Inako
Inako is a girl name of Japanese origin, meaning Child.
What Inako means
Child.
Inako sits at 5 letters, and ends on a vowel, which tends to make a name sound open and carry well when called across a room.
Where Inako 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.
Inako is recorded as Japanese in origin. Browse other Japanese names.
How popular is Inako?
Inako is not in the current top 100 girl names we track. In practice that means a child called Inako is unlikely to be one of three in a classroom — the name is established and recognisable, just not in heavy circulation right now.
Names like Inako
These share Inako'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.