Mirko
Slavic in origin, carrying the sense of "peace". Only around 160 men in Poland answer to it, few enough that most Poles have never met one.
Mirko Pronunciation
Mirko is pronounced MEER-ko (/ˈmirkɔ/).
What Mirko means
Where Mirko comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Mirko begins in the Slavic root mir, a small word that once meant both peace and world at the same time. From that root grew a family of names built around calm: Mirosław, Mirosława, Kazimierz. Mirko is the shorter, friendlier form, the one that fits on a nameplate.
The English gloss is plain. Peace. In Polish that is pokój, a word that still means both peace and a room in a house, so the name keeps the old double sense alive.
Mirko traveled south and west across Slavic lands and settled most firmly among Croatian and Serbian speakers, where it stands on its own rather than as anyone's nickname. In Poland it reads as a warm import, recognizable through its Mirosław cousins.
Picture a teacher reading the register on the first day of school. The name lands short and clear between longer surnames. Whatever else it does, it says peace, pokój, in five plain letters.
How many people are named Mirko
1 in 130958 men in Poland is named Mirko. 163 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #2530 among male names.
Mirko's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 boys were given the name in 2025. It has been stable for a decade.
Mirko as a middle name
Mirko is a first name for 163 men in Poland and a middle name for another 21, an 89/11 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 1934th, between Mattia (21) and Mulugeta (21).
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#1932 Matt21
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#1933 Mattia21
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#1934 Mirko21
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#1935 Mulugeta21
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#1936 Olimpiusz21