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| Gender | Female |
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| Word/name | Japanese |
| Region of origin | Japanese |
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| Related names | Kei |
Keiko is a very popular female Japanese given name.
Possible meanings
As with many Japanese names, Keiko can be written using a number of different kanji. Some of the most common ways of writing Keiko (and the most representative meanings of the respective kanji) are:
- 恵子 — "lucky/blessed child"
- 敬子 — "respectful child"
- 景子 — "sunlight/view/scenic child"
- 桂子 — "katsura tree child"
- 圭子 — "square jewel child"
- 慶子 — "happy child"
- 啓子 — "open (one's eyes)/express/spring (season) child"
The suffix ko (子) implies the name is female and the name is almost never given to males. Much less commonly, Keiko can also be written as 螢子, 輕子, or 軽子.
Notable people
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- Keiko Agena, American-born actress
- Keiko Chiba (景子), politician
- Keiko Fukuda, judoka
- Keiko Fuji (圭子), singer
- Keiko Fujimori, Peruvian congresswoman and former first lady
- Keiko Han (恵子), seiyu (voice actress)
- Mazie Keiko Hirono, politician
- Keiko Ihara (慶子), racing car driver
- Keiko Kitagawa (景子), model/actress
- Keiko Seiko, actress
- Keiko Masuda, one of the J-pop duo Pink Lady
- Keiko Matsui (慶子), internationally renowned pianist/composer
- Keiko Miura, field hockey athlete
- Keiko Nakazawa (慶子), adult video actress
- Keiko Nobumoto, (敬子) creator of Wolf's Rain
- Keiko Takeshita (景子), actress
- Keiko Toda (恵子), actress
- Keiko Utoku (敬子), singer/songwriter
- Keiko Yamada (圭子), singer from j-pop band Globe
- Keiko Yamada (圭子), manga artist
- Keiko Yoshida, American-born actress (herself in first season of ZOOM)
- Keiko Kubota (窪田啓子), member of Kalafina and FictionJunction
Keikō (景行), with a long "o," is the name given to Emperor Keikō posthumously.
Fictional characters
- Keiko O'Brien, from Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
- Keiko Onuki, character in Battle Royale
- Keiko Yukimura (螢子), the YuYu Hakusho character
- Keiko Sawa, eighteen-year-old Jazz singer and actress in Kenzaburo Oe's novel J (1963)
- Keiko Arahida, a recurring character played by Yūko Takeuchi in the 2009 TV series FlashForward.
Animals
- Keiko (orca), the orca, or killer whale, which performed in the film Free Willy
See also
References
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