Skip to main content
Evidence-led referenceJapanese names, readings and kanji
japanesenameatlas.infoJapanese name reference
Saved
ReferenceNamesMika
Canonical reference record
JMnedict-backedKANJIDIC2 character context
Japanese given name

Mika

みか

Given-name classification varies across source records.

みかミカMika
Compare spellings
Reference coverage

Extended source depth

This reading group has a comparatively broad dictionary footprint across source-recorded spellings or records. The counts describe corpus coverage, not real-world popularity.

Distinct recorded spellings244

group-level written forms

Source spelling/reading rows245

records contributing to this reading group

Coverage levelExtended

based only on the imported source footprint

Pronunciation & romanization

How to read Mika

The kana reading is source-recorded. Romanization and mora segmentation are deterministic reading aids generated from that kana; pitch accent is not inferred.

Source readingみか

Normalized to hiragana for comparison.

Katakana formミカ

The same reading converted to katakana.

RomanizationMika

Macron-style display. Vowel-sequence form: Mika. Personal spelling and true vowel boundaries can differ.

Mora segmentationみ · か

2 morae in this reading. Small ゃ/ゅ/ょ-type kana join the preceding mora.

Audio note: the play button uses Japanese text-to-speech provided by the visitor’s browser/device. It is a convenience preview, not a recorded native-speaker pronunciation or pitch-accent authority.

Meaning by written form

What can Mika mean?

A Japanese name can be written in more than one way, and its meaning can change with the kanji used. Rather than assigning one English meaning to “Mika”, this page explains each recorded spelling separately.

Kanji spellings10

character meanings available

Kana-only spellings2

no kanji meaning attached

InterpretationBy spelling

based on the exact written form

Kana-only spelling

みか

This spelling is written only in kana. Because it contains no kanji, there is no kanji meaning to interpret here. The kana record the name’s sound; any personal or cultural meaning would depend on context not supplied by the dictionary.

Characters and loaded glosses
みKana characterかKana character
Kana-only spelling

ミカ

This spelling is written only in kana. Because it contains no kanji, there is no kanji meaning to interpret here. The kana record the name’s sound; any personal or cultural meaning would depend on context not supplied by the dictionary.

Characters and loaded glosses
ミKana characterカKana character
Mixed kanji and kana spelling

み佳

This spelling combines kanji and kana. Dictionary meanings are shown only for the kanji characters; the kana represent sound and do not add a kanji-derived English meaning.

Characters and loaded glosses
みKana character佳excellent, beautiful, good
Mixed kanji and kana spelling

み香

This spelling combines kanji and kana. Dictionary meanings are shown only for the kanji characters; the kana represent sound and do not add a kanji-derived English meaning.

Characters and loaded glosses
みKana character香incense, smell, perfume
Kanji spelling

三佳

These are dictionary meanings for the kanji used in this spelling. Together they can suggest associations, but they do not establish one fixed English translation or a particular person’s naming intent.

Characters and loaded glosses
三three佳excellent, beautiful, good
Kanji spelling

三加

These are dictionary meanings for the kanji used in this spelling. Together they can suggest associations, but they do not establish one fixed English translation or a particular person’s naming intent.

Characters and loaded glosses
三three加add, addition, increase
Kanji spelling

三可

These are dictionary meanings for the kanji used in this spelling. Together they can suggest associations, but they do not establish one fixed English translation or a particular person’s naming intent.

Characters and loaded glosses
三three可can, passable, approval
Kanji spelling

三嘉

These are dictionary meanings for the kanji used in this spelling. Together they can suggest associations, but they do not establish one fixed English translation or a particular person’s naming intent.

Characters and loaded glosses
三three嘉applaud, praise, esteem
Kanji spelling

三夏

These are dictionary meanings for the kanji used in this spelling. Together they can suggest associations, but they do not establish one fixed English translation or a particular person’s naming intent.

Characters and loaded glosses
三three夏summer
Kanji spelling

三果

These are dictionary meanings for the kanji used in this spelling. Together they can suggest associations, but they do not establish one fixed English translation or a particular person’s naming intent.

Characters and loaded glosses
三three果fruit, reward, carry out
Kanji spelling

三桂

These are dictionary meanings for the kanji used in this spelling. Together they can suggest associations, but they do not establish one fixed English translation or a particular person’s naming intent.

