Meaning: Beauty and fragrance in one Japanese spelling
The story
Japanese Mika can use 美香, combining beauty and fragrance. Finnish Mika is a masculine short form of Mikael, with a separate history; the Japanese meaning varies with the selected kanji.
Also means
What Mika means in its other languages.
- Finnishshort form of Mikael
Spellings & variants
- Mikako
- Micah
- Mikka
- Mikael
Popularity
Outside the US top 1,000.
Style
- Short
- Soft
- Works everywhere
- Modern
Origins
Mika comes from Japanese and Finnish. It’s a bridge name, with roots in more than one culture.
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Meaning varies by language and Japanese kanji
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Joyful song
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Spring or sunlight in Japanese spellings; day in Korean
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River in Spanish and Portuguese; Japanese readings depend on kanji
Yuki
Snow or happiness in one Japanese spelling
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