Iku
Iku is a girl name of Japanese origin, meaning Long time.
What Iku means
Long time.
Iku is short — 3 letters, and ends on a vowel, which tends to make a name sound open and carry well when called across a room.
Where Iku 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.
Iku is recorded as Japanese in origin. Browse other Japanese names.
How popular is Iku?
In the girl name rankings we track, Iku falls outside the top 100. That puts it in the broad middle ground where most names live: familiar to those who know it, uncommon enough to still feel like a choice.
Names like Iku
These share Iku's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Akari — Light, brightness.
- Aoi — Hollyhock; the color blue.
- Emi — Beautiful blessing; smile.
- Hana — Flower, blossom.
- Haruka — Distant; spring.
- Himari — Facing the sun; sunflower.
- Hina — Sun, light.
- Hoshi — Star.
- Ibuki — Rejoice.
- Ichie — Creek.
- Ichigohime — Princess.
- Ichika — Flower.