Mika is a ♀ girl’s name and a ♂ boy’s name. Mika thus belongs to the gender-neutral unisex names.
Mika is a Nordic short form of the Hebrew names Michael and Mikael or Michaela and Mikaela and is therefore a name for girls and boys. In Japan, Mika is a girl’s name.
The boy’s name Mika means “who is like God?” (from Hebrew “Mikha’el/מִיכָאֵל” or “mí/מִי” = who + “k’/כְּ־” = like/as + “el/אֵל” = God). And the girl’s name means “new moon” or “the third day of the month” (from Japanese “mika/三日”) and “beautiful fragrance” (from Japanese “mi/美” = beautiful + “ka/香” = fragrance).
Other ways of spelling Mika are Mica, Micah and Mikah. A male version of Mika is Miko. Similar male names like Mika are Myka, Mykah, Mik, Mikas, Mikail, Mikao, Mike, Mikel, Mikey, Mikk, Mikka, Mikkel, Mikko and Mikolaj. Similar female names are Mya, Myra, Myla, Mira, Maya, Miya, Milah, Mila, Maiya, Mayah, Mecca, Mayra, Malka and Michelle. Popular nicknames can be Mimi, Ka, Mik, Mickey and Kiki. Anagrams for Mika are Akim, Ikma, Imka, Kaim, Kami, Maik and Maki.
Based on the frequency of positive ratings, we can analyze how popular names are in different countries. The name Mika is currently ranked #176 on the name leaderboard. It is one of the most popular baby names.
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🇦🇹 Austria | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | - |
🇩🇪 Germany | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | - |
🇮🇪 Ireland | - | - | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | - |
🇵🇹 Portugal | ✓ | - | ✓ | - | - | - |
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