Mimi (given name) explained

Mimi is a feminine given name and a shorter form (hypocorism) of the given names Miriam, Emilia or Naomi.

A–G

• Mimi Aguglia (1884–1970), Italian actress
• Mimi Ajzenstadt (born 1956), Israeli criminologist; President of the Open University of Israel
• Mimí Ardú (born 1956), Argentine actress
• Mimi Benzell (1924–1970), American soprano
• Mimi Berdal (born 1950), Norwegian lawyer and businessperson
• Maria Francisca Bia (1809–1889), Dutch actress called Mimi
• Mimi Cazort (1930–2014), Canadian gallery curator and author
• Mimi Chakib (1913–1983), Egyptian actress
• Mimi Chakraborty (born 1989), Bengali film and television actress
• Mimi Coertse (born 1932), South African operatic soprano
• Mimi Dietrich, American quilter and writer
• Mimi Fariña (1945–2001), American singer-songwriter, sister of Joan Baez
• Mimi Fawaz, Nigerian-Lebanese journalist
• Mimi Fox, American jazz guitarist
• Mimi Freedman, American documentary filmmaker
• Mimi Gardner Gates (born c. 1943), American art historian
• Mimi Gianopulos, American actress
• Mimi Gibson (born 1948), American former child actress
• Mimi Goese, American musician, former vocalist for the band Hugo Largo
• Mimi Gross (born 1940), American artist
• Mimi Gurbst, American television news producer

H–M

• Mimi Haas, American billionaire businesswoman
• Mimi Heinrich (1936–2017), Danish actress and writer
• Mimi Hines (born 1933), American singer and comedian
• Mimi Hughes, American long-distance swimmer
• Mimi Jakobsen (born 1948), Danish politician
• Mimi Jennewein (1920-2006), American painter
• Mimi Johnson, American arts administrator
• Mimi Jung (born 1993), South Korean singer and member of girl group Gugudan
• Mimi Jung (born 1981), South Korean artist
• Mimi Kagan (1918–1999), Russia-born American modern dancer, choreographer
• Mimi Karlsen (born 1957), Greenlandic politician
• Mimi Keene (born 1998), English actress
• Mimi Kennedy (born 1949), American actress
• Mimi Khalvati (born 1944), British poet
• Mimi Kodheli (born 1964), Albanian politician
• Mimi Kopperud Slevigen (born 1977), Norwegian handball player
• Mimi Kuzyk (born 1952), Canadian actress
• Mimi LaFollette Summerskill (1917–2008), American educator, author, political activist and vintner
• Mimi Lamote (born 1964), Belgian businesswoman
• Mimí Lazo (born 1954), Venezuelan actress and producer
• Mimi Leahey, American television script writer
• Mimi Leder (born 1952), American film director
• Mimi Lerner (1945–2007), Polish-American mezzo-soprano and voice teacher
• Mimi Lozano (born 1933), American activist for Hispanic rights
• Mimi Mariani (1928–1971), Indonesian actress, model, and singer
• Mimi Macpherson (born 1967), Australian businesswoman and environmentalist, sister of Elle Macpherson
• Mimi Marks (born 1967), American transsexual entertainer
• Mimi Maynard, American television and voice actress
• Mimi Michaels (born 1983), American actress
• Mimi Miyagi (born 1973), American adult film actress

N–Z

• Mimi Ndiweni (born 1991), British-Zimbabwean actress
• Mimi Nelson (1922–1999), Swedish film actress
• Mimi Page (born 1987), American singer-songwriter, composer
• Mimi Parent (1924–2005), Canadian artist
• Mimi Parker, drummer and singer for the band Low
• Mimi Perrin (1926–2010), French jazz musician
• Mimi Pollak (1903–1999), Swedish actress and theatre director
• Mimi Pond, American writer and cartoonist
• Mimi Reisel Gladstein (born 1936), American professor of English
• Mimi Rogers (born 1956), American actress
• Mimi Saric (born 1983), Australian football (soccer) player
• Mimi von Schleinitz (1842–1912), Berlin salonnière
• Mimi Schmir, American television producer and screenwriter
• Mimi Sheller (born 1967), American sociologist
• Mimi Sheraton (1926–2023), American food critic
• Mimi Slinger (born 2003), English actress
• Mimi Smith (1903–1992), John Lennon's maternal aunt and guardian
• Mimi Sodré (1892–1982), Brazilian football (soccer) player
• Mimi Stillman (born 1982), American classical flutist
• Mimi Tran (born 1960), Vietnamese-American professional poker player
• Mimi Umidon, American actress, presenter of the Magic Bullet blender
• Mimi Walters (born 1962), former Republican congresswoman from California
• Mimi Webb (born 2000), English singer-songwriter
• Mimi Weddell (1915–2009), American actress
• Mimi Woods, American voice actress

Nicknames, stage names, and code names

• Mimi, the code name for Yvonne Fontaine (1913–1996), a member of the French Resistance working with the Special Operations Executive
• Mimi, nickname of American R&B musician Mariah Carey, source of the title of her 2005 album The Emancipation of Mimi
• Mimi, stage name of South Korean singer Kim Mi-hyun (born 1995) of girl group Oh My Girl
• Mimí, stage name of Mexican singer Irma Angélica Hernández Ochoa (born 1962) of the pop music group Flans
• Mimi, nickname of Iraqi footballer Mohanad Ali (born 2000)
• Mimi Wong, stage name of bar hostess Wong Weng Siu (1939–1973), who was executed for murder in Singapore
• Priyanka Chopra (born 1982), Indian actress, sometimes informally referred to as "Mimi"

Mythological and fictional characters

• Mimi (folklore), a fairy-like being in the mythology of Northern Aboriginal Australians
• Mimi, one of the mascots of the Pop'n Music video game series
• Mimì (La bohème), the leading female role in the opera La bohème
• Mimi, a cartoon character featured in Muse (magazine)
• Mimi, a character from the game Super Paper Mario
• Mimi Balguerie, a character in the light novel series Ro-Kyu-Bu! by Sagu Aoyama
• Mimi Bobeck, a character from The Drew Carey Show played by Kathy Kinney
• Mimi Clark, a character in the television series Jericho
• Mimi Glossop, character played by Ginger Rogers in the 1934 film The Gay Divorcee
• Mimi Kanassis, supporting character from Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
• Mimi Labonq, a character in the BBC sitcom Allo 'Allo!
• Mimi Lockhart, a character in Days of our Lives
• Mimi Marquez, a character in Rent, a musical based on La bohème
• Mimi Mortin, the main character of the Canadian animated television series What about Mimi?
• Mimi Tachikawa, a character from the Japanese anime Digimon
• Mimi Tasogare, a character from the Japanese anime Duel Masters
• Mimi the dog, a character in 1976 Mexican comedy El Miedo no anda en Burro
• Mimi Usa, a character in Kodomo no Jikan
• Mimi Force, a character in Blue Bloods (novel series)
• Mimi, an anthropomorphic macaw in the 2014 animated sequel film Rio 2, voiced by Rita Moreno
• Character in Mimi (2014 TV series) from South Korea
• Mimi, a heroine character in Space Sheriff Gavan
• Princess Mimi, an alien princess character in the Japanese children's manga series Cyborg Kuro-chan
• Mimi, a cat character in Japanese short animation She and Her Cat
• Mimi, a character from the 1997 Peanuts special, It Was My Best Birthday Ever, Charlie Brown