Mic

given name · Latin script

Meaning: Alternative form of mike (“microphone”)

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/maɪk/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Mic is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Nigeria than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • DEGermany≈1 in 120K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 761K
  • HKHong Kong≈1 in 9K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Nigeria (inferred from the name graph)

≈1,000 people, est.

Sources
226 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 9.0K (inferred from the name graph)

Hong Kong, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Alternative form of mike (“microphone”).

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 6 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Mic counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Mic is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
NG Nigeria≈1,000 est.≈1 in 205K—Mic19
HK Hong Kong≈800 est.≈1 in 9K—Mic16
DE Germany≈670 est.≈1 in 120K—Mic49
IT Italy≈450 est.≈1 in 139K—Mic15
US United States4371 in 761K319Mic226
BE Belgium≈170 est.≈1 in 70K2Mic14
NA Namibia≈61 est.≈1 in 43K1—2
XK Kosovo≈42 est.≈1 in 47K100—1
GA Gabon≈31 est.≈1 in 72K1——

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; ASK Kosovo — Kërko Emrin (Name Search); Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register); ECN Government Gazette 8791 — 2025 local authority candidates; Ministere de l'Interieur — 2025 candidate lists (local + legislative). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Mic is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name4 spellings in the group

    Also written Mić, Miç, Míč

  • French given name22 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Argentina, Philippines

    Languages: French, Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Mïc, Mić, Miç, Mîç, Mîc

  • Malay given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, United States

    Languages: Malay, Indonesian

    Also written Miç

87 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Mic is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In cau-drg-pro, nettle

    as a wordStarLing Tower of Babel etymological databases (Starostin et al.)

  • In Scottish Gaelic, inflection of mac (“son”):

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Mi'kmaq.

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Romanian, little, small

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In ruq, small

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

18001850190019502000Mic Sokoli, b. 1839Mic Jordan, b. 1901Mic Gillette, b. 1951Mic Conway, b. 1951Mic Oechsner, b. 1956Mic Michaeli, b. 1962Mic Looby, b. 1969Mic Donet, b. 1979

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Colleague,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 25 sources across 15 countries.

Official registers attesting Mic
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
BE BelgiumFamilienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register)20082#137,601
GA GabonMinistere de l'Interieur — 2025 candidate lists (local + legislative)20251#94

Reference works 2

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Mic?
A machine transcription gives /maɪk/ (IPA) for English.
What does the name Mic mean, and where does it come from?
Alternative form of mike (“microphone”). Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
Is Mic a male or female name?
Mic is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Mic have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 1.0 thousand people named Mic in Nigeria, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled mic.
How common is the name Mic?
In the United States, the national register counted 437 people named Mic in 2020, about 1 in 761 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Mic”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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