Entry № 267 · Japanese origin

Aiko Aiko — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ AH-ee-ko /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Japanese
Meaning
"Love child, beloved"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Japanese)

A name that means "love child, beloved".

Aiko (愛子) is written with two kanji: ai (love) and ko (child) — meaning "loved child" or "beloved." The -ko suffix was traditionally used in many Japanese girls' names through the 20th century.

Princess Aiko of Japan (born 2001), daughter of Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako, is the most prominent contemporary Aiko.

Love child. The kanji says everything.

The name in its native script.

愛子
Transliteration
Aiko
Pronunciation
/ ˈaɪ.koʊ /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Aiko stands.

Aiko does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Aikos before her.

Real people
Princess Aiko of Japan
Daughter of Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako of Japan.
born 2001
In fiction

Names connected to Aiko.

The number behind Aiko.

9

The Giver

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Aiko reduce to 9, The Giver. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.