Characters and loaded glosses
三three桂Japanese Judas-tree, cinnamon tree
Kanji spelling

三河

These are dictionary meanings for the kanji used in this spelling. Together they can suggest associations, but they do not establish one fixed English translation or a particular person’s naming intent.

Characters and loaded glosses
三three河river

Showing meaning context for the first 12 distinct written forms out of 245. The recorded-spellings section below retains the wider source set.

How to read these meanings

The English words shown here are dictionary meanings of individual kanji. They help explain what a spelling can suggest, but they are not a guaranteed translation of the full name and do not establish why a particular person was given that name.

Reading profile

How Mika is represented

These counts describe records in the imported name corpus. They are not a ranking of how popular a spelling is among people in Japan.

Recorded kana readings2

みか · ミカ

Kanji-based spellings243

among the forms analyzed on this page

Kana characters2

in the primary dictionary reading

Morae2

small ゃ/ゅ/ょ-type kana combine with the preceding mora

Kana-only2

recorded spellings

1-kanji forms4

recorded spellings

2-kanji forms239

recorded spellings

JMnedict classification evidence

How this reading is classified in the source corpus

This separates dictionary classification from popularity. The same exact kana reading can be recorded as a given name, a surname, or both, and given-name records can carry male, female or unspecified source labels.

Primary reading recorded asGiven name + surname

みか in the imported JMnedict corpus

Given-name written forms245

247 source spelling/reading rows

Surname written forms4

5 source spelling/reading rows

Given-name labelsfemale 243 · unspecified 4

row counts carrying each JMnedict source label

Exact readingGiven-name evidenceGiven-name labelsSurname evidence
みかMika245247 source rowsfemale 243 · unspecified 4source rows · distinct forms: female 241 · unspecified 445 source rows
みかMika00 source rows—source rows · distinct forms: —00 source rows

Classification boundary: male/female/unspecified are labels attached to imported JMnedict name records. They are not population shares, probabilities, identity claims, or evidence that a spelling is currently common in Japan. A source row can also be repeated across different written forms, so row counts and distinct-writing counts are shown separately.

Spelling anatomy

Corpus structure behind Mika

This section summarizes the exact source-recorded forms loaded for this reading group. Stroke and character-position statistics are descriptive corpus properties, not popularity or style scores.

Kanji forms with complete stroke data243

3–32 strokes observed span

Median total strokes17

among forms with complete KANJIDIC2 stroke data

All-kanji name-classified forms242

all component kanji loaded as jōyō/jinmeiyō classes

Other/unclassified kanji forms1

contains at least one character outside that loaded classification

Source-reading distribution
ReadingRomanizationMoraeForms
みかMika2245
Reading ambiguity

Can the same writing be read another way?

37 of 80 displayed written forms have more than one given-name reading somewhere in the active JMnedict corpus. This is dictionary-record ambiguity, not a prediction of how a particular person reads the name.

Written forms checked80

distinct spellings displayed on this page

Multiple recorded readings37

exact written forms with 2+ source readings

Single recorded reading42

within this active given-name corpus

Largest reading set8

distinct kana readings for one displayed writing

A reading shown without a link is still source-recorded, but its destination group does not yet meet the reference-depth standard used for the main library. Limited records are not promoted merely to create extra internal links.

Kanji role reference

How recurring characters function across Mika spellings

Position counts are calculated only from the distinct written forms analyzed for this page. KANJIDIC2 nanori are character-level name-reading references; they are not used here to decompose or assert the reading of a specific multi-kanji name.

KanjiCharacter glossesFormsFirstFinalInternalSoloStrokesKANJIDIC2 nanoriLoaded class
美beauty, beautiful42420009はる, よし, よしみ, りJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3
香incense, smell, perfume26026009こ, こお, ひゃん, よしJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
佳excellent, beautiful, good25025008けい, よしJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
実reality, truth, seed25250008ぐみ, さねJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3
海—191540010—Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 10
加add, addition, increase18018005—Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
華splendor, flower, petal160160010わJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
未un-, not yet, hitherto16160005—Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
夏summer150150010—Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2
花flower15015007わJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1
三three14140003か, さ, さい, さえ +11Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1
歌song, sing100100014—Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2

Counts describe this source-recorded spelling set, not population use. A repeated kanji can contribute to more than one position role across different spellings.

