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Mika
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Appendix:Variations of "mika"
English
Etymology
Japanese given name Borrowed from en ja みか Mika.
Hebrew given name From en he מִיכָה mīḵāh
Proper noun
s
en unisex.
en female Japanese.
en unisex Hebrew Micah.
Anagrams
en aikm Kami kami maki
Czech
Pronunciation
Proper noun
m-an Miková
cs m
Declension
m.an.surname
Further reading
Faroese
Etymology
Ultimately from fo hbo - he מִיכָה mīḵāh, shortened form of he מִיכַיְהוּ mīḵāyᵊhū who is like Yahweh.
Proper noun
fo proper noun m
fo male
Usage notes
m Mikason Mikadóttir
Declension
Mika Mika Mika Mika
Finnish
Etymology
A short form of fi Mikael Michael, originally used in Eastern Finland but became popular nationwide in the latter half of the 20th century.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
fi male
fi Mika Waltari oli suomalainen kirjailija. Mika Waltari was a Finnish writer.
fi 2013 w:Minna Lindgren Kuolema Ehtoolehdossa Teos 978-951-851-659-3 89 Mies sanoi olevansa Mika, ja se kuulosti samalla tavalla kirveeniskulta kuin Pasi ja Tero. The man said his name was Mika, and like Pasi and Tero, it felt sharp like an axe blow.
Usage notes
Popular in the 1960s and 1970s. The most common first name of men born in Finland in 1967 - 1973.
Declension
Mik a sg
Statistics
dvv_20250813 33058 2907 8 20 7
References
Anagrams
fi aikm maki
French
Etymology
fr ja みか Mika.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
f
fr female Japanese
Greenlandic
Etymology
Short form of kl Mikaali.
Proper noun
kl proper noun
kl male Danish Michael
Usage notes
Same spelling in the old and new orthography.
Related terms
kl Mikaali
kl Mikkili
References
Nuka Møller: Kalaallit aqqi (Greenlandic personal names), Oqaasileriffik 2015, 978-87-990324-3-3
Danskernes navne 2005, including the residents of Greenland
Hawaiian
Pronunciation
Proper noun
haw proper noun
haw biblical character Micah
haw male the Bible
References
Mary Kawena Pukui - Samuel H. Elbert, Hawaiian Dictionary, University of Hawaii Press 1971, page 183
Hawaii State Archives: Marriage records Mika occurs in 19th-century marriage records as the only name (mononym) of 1 woman and 3 men.
haw Books of the Bible
Japanese
Romanization
みか
Portuguese
Etymology
pt :clipping Micael + 1
Pronunciation
Proper noun
m
pt male Micael
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
Mȉka
Proper noun
Mȉka m-an
sh male
Further reading
Swahili
sw:Kitabu cha +
Pronunciation
sw Sw-ke-Mika.flac Kenya
Proper noun
sw proper noun
sw biblical Micah book of the Old Testament of the Bible
See also
Swedish
Proper noun
c
Micah biblical book and prophet
sv Mik abbreviation
sv Biblical characters Books of the Bible
Tumbuka
Etymology
tum en Mika, from tum he מִיכָה mīḵāh, shortened form of he מִיכַיְהוּ mīḵāyᵊhū who is like Yahweh.
Proper noun
tum proper noun
Micah
tum Q178076tum book of the bible A book of the Old Testament of Bible, and of the Tanakh.
tum biblical character Any of several men in the Old Testament:
tum Q2804969The minor prophet and author of the Book of Micah.
An en Ephraimite featured in Judges 17–18 and en protagonist of the Micah’s idol narrative.
References
Bible Society of Malawi, New Tumbuka Bible