Sawako

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

What Sawako means

Child.

Sawako 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 Sawako 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.

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

How popular is Sawako?

You will not find Sawako in the top 100 girl names at the moment. Plenty of well-known names sit outside the charts; popularity measures how often a name is registered, not how good or how real it is.

Names like Sawako

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

  • Sachiko — Child of happiness.
  • Sakura — Cherry blossom.
  • Sora — Sky.
  • 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.
  • Kaede — Maple leaf.

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