Midori is from the Japanese midori (緑 — green). A modern American baby name in the broader Japanese-heritage aesthetic. Midori in Japanese tradition — the foundational Japanese word for the color green; central to traditional Japanese aesthetics for over 1,000 years; the iconic Japanese concept of midori combines green and lushness — central to traditional Japanese garden aesthetics, the iconic foundational Japanese seasonal philosophy, and the iconic Japanese Midori-no-hi (Greenery Day, May 4) — a foundational Japanese national holiday celebrating nature; appears throughout classical Japanese literature including the iconic Tale of Genji (c. 1010 by Murasaki Shikibu — widely considered the foundational novel in world literature). Midori Goto (born 1971) — iconic Japanese-American violinist; widely considered one of the foundational concert violinists of the past 50 years; debuted at age 11 with the iconic New York Philharmonic at Lincoln Center (1982) — one of the foundational child-prodigy debuts in classical music history; the iconic 1986 Tanglewood Music Festival incident where 14-year-old Midori broke two violin strings during Bernstein's Serenade and continued playing flawlessly became one of the most-celebrated moments in modern classical music history (front-page New York Times the next day); Grammy Award nominee multiple times; Avery Fisher Prize (2001); founder of the iconic foundational Midori & Friends nonprofit (1992) bringing music education to underserved NYC schools; currently the iconic Jascha Heifetz Chair in Violin at the USC Thornton School of Music. Princess Midori — Japanese heritage naming.
Featured throughout Japanese heritage and classical music.
Midori reduces to six.