MEANING & HISTORY
What does Mikoy mean?
Mikoy is explicitly documented as a diminutive of Mico with oy. The consonant spelling adapts the familiar stem while the ending marks local affectionate naming.
Mico’s own deeper derivation is not established in its entry, so the secure chain stops there. A Michael or Domenico meaning should not be added without a separate exact relationship.
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Pronunciation & syllables
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Origin and name formation
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CebuanoEtymology & source
A diminutive of Mico. From Mico + -oy.
a diminutive of the male given name Mico
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PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Mikoy in the birth records
Exact spelling and stated year in the published name tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Tables included: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The 2016 fact sheet lists five names per sex; the later tables include ten. Missing counts are not inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Related forms & spellings
Related forms may have their own language histories. They are not included in this spelling’s PSA count.
Similar names to Mikoy
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Bikoy♂Victor familiar form; winner-name tradition
- Kikoy♂Kiko with oy, from Francisco or Francis
- Miko♂♀Finnish variant of Mikko, in the Michael family
- Miloy♂Camillo or Milo familiar form with a local ending
- Nikoy♂Nico familiar form with a k spelling
- Rikoy♂Familiar form of Rico
- Kokoy♂Koko with oy, from Francisco or Francis
- Mickey♂Affectionate form of Michael
What rhymes with Mikoy?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Explore Mikoy further
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- Wiktionary contributors — Mikoy (Cebuano) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary: Mikoy (opens in a new tab)
Personal-name formation and etymological relationships; imported dictionary account consulted.
- Wiktionary: Mico (opens in a new tab)
Explicit parent or lexical step in the documented formation; the exact local relationship is cited separately.