Entry № 8721 · Japanese origin

Riko Riko — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ REE-koh /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Japanese
Meaning
"Jasmine child, true child"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Modern (Japanese)

A name that means "jasmine child, true child".

Riko is widely used in modern Japan.

Jasmine child. The Japanese.

The name in its native script.

莉子
Transliteration
Riko
Pronunciation
/ ˈriː.koʊ /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Riko stands.

Riko 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.

Rikos before her.

Real people
Riko Narumi
Japanese actress.
born 1992
In fiction
Riko
Heroine of Made in Abyss.
2012 manga

Names connected to Riko.

The number behind Riko.

8

The Visionary

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Riko reduce to 8, The Visionary. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.