Miko is a given name found in several cultures. It can be a Japanese female name. It can be an eastern European name, with origins in

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, sometimes short for Mikolaj. Miko can also be a variant of the name

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origins. The name Miko may refer to: *

Miko Doyle Miko Doyle (8 April 1911 – 29 September 1980) was an Irish sportsperson. He played Gaelic football and hurling with his local club Austin Stacks and was Kerry senior inter-county team member from 1929 until 1939. He won five All Ireland m ...

(1911–1980), Irish sportsman *

Miko Golubovic A , or shrine maiden,Groemer, 28. is a young priestess who works at a Shinto shrine. were once likely seen as Shamanism, shamans,Picken, 140. but are understood in modern Japanese culture to be an institutionalized role in daily life, trained ...

(born 1982), Montenegrin basketball player *

Miko Hughes Miko John Hughes (born February 22, 1986) is an American actor known for his film roles as a child, such as Gage Creed in ''Pet Sematary'' (1989), '' Kindergarten Cop'' (1990), ''Apollo 13'' (1995), '' Spawn'' (1997), '' Mercury Rising'' (1998) ...

(born 1986), American actor * Miko Lim (born 1980), American photographer * Miko Mälberg (born 1985), Estonian swimmer *

Miko Marks Miko Marks is an American Americana singer based in Oakland, California. She was born in Flint, Michigan. She attended from 1990 to 1994 Grambling State University in Louisiana where she got her degree in Political Science. She later moved to Sa ...

, American singer-songwriter *

Miko Mayama Miko Mayama (born August 15, 1939 in Kyoto, Japan) is a Japanese-American actress. She was active in the 1960s and 1970s. Career Mayama made film and television appearances from the mid 1960s to the late 1970s. She had a supporting role in '' He ...

(born 1939), Japanese-American actress * Miko Mission (born 1945), Italian musician *

Miko Peled Avraham "Miko" Peled (; born 10 December 1961) is an Israeli-American activist, author, and karate instructor. He is author of the books ''The General's Son: The Journey of an Israeli in Palestine'', published in 2012, and ''Injustice: The Stor ...

(born 1961), Israeli political activist * Miko Rwayitare (1942–2007), Rwandan businessman *

Miko Sotto Marcelino Antonio Carag Sotto III (May 10, 1982 – December 29, 2003), professionally known as Miko Sotto (), was a Filipino matinee idol, actor, and teen star, and son of singer/actress/radio commentator/TV host Ali Sotto. Early life A ...

(1982–2003), Filipino actor *

Miko Tavares Leonid Mikoyam Fernandes Tavares (born 16 March 1981 in Praia, Santiago), aka Mikó, is a Cape Verdean footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football a ...

(born 1981), Cape Verdean football player *

Miko Tripalo Ante "Miko" Tripalo (16 November 1926 – 11 December 1995) was a Yugoslavian Croatian politician. He was one of the members of Croatian Spring, a movement for higher level of autonomy of SR Croatia within SFR Yugoslavia. Biography A son of a ...

(1926–1995), Croatian politician *

Miko Weaver Miko Weaver (Born 11 March 1957 in Berkeley, California) is an American guitarist best known for his work with Prince. Weaver came to Prince's attention when he was a member of Sheila E.'s band. He and some other members of the band joined ...

(born 1957), American guitarist *Yae Miko, a character in 2020 video game ''

Genshin Impact ''Genshin Impact'' is a 2020 action role-playing game produced by MiHoYo, MiHoYo/HoYoverse. The game features an anime-style open world environment and an action-based Role-playing battle systems, battle system using Classical element, element ...

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Sakura Miko is a Japanese virtual YouTuber (VTuber) affiliated with Hololive Production. She is part of Hololive (Japan) Generation 0 alongside Tokino Sora, AZKi, Roboco-san, and Hoshimachi Suisei. She debuted on August1, 2018, and has amassed over 2mil ...

, a vtuber from Hololive Production *Toyosatomimi no Miko, a character from ''

Ten Desires is a bullet hell shooter released in 2011 for Windows. It is the thirteenth main game of the ''Touhou Project'' ''dōjin'' series made by Team Shanghai Alice. Gameplay ''Ten Desires'' retains the same core gameplay mechanics of the rest of t ...

'' in the ''Touhou Project'' series also Mikó: * Mikó (archbishop of Kalocsa), 12th-century Hungarian prelate

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