Hiroko

Hiroko is a girl name of Japanese origin, meaning Child.

What Hiroko means

Child.

Hiroko sits at 6 letters, and ends on a vowel, which tends to make a name sound open and carry well when called across a room.

Where Hiroko comes from

Japanese given names are written in kanji, and the characters chosen carry the meaning as much as the sound does. The same pronunciation can be written several different ways, each shading the sense differently, so parents pick characters as deliberately as they pick the name itself.

Hiroko is recorded as Japanese in origin. Browse other Japanese names.

How popular is Hiroko?

Hiroko sits outside the top 100 girl names we currently track. For many parents that is the appeal: a name with genuine history behind it that has not been picked up by everyone at once.

Names like Hiroko

These share Hiroko's themes, origin, or both — closest first.

• Hana — Flower, blossom.
• Haruka — Distant; spring.
• Himari — Facing the sun; sunflower.
• Hina — Sun, light.
• Hoshi — Star.
• Akari — Light, brightness.
• Aoi — Hollyhock; the color blue.
• Emi — Beautiful blessing; smile.
• Hadzuki — Hope.
• Hagiko — Child.
• Hagino — From.
• Hamako — Child.

More Japanese names

• Hiroe — Favor.
• Hiromi — Sea.
• Hirako — Child.
• Hiromiko — Child.
• Hinoki — Tree.
• Hirono — Plains.
• Hinata — Sunny place; toward the sun.
• Hiroyo — Substitute.
• Hinano — From.
• Hisae — Favor.