Mickey is a ♀ girl’s name and a ♂ boy’s name. Mickey thus belongs to the gender-neutral unisex names.
Mickey is a diminutive of the name Michael, which is of Hebrew origin and is also a feminine name. By the way, Disney’s original name for the character of Mickey Mouse was Mortimer Mouse, but his wife, Lillian, convinced him to change it.
Mickey means “who is like God?” (from Hebrew “Mikha’el/מִיכָאֵל” or “mí/מִי” = who + “k’/כְּ־” = like/as + “el/אֵל” = God).
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