Minako

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 6 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
6
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Minako by the numbers

Minako was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 7 babies in 2002, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Minako

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Minako. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Minkawill; resolute protector; a form of Wilhelmina21 in the US (2017)
  • Minamisouth10 in the US (2017)
  • Misakibeautiful bloom or cape9 in the US (2017)
  • Minah8 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Minaal10 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Minal3 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Minako

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