Entry № 5474 · Japanese origin

Kiku Kiku — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ KEE-koo /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Japanese
Meaning
"Chrysanthemum"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Japanese)

A name that means "chrysanthemum".

Kiku (菊) is the Japanese word for "chrysanthemum" — the imperial flower of Japan, depicted on the throne of the Emperor (the Chrysanthemum Throne) and the Japanese passport.

Kiku is widely used in Japan.

Chrysanthemum. The imperial flower of Japan.

The name in its native script.

Transliteration
Kiku
Pronunciation
/ ˈkiː.kuː /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Kiku stands.

Kiku 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.

Kikus before her.

Real people
Princess Kiku
Japanese royal name.
In fiction
Kiku
Common in Japanese literature.

Names connected to Kiku.

The number behind Kiku.

7

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Kiku reduce to 7, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.