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The baby name Mimi is a Female name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced MEE-mee (IPA: /ˈmiːmi/).

Mimi is Chinese, English, French, Germanic, Greek, Hebrew, Japanese, Latin, Spanish in Origin.

Gender: Female
Syllables: 2.0
Origin: Chinese, English, French, Germanic, Greek, Hebrew, Japanese, Latin, Spanish
Pronunciation: MEE-mee (IPA: /ˈmiːmi/)

What is the meaning of the name Mimi ?

The baby name Mimi is a Female name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced MEE-mee (IPA: /ˈmiːmi/).

Mimi is Chinese, English, French, Germanic, Greek, Hebrew, Japanese, Latin, Spanish in Origin.

Across languages, Mimi functions as a sweet reduplicative diminutive, most often of Miriam/Mary/Maria and of Amelia/Emilia/Emily; it can also shorten Naomi and other Mi-initial names. Used in French, Italian, Spanish, German, and English, it has been adopted as a given name in its own right. Variants and spellings include Mimì (Italian), Mimmi (Scandinavian), and Mimie or MiMi; related pet forms are Mina and Miri.

As a familiar form it appears in 18th to 19th century Europe and gained wider recognition through Puccini's La Boheme (1896), whose heroine is called Mimi, later echoed in the musical Rent. Meanings depend on the source name: from Miriam/Mary, interpretations range from "beloved," "wished-for child," or "sea of bitterness"/"star of the sea"; from Emilia/Emily it carries the Latin sense "rival" or "eager"; from Naomi it inherits "pleasantness." Today Mimi feels cosmopolitan, playful, and vintage-chic.

Mimi has the following similar or variant Names

Mimi – Popularity by country

Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.

