Midori
A girls’ name of Japanese origin, meaning green.
Babies a year
10
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Midori by the numbers
Midori was given to 10 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 33 babies in 1988, making it a 1980s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Midori. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean green
Like Midori, each of these has green in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Chloegreen shoot, blooming6,920 in the US (2017)
- Khloegreen shoot or verdant; a spelling variant of Chloe2,143 in the US (2017)
- Esmeraldaemerald; the precious green stone815 in the US (2017)
- Rayanwatered; verdant or irrigated land291 in England and Wales (2025)
- Denverfrom Denafær, green valley488 in the US (2017)
- Emeraldthe green gemstone278 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Midori
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