Mariko
Mariko is a girl name of Japanese origin, meaning Lake.
What Mariko means
Lake.
Mariko 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 Mariko 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.
Mariko is recorded as Japanese in origin. Browse other Japanese names.
How popular is Mariko?
Mariko does not currently chart in the top 100 girl names. Rankings move constantly, and names can spend decades out of the lists before returning — so this says more about the present moment than about the name itself.
The character of Mariko
Mariko sits in our water and the sea group. Following that theme is usually the fastest way to find the handful of other names that feel the way this one does.
Themes: Water
Names like Mariko
These share Mariko's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Atsuko — Lake.
- Kazumi — Water.
- Kyoko — Lake.
- Ryo — Refreshing; clear; distant.
- Maren — Of the sea.
- Marlowe — From the hill by the lake.
- Maxwell — From the great stream.
- Moana — Ocean; the deep sea.
- Brooke — A small stream.
- Clodagh — Named for an Irish river.
- Eira — Snow.
- Nerissa — From the sea.