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Sumiko Sumiko — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ soo-MEE-koh /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Other
Meaning
"Clear / pure child"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient (Japanese)

A name that means "clear / pure child".

Sumiko is from the Japanese 澄子 / 純子 (Sumiko — sumi clear/pure + ko child — clear child, pure child). Sumiko is one of the Japanese feminine names — central to traditional Japanese heritage.

Clear / pure child (Japanese).

The name in its native script.

澄子
Transliteration
Sumiko
Pronunciation
/ suːˈmiː.koʊ /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Sumiko stands.

Sumiko 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.

Sumikos before her.

Real people

In fiction
Sumiko
Japanese clear / pure child.

Names connected to Sumiko.

The number behind Sumiko.

7

The Seeker

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