The baby name Daikoku is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced DIE-koh-koo (Japanese: /daiko̞ku/).
Daikoku is Japanese in Origin.
The baby name Daikoku is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced DIE-koh-koo (Japanese: /daiko̞ku/).
Daikoku is Japanese in Origin.
Daikoku is a Japanese theophoric name tied to the god Daikokuten. Its core form, 大黒 (dai “great” + koku “black”), sometimes expands to 大黒天 when explicitly invoking the deity, one of the Seven Lucky Gods associated with wealth, grain, and household safety. Through Buddhist transmission, the figure derives from Sanskrit Mahākāla, and later Japanese practice blended him with the Shinto deity Ōkuninushi; that syncretism fostered a folk variant written 大国 (“great land”) because both read Daikoku. The name therefore carries auspicious meanings of abundance, protection, and good fortune.
Usage skews ceremonial: it appears in temple epithets, merchant house names (Daikokuya), and stage or art names; as a contemporary given name it is rare and leans masculine and traditional. In everyday naming it more often surfaces as the surname 大黒, typically read Ōguro/Ohguro. Variants and honorifics include Daikokuten and Daikoku-sama; cognates include Mahākāla and Chinese Dàhēitiān.
Daikoku is exceptionally rare. Our whole dataset turns up only 1 recorded use, across 1 country.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CL | Boys | 0 | #700 | 1 | 13,390 |
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