Entry № 348 · Japanese origin

Akiko Akiko — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ AH-kee-koh /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Japanese
Meaning
"Autumn child, bright child"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Medieval (Japanese)

A name that means "autumn child, bright child".

Akiko (秋子 or 明子) combines aki (autumn, or bright) and ko (child) — "autumn child" or "bright child."

Princess Akiko of Mikasa (born 1981) is the great-granddaughter of Emperor Taishō. Akiko Yosano (1878-1942) was the iconic Japanese poet and feminist.

Autumn child. The poet-feminist Yosano.

The name in its native script.

明子
Transliteration
Akiko
Pronunciation
/ əˈkiː.koʊ /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Akiko stands.

Akiko 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.

Akikos before her.

Real people
Akiko Yosano
Japanese poet and feminist.
1878 – 1942
Princess Akiko of Mikasa
Japanese royal.
born 1981
In fiction
Akiko
Common in Japanese fiction.

Names connected to Akiko.

The number behind Akiko.

2

The Peacemaker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Akiko reduce to 2, The Peacemaker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.