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Miski

Girl · MIS-kee · Arabic

Miski is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “musk”. In 2025 it ranked 14,937th for girls in the US (5 babies).

What does Miski mean?

Arabic: Somali, from Arabic misk 'musk'; also Quechua miski 'sweet'

“musk”

In Somali families it comes from Arabic misk, musk; in Quechua, miski means sweet.

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MIS-kee

Is Miski a girl's or a boy's name?

Miski is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Miski in the UK?

No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2006, with 10 girls.

Half of all the girls named Miski in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.

2001Busiest: 10 in 20062023
Miski in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20234#4,915
20220–
20210–
20204#4,744
20190–
20180–
20177#3,395
20160–
20150–
20143#5,920
20133#6,003
20120–
20115#4,244
20100–
20093#5,801
20085#4,065
20078#2,790
200610#2,263
20055#3,543
20046#2,957
20030–
20025#3,047
20014#3,427

How popular is Miski in the US?

Rank in 2025
#14,937among girls
Babies in 2025
5about 1 in 320,000 girls
Five-year trend
Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 5 girls in the US were named Miski, making it the 14,937th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,137th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 10 girls. It first appears in the records in 2001.

Half of all the girls named Miski in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.

2001Busiest: 10 in 20192025
Miski in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20255#14,937
20240–
20230–
20227#12,237
20210–
20207#12,137
201910#9,730
20188#11,422
20179#10,685
20167#12,871
20156#14,477
20145#16,507
20135#16,542
20128#12,193
20110–
20109#11,240
20097#13,698
20088#12,574
20076#15,485
20068#12,415
20056#14,495
20047#12,754
20035#15,777
20027#12,181
20016#13,514

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