Exact writing research map

Move from a spelling to its readings, characters and literal sequence context

These relationships are exact and source-backed. Whole-name readings shown in each card come from JMnedict within the current name class; exact-writing search can surface records from other name classes. Character links open KANJIDIC2-backed kanji pages. Sequence context means the same kanji string occurs contiguously in another recorded written form—it does not prove shared origin or meaning.

Exact written form

みか

Search exact writing →
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Mikaみか · this page
Characters in order
みKanaかKana
Exact written form

ミカ

Search exact writing →
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Mikaみか
Characters in order
ミKanaカKana
Exact written form

三佳

Search exact writing →Research this pair →
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
KazuyoshiかずよしSankeiさんけいMikaみか · this pageMiyoshiみよし
Characters in order
三three佳excellent, beautiful
Other public forms containing the same contiguous sequence
三佳子Given name · Mikako · みかこ三佳恵Given name · Mikae · みかえ三佳江Given name · Mikae · みかえ

The exact sequence 三佳 appears contiguously inside these other source-recorded forms.

Showing research maps for the first 10 distinct written forms out of 245. Every detailed spelling card below still links to exact-writing search and its component kanji.

Corpus pattern

Kanji recurring across Mika spellings

Only characters appearing in at least two distinct analyzed spellings are shown here. Frequency describes this source-recorded spelling set, not real-world baby-name popularity.

美beauty, beautiful42 of 245 analyzed forms香incense, smell, perfume26 of 245 analyzed forms佳excellent, beautiful, good25 of 245 analyzed forms実reality, truth, seed25 of 245 analyzed forms海Kanji record19 of 245 analyzed forms加add, addition, increase18 of 245 analyzed forms華splendor, flower, petal16 of 245 analyzed forms未un-, not yet, hitherto16 of 245 analyzed forms夏summer15 of 245 analyzed forms花flower15 of 245 analyzed forms
Same reading, different writing

Explore written forms of Mika

245 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading みか. Other source readings can appear in this romanized group when the imported records converge on the same index form. Use Compare to inspect exact spellings side by side.

みか

みか · Mika

Katakana ミカMorae 2Strokes —

This written form uses kana rather than kanji, so there are no character-level kanji glosses to combine.

Character-set checkKana spelling
Search this exact writing

ミカ

ミカ · Mika

Katakana ミカMorae 2Strokes —

This written form uses kana rather than kanji, so there are no character-level kanji glosses to combine.

Character-set checkKana spelling
Search this exact writing

己カ

みか · Mika

Katakana ミカMorae 2Strokes 3
己self
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
Search this exact writing

Showing the first 80 spelling/reading records out of 245 loaded records for this reading group. The group contains 244 distinct written spellings.

Spelling comparator

Compare Mika forms side by side

Each exact written spelling appears once in this table even when JMnedict records more than one reading for that writing. Stroke totals and character glosses come from KANJIDIC2 when all component kanji are available.

SpellingOne source readingCharacter-level glossesTotal strokesLoaded character class
みかみかKana-only spelling—Kana spelling
ミカミカKana-only spelling—Kana spelling
み佳みか佳 — excellent, beautiful8All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
み香みか香 — incense, smell9All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
三佳みか三 — three · 佳 — excellent, beautiful11All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
三加みか三 — three · 加 — add, addition8All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
三可みか三 — three · 可 — can, passable8All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
三嘉みか三 — three · 嘉 — applaud, praise17All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
三夏みか三 — three · 夏 — summer13All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
三果みか三 — three · 果 — fruit, reward11All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
三桂みか三 — three · 桂 — Japanese Judas-tree, cinnamon tree13All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
三河みか三 — three · 河 — river11All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
三花みか三 — three · 花 — flower10All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
三華みか三 — three · 華 — splendor, flower13All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
三賀みか三 — three · 賀 — congratulations, joy15All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
三雅みか三 — three · 雅 — gracious, elegant16All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified

The comparison table shows the first 16 distinct written forms; the detailed cards above show up to 80 spelling/reading records.

What does Mika mean?

There is not necessarily one fixed English meaning. The reading identifies the spoken name; different written forms can use different kanji. Character glosses describe individual kanji and should not be treated as proof of the intention behind a particular person’s name.

