGirl
海加sea + to addGirl
海夏sea + summerGirl
海果sea + fruitGirl
海歌sea + songGirl
海花sea + flowerGirl
海華sea + splendourGirl
海香sea + fragranceGirl
Popularity in Japan
Where the most popular spelling of Mika has ranked among baby names each year. Its best year was 1984, at No. 6.
Show the numbers
| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1984 | No. 6 |
| 1983 | No. 10 |
| 1974 | No. 8 |
| 1973 | No. 10 |
| 1972 | No. 8 |
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 Mika
Mika Nakashima 中島 美嘉Japanese singer and actress
Mika Sugimoto 美香Japanese judoka
Mika Yamamoto 山本 美香Japanese journalist (1967–2012)
Mika Ninagawa 実花Japanese photographer and film director (1972-)
Mika Kikuchi 菊地 美香Japanese voice actress
From Wikidata: notable Japanese people with this given name.