Meaning and background
The story behind Mio
Mio has different Japanese and Swedish naming histories. Behind the Name gives Japanese forms involving beauty with cherry blossom or thread, or a single waterway-related character, while allowing other kanji. A separate entry traces modern Swedish Mio to Astrid Lindgren's 1954 fantasy Mio, min Mio. A dog can carry either connection, but the character-dependent Japanese meanings should not be assigned automatically to the literary name.
- Origin
- Japanese name with character-dependent meanings; separately a Swedish literary name created by Astrid Lindgren. Source · Source 2
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Recorded as a dog’s name
Mio appears in 18 dog licence records in the 2022 New York City dataset.
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Sources and research notes (1)
- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene NYC Dog Licensing Dataset — all seven available extract years, retrieved 24 October 2026 — Recorded name spellings in NYC licence-period rows, extract years 2016–2018, 2022–2024 and 2026. Evidence selects one stated year per name. Annual snapshots overlap; never sum them as unique dogs. No national popularity, etymology or owner naming-intent claim.
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