Related readings

More names beginning with みか

Related by the opening kana of the dictionary reading. This is a deterministic browsing relationship, not a claim that the names share the same meaning.

Given name · female · limited reference

Mikako

117 recorded spellings

Explore →Given name · female · limited reference

Mikana

29 recorded spellings

Explore →Given name · female · limited reference

Mikan

28 recorded spellings

Explore →Given name · female · limited reference

Mikari

26 recorded spellings

Explore →Given name · female · limited reference

Mikae

22 recorded spellings

Explore →Given name · female · limited reference

Mikayo

20 recorded spellings

Explore →Given name · female · limited reference

Mikaru

18 recorded spellings

Explore →Given name · female · limited reference

Mikage

15 recorded spellings

Explore →Given name · female · limited reference

Mikasa

14 recorded spellings

Explore →Given name · female · limited reference

Mikaze

11 recorded spellings

Explore →Given name · female · limited reference

Mikano

8 recorded spellings

Explore →Given name · female · limited reference

Mikaho

7 recorded spellings

Explore →
Shared-kanji relationships

Other names sharing kanji with Mika

These links are calculated from exact characters appearing in source-recorded spellings on this page. Sharing a kanji does not mean two names have the same reading, origin, gender or intended meaning.

Given-name relationship

Haruka

佳加夏実未海美花華香

10 shared kanji · 170 matching source-recorded spellings

Inspect name →Given-name relationship

Kanami

佳加夏実未海美花華香

10 shared kanji · 119 matching source-recorded spellings

Inspect name →Given-name relationship

Mikako

佳加夏実未海美花華香

10 shared kanji · 104 matching source-recorded spellings

Inspect name →Given-name relationship

Yumika

佳加夏実未海美花華香

10 shared kanji · 104 matching source-recorded spellings

Inspect name →Given-name relationship

Kasumi

佳加夏実未海美花華香

10 shared kanji · 95 matching source-recorded spellings

Inspect name →Given-name relationship

Amika

佳加夏実未海美花華香

10 shared kanji · 91 matching source-recorded spellings

Inspect name →Given-name relationship

Emika

佳加夏実未海美花華香

10 shared kanji · 84 matching source-recorded spellings

Inspect name →Given-name relationship

Michika

佳加夏実未海美花華香

10 shared kanji · 77 matching source-recorded spellings

Inspect name →Given-name relationship

Himika

佳加夏実未海美花華香

10 shared kanji · 29 matching source-recorded spellings

Inspect name →Given-name relationship

Rumika

佳加夏実未海美花華香

10 shared kanji · 23 matching source-recorded spellings

Inspect name →Given-name relationship

Kumika

佳加夏実未海美花華香

10 shared kanji · 23 matching source-recorded spellings

Inspect name →Given-name relationship

Kazumi

佳加夏実未海美華香

9 shared kanji · 89 matching source-recorded spellings

Inspect name →
Continue research

Where to go next from Mika

Use literal reading, character and corpus relationships to continue without treating nearby records as automatically related.

Exact reading

Search みか

See source records matching this kana reading or beginning with it.

Continue →Reading family

Mi / み

Browse other public given names with the same opening reading family.

Continue →Character reference

美 — beauty, beautiful

Open the kanji page for readings, classifications and literal name-use context.

Continue →Character reference

香 — incense, smell

Open the kanji page for readings, classifications and literal name-use context.

Continue →Interactive discovery

Open Name Explorer

Use the same name type and 2-mora reading length as a starting point.

Continue →
Evidence on this page

What each source establishes

JMnedict establishes recorded written forms, readings and name classifications; where safely associated, this page can also show JMnedict-supplied trans_det source text without treating it as a whole-name meaning. KANJIDIC2 supplies character readings, nanori, stroke counts, grade classes and English character glosses. The Ministry of Justice remains the official reference for Japanese child-name character rules. The Agency for Cultural Affairs romanization guidance is the reference for generated Latin-script reading aids.

Source boundary

The spelling-frequency and structural counts on this page are calculated from imported JMnedict records. They are corpus counts, not population-frequency claims. KANJIDIC2 supplies the kanji metadata used in character and stroke comparisons.

Review sources →