Country Gender Year Rank Born of
Ireland Girls 2023 #1 — 897
ET 0 #5 2 246
ET Girls 0 #8 9 372
BN 0 #16 16 2,297
DJ Girls 0 #29 1 488
BI Girls 0 #33 1 726
ID 0 #33 7 2,238
NA 0 #33 1 2,537
MV Girls 0 #35 1 2,021
EE 0 #37 1 1,051
AZ 0 #43 1 706
BN Girls 0 #43 69 5,459
MO 0 #46 7 2,706
BG Girls 0 #48 270 3,559
CM 0 #50 7 2,592
DZ 0 #55 14,550 20,130
PR 0 #55 1 1,497
TW Girls 0 #56 330 8,139
ID Girls 0 #59 40 3,319
CY 0 #60 1 1,632
AE Girls 0 #63 985 20,968
LU 0 #63 4 2,830
OM Girls 0 #66 457 15,987
BG 0 #68 13 1,799
AZ Girls 0 #71 5 1,051
IN 0 #71 1 2,963
AL 0 #72 5 2,372
AO 0 #72 6 2,729
JP 0 #72 6 4,057
MY Girls 0 #74 3,602 24,821
TW 0 #74 27 4,523
SD Girls 0 #77 718 7,678
SI 0 #79 2 1,612
CN 0 #81 6 3,857
PH 0 #81 16 5,607
SD 0 #84 17 2,130
QA 0 #90 11 7,011
MD Girls 0 #92 1 865
GE Girls 0 #94 11 1,564
KZ 0 #94 1 1,452
BW Girls 0 #101 48 4,216
OM 0 #101 16 6,215
KW 0 #102 15 5,216
KW Girls 0 #110 601 19,177
QA Girls 0 #112 232 15,378
HU 0 #115 1 1,675
SA Girls 0 #115 2,007 25,931
CY Girls 0 #117 9 3,755
EC 0 #120 2 2,502
GR 0 #125 10 3,911
RS Girls 0 #125 11 1,651
MO Girls 0 #127 134 7,056
CY Boys 0 #129 3 3,473
MU 0 #131 7 3,613
PA 0 #131 8 3,797
IQ 0 #132 2 3,533
Switzerland Girls 2024 #134 2 1,786
BN Boys 0 #134 6 6,332
JO 0 #136 5 2,158
LB 0 #136 1,247 13,263
EE Girls 0 #141 2 1,888
MT Girls 0 #142 10 3,773
PR Girls 0 #142 20 3,171
HK Girls 0 #144 1,069 16,104
RS Boys 0 #149 6 2,277
LU Girls 0 #150 36 4,850
AO Girls 0 #152 58 4,575
MY 0 #152 193 12,352
AE 0 #158 20 10,220
SI Girls 0 #160 15 2,769
CR 0 #161 5 5,526
BD Girls 0 #164 272 8,413
HU Boys 0 #174 1 3,954
Sweden Girls 2022 #175 5 1,568
AR 0 #175 12 2,915
HR 0 #176 6 2,081
MU Girls 0 #177 183 8,539
MT Boys 0 #178 2 4,064
UY 0 #179 4 2,477
CZ 0 #183 4 3,154
AL Girls 0 #184 39 4,141
JP Girls 0 #184 62 6,592
NA Girls 0 #185 40 7,146
BD 0 #186 42 5,992
GR Girls 0 #186 57 6,293
RU 0 #194 1 3,641
GH Girls 0 #195 151 6,973
DK 0 #199 8 5,198
LT Girls 0 #200 1 1,904
PS 0 #203 16 5,692
SI Boys 0 #206 6 3,402
HU Girls 0 #208 16 3,308
NG 0 #208 57 5,926
SG Girls 0 #212 525 18,916
MO Boys 0 #214 10 5,842
NG Girls 0 #214 1,445 15,093
BG Boys 0 #216 5 3,850
GH 0 #220 24 5,396
LU Boys 0 #220 1 4,970
IR 0 #224 8 4,221
PT 0 #224 23 4,161
JO Girls 0 #226 104 7,570
TW Boys 0 #226 16 7,111
EC Girls 0 #227 13 3,650
PH Girls 0 #230 168 13,098
GT Girls 0 #232 350 7,500
YE 0 #233 161 8,639
SA 0 #234 62 10,560
SG 0 #234 36 11,010
PT Girls 0 #236 297 7,952
EC Boys 0 #246 1 3,322
AO Boys 0 #247 3 5,568
HK 0 #248 103 8,483
IL 0 #248 27 6,291
GR Boys 0 #249 19 6,912
DK Girls 0 #250 67 7,429
HR Boys 0 #251 9 3,997
NA Boys 0 #252 2 6,830
MA 0 #256 3,591 20,986
HR Girls 0 #259 31 3,687
IQ Girls 0 #267 272 11,303
AL Boys 0 #269 30 5,122
Austria Girls 0 #274 153 1,885
JM Girls 0 #275 4 7,507
EG Girls 0 #277 1,697 14,742
SY 0 #278 800 11,684
GT 0 #280 35 5,948
Canada Girls 2024 #281 5 2,795
LY 0 #281 288 12,703
ZA Girls 0 #283 2,203 25,928
PS Girls 0 #284 277 10,981
PE 0 #292 19 6,350
KZ Boys 0 #295 2 6,578
CZ Boys 0 #299 7 6,530
KZ Girls 0 #300 21 5,862
CN Girls 0 #305 45 8,829
IL Girls 0 #309 388 11,648
EG 0 #311 91 6,387
AR Girls 0 #315 387 8,289
CZ Girls 0 #321 21 5,378
PL Girls 0 #321 34 5,096
Finland Girls 0 #323 70 1,368
PL Boys 0 #325 11 6,459
CN Boys 0 #326 6 9,639
DK Boys 0 #332 1 7,401
MX 0 #333 81 8,339
MU Boys 0 #347 11 8,477
NL 0 #350 42 2,481
BH 0 #356 200 17,937
BR 0 #356 5 5,969
GH Boys 0 #359 3 8,138
CM Girls 0 #362 186 11,671
MX Girls 0 #366 2,115 17,781
JO Boys 0 #368 10 7,057
ZA 0 #368 80 14,421
BO 0 #369 13 6,868
SD Boys 0 #371 75 10,523
PH Boys 0 #372 12 11,440
Germany Girls 0 #374 669 4,949
PA Girls 0 #378 105 9,861
PT Boys 0 #380 2 7,951
Germany 0 #386 52 2,542
CL 0 #392 20 6,867
Spain 0 #401 52 2,326
France Girls 2021 #403 3 3,185
UY Boys 0 #413 1 5,922
Spain Girls 0 #415 853 5,561
RU Girls 0 #423 76 11,913
IN Girls 0 #430 206 13,121
Austria Boys 0 #431 12 2,180
CR Girls 0 #438 95 11,342
EG Boys 0 #439 624 15,035
UY Girls 0 #449 62 6,731
CO 0 #454 27 7,768
AR Boys 0 #458 10 7,628
TN 0 #466 458 13,765
NL Girls 0 #469 605 5,933
HK Boys 0 #486 42 12,905
BO Girls 0 #490 123 9,488
IR Girls 0 #491 40 8,334
RU Boys 0 #495 11 12,621
GT Boys 0 #496 4 7,625
PA Boys 0 #503 3 9,305
CR Boys 0 #507 4 10,188
IT Girls 0 #510 1,806 9,415
CL Girls 0 #528 358 14,098
PS Boys 0 #535 14 10,655
IR Boys 0 #538 15 10,162
PE Girls 0 #547 493 14,861
BD Boys 0 #548 29 10,045
Finland Girls 2026 #552 211 3,895
CM Boys 0 #572 4 12,054
IL Boys 0 #595 13 10,983
IT 0 #618 97 4,183
BO Boys 0 #619 4 9,244
SG Boys 0 #631 67 17,960
IQ Boys 0 #632 36 13,071
CL Boys 0 #654 12 13,390
CO Girls 0 #655 499 16,140
QA Boys 0 #666 42 18,093
BR Boys 0 #699 53 12,213
KW Boys 0 #714 56 18,755
Spain Boys 0 #835 96 5,610
OM Boys 0 #840 42 17,948
BR Girls 0 #848 94 12,708
NG Boys 0 #856 96 16,906
PE Boys 0 #864 15 14,506
CO Boys 0 #880 41 15,656
United States Girls 2024 #893 24 8,487
Germany Boys 0 #899 54 5,697
MY Boys 0 #907 206 25,439
NL Boys 0 #907 45 5,873
MX Boys 0 #942 41 16,355
IN Boys 0 #982 20 16,750
AE Boys 0 #989 104 22,615
IT Boys 0 #996 488 10,046
ZA Boys 0 #1,032 147 25,619
TR 0 #1,064 148 19,440
SA Boys 0 #1,351 264 28,008

Mimi is popular in 91 countries — most recent births per country:

United States
Sweden
France
Switzerland
Canada

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People also ask about Mimi

Mimi is predominantly a girl's name.
Mimi is a 2 syllable name, pronounced MEE-mee (IPA: /ˈmiːmi/).
Common nicknames and spelling variations include Mimy, Mimie, Mimmi, Mimí, Mim and Mims.
Yes, very popular — Mimi ranked #1 in Ireland in 2023, and appears in official birth registries across 8 countries.
Mimi ranks highest in Ireland (#1 in 2023).
Mimi's popularity is rising significantly. It moved from #908 in 2014 to #893 in 2024 in United States.