Mio

Origin and meaning of Mio

Mio is a Japanese girls' name that can combine the characters 澪 'waterway, navigable channel' or 美 'beautiful' and 緒 'thread, cord,' giving 'beautiful thread.' It thus evokes flowing water or the image of a precious connecting thread. Short and sweet, easy even for Western ears, it is well liked in contemporary Japan. It happens to echo words in other languages, yet stays typically Japanese.