Entry № 7186 · Japanese origin

Naoko Naoko — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ NAH-oh-koh /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Japanese
Meaning
"Honest child"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Modern (Japanese)

A name that means "honest child".

Naoko (直子) combines nao (honest, straight) and ko (child) — "honest child" or "upright child."

Naoko Takeuchi (born 1967) is the Japanese manga artist who created Sailor Moon.

Honest child. The creator of Sailor Moon.

The name in its native script.

直子
Transliteration
Naoko
Pronunciation
/ ˈnɑː.oʊ.koʊ /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Naoko stands.

Naoko 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.

Naokos before her.

Real people
Naoko Takeuchi
Japanese manga artist, creator of Sailor Moon.
born 1967
In fiction
Naoko
Heroine of Murakami's Norwegian Wood.
1987 novel

Names connected to Naoko.

The number behind Naoko.

2

The Peacemaker

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