Mingyu
Kim Min-gyu, known mononymously as Mingyu (민규), is a South Korean rapper and singer. Managed by Pledis Entertainment, he is a member of the South Korean boy band Seventeen and its hip hop team, and in 2025, debuted in a sub-unit with S.Coups as CxM.
- Korean
Meaning & Origin of Mingyu
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Kim Min-gyu, known mononymously as Mingyu (민규), is a South Korean rapper and singer. Managed by Pledis Entertainment, he is a member of the South Korean boy band Seventeen and its hip hop team, and in 2025, debuted in a sub-unit with S.Coups as CxM.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Korean
The Story of Mingyu
American parents first put Mingyu on the record books as a baby boy name in 2024, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2024, when 5 Mingyus were born — ranking #12,301 that year. Mingyu last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 5 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2020s to the 2020s.
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About the name Mingyu
Mingyu is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2024 and has accumulated 5 births in the dataset. Mingyu's peak popularity came in 2024 when it ranked #12,301. Use the chart and map above to compare Mingyu's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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