Name

Name MICO

Between 1900 and 2022 there were 214 births of Mico in the countries below, which represents an average of 2 births of children bearing the first name Mico per year on average throughout this period.
On the last available year for each country, we count 5 births.

Other languages :
En Français

Prénom Mico
In Italiano

Nome Mico

Available variants : Mićo , Mičo

Information about the first name Mico

The first name Mico has been assigned to:

98.60% to boys
1.40% to girls

The country where the first name Mico is the most common is:

Switzerland

This first name is on trend: Male

This first name has 4 letters including 2 vowels and 2 consonants

Anagrams of the first name Mico

An anagram is a word that contains the same letters of another word. Here is the list of first names which are an anagram of Mico : Coim, Moci

Mico in Japanese ^*

Romaji	miko
Katakana	ミコ
Hiragana	みこ
* This is a phonetic conversion, not a translation.
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Mico in sign language

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Mico in binary language

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Origin and meaning of name Mico

English

Etymology

Spanish or Portuguese

Anagrams

ICOM, omic

Noun

mico (plural micos)
A small South American monkey (Mico melanurus, syn. Callithrix melanura), allied to the marmoset.

Noun (Synonyms)

(Mico melanurus): black-tailed marmoset

Noun (Usage notes)

The name was originally applied to an albino variety.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Cumanagoto [Term?].

Noun

mico m (plural micos)
a monkey with a prehensile tail
Synonyms: mono, (Mexico) chango
(familiar) child
an ugly person
(Nicaragua) vulva
(coastal Ecuador) a blonde person

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈmiko/ [ˈmi.ko]
Rhymes: -iko
Syllabification: mi‧co

Noun (Descendants)

→ Catalan: mico
→ Chayuco Mixtec: micu
→ Isthmus Zapotec: migu
→ Mecayapan Nahuatl: mi̱coj
→ Tetelcingo Nahuatl: mico

Portuguese

Etymology

From a Cariban language, likely via Spanish mico.

Etymology

Short for mico-preto, a children’s card game where the players have to amass pairs of matching cards, and the card that traditionally depicts a small monkey is the only one without a pair.

Etymology (Noun)

mico m (plural micos)
(Brazil) any of several very small and long-tailed monkeys, such as capuchins and marmosets
Synonym: sagui (but some make a distinction between saguis and micos)
(Minho) Devil

Etymology (See also)

macaco

Etymology (Noun)

mico m (plural micos)
(Brazil) gaffe; blunder; faux pas (an embarrassing mistake or situation)
Synonyms: gafe, (Brazil) papelão, micagem

Etymology (Verb)

mico
first-person singular present indicative of micar

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: mi‧co

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *meyk- (“to shimmer”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmi.koː/, [ˈmɪkoː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈmi.ko/, [ˈmiːko]

Verb

micō (present infinitive micāre, perfect active micuī or micāvī); first conjugation, no passive, no supine stem
I vibrate, quiver
I twinkle, glitter, flash, gleam, beam, shine, I am bright
Synonyms: candeō, splendeō, niteō, ēniteō, fulgeō, resplendeō
I tremble
I beat (of the pulse)

Verb (Descendants)

Italian: ammiccare

Popularity of the name Mico

Number of MICO births per year

Popularity of the name Mico

Total births of Mico by country

		Births with the first name Mico
Country		Boys Girls
	Switzerland 1909 - 2021	80 0
	Denmark 1985 - 2022	39 0
	France 1900 - 2022	26 0
	Germany 2000 - 2022	18 0
	Italy 1999 - 2021	17 1
	Alberta 1980 - 2022	11 1
	Quebec 1980 - 2022	9 0
	Austria 1984 - 2021	6 0
	United Kingdom 1996 - 2021	3 0
	Australia 1930 - 2022	2 0
	Argentina 1922 - 2015	0 1