This is my niece's name! (But her name is pronounced Mee-kuh) I think it's adorable. For my niece's pronunciation, I prefer it for a girl. But for My-kuh, I think it sounds better on a boy. But in the end, both names are cute.
Mika was a very fashionable name for Finnish babies in the '60s and '70s. It was then used almost as often as the always common original form Mikael. In the 1970s Mikael was the 6th most popular name and Mika was the 8th. Mikael has mostly been used as a second name while Mika has mostly been a first name. In 2017 Mika was the 11th most common first name for all male citizens of Finland.
― Anonymous User 12/30/2017
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I could care less what this page states; I will always say Mika as My-kuh. Mika: a different spelling of Micah.
― Anonymous User 5/15/2016
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I think this is a cool name! I prefer it on a girl, mostly because it ends in "a" and most names that end in "a" are normally girl names. Although I like it, I probably won't name my future child this.
― Anonymous User 5/28/2014
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Mika Waltari (1908-1979) was a famous Finnish writer.
Mica Penniman (born Michael Holbrook Penniman), known by his stage name Mika (IPA [?mik?]), is a Lebanon-born, London-based singer. He chose the name Mika for his professional name because he was frustrated with how often people would mispronounce Mica. Buy his fantastic new album Life In Cartoon Motion NOW!
A famous bearer of this name is Mika Hakkinen, the world champion F1 driver.
― Anonymous User 4/28/2006
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The name of the F1 world champion is Mika Häkkinen, not Hakkinen. To those who say that this name sounds better on a girl, please consider the cultural background.