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美緒
みお
Mio
MEE-oh · a female name
“A beautiful thread”
Graceful · Connected · Enduring
The story of Mio
The woven Mio — a beautiful thread running through many lives.
Mio is small, smooth and easy everywhere (it's also a beloved name in Italy). Its finest kanji, 澪, names the deep channel a boat follows through shallow water.
Kanji by kanji
beauty
The classic kanji of beauty, found in countless beloved girls' names.
thread, cord, beginning
The kanji of threads and threads' ends — where stories begin and stay tied.
How it feels
The full story
About 美緒
美緒 pictures a life as a fine thread: slender, strong, holding things together beautifully. A gentle name for someone who keeps people connected.
Popularity in Japan
Mio has stayed comfortably inside the girls' top 20 through the 2010s and 2020s.
Through the decades
A modern literary favorite — short, soft and quietly deep.
Deep dive
澪 appears in classical poetry: the safe channel through a shallow bay, marked by wooden posts. To name a daughter Mio is to wish her a sure path through unclear water — depth where others run aground.
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