Entry № 6513 · Japanese origin

Mariko Mariko — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ MAH-ree-koh /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Japanese
Meaning
"Truth child"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Modern (Japanese)

A name that means "truth child".

Mariko Mori (born 1967) is the Japanese contemporary artist.

Truth child. Clavell's Shōgun heroine.

The name in its native script.

真理子
Transliteration
Mariko
Pronunciation
/ ˈmɑː.ri.koʊ /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Mariko stands.

Mariko 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.

Marikos before her.

Real people
Mariko Mori
Japanese contemporary artist.
born 1967
In fiction
Toda Mariko
Heroine of Shōgun.
James Clavell, 1975

Names connected to Mariko.

The number behind Mariko.

4

The Builder

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Mariko reduce to 4, The Builder. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.