Kiku
Kiku is a girl name of Japanese origin, ranked #98 in popularity, meaning Chrysanthemum.
What Kiku means
Chrysanthemum.
Kiku is short — 4 letters, and ends on a vowel, which tends to make a name sound open and carry well when called across a room.
Where Kiku 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.
Kiku is recorded as Japanese in origin. Browse other Japanese names.
How popular is Kiku?
Kiku is ranked #98, near the outer edge of the top hundred. Names here are often on the way up or on the way down, so this is the band where a name can feel fresh and established at the same time.
The character of Kiku
Kiku sits in our flowers and growing things group. Following that theme is usually the fastest way to find the handful of other names that feel the way this one does.
Themes: Flower
Names like Kiku
These share Kiku's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Aoi — Hollyhock; the color blue.
- Hana — Flower, blossom.
- Himari — Facing the sun; sunflower.
- Kahori — Plum.
- Kanoka — Flower.
- Kiyoka — Flower.
- Sakura — Cherry blossom.
- Yuna — Gentle; lotus.
- Aika — Flower.
- Airi — Plum.
- Amika — Flower.
- Aroha — Flower.