Kyouka as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Kyouka

What is the meaning of the name Kyouka ?

The baby name Kyouka is a Female name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced Japanese IPA: /kjoːka/; English approximation: 'KYOH-kah' (Kyo-ka).

Kyouka is Japanese in Origin.

Kyōka (commonly romanized Kyouka or Kyoka) is a Japanese given name pronounced KYOH-kah, from kyō + ka written in kana as きょうか. Its meaning varies with the kanji: 京香 “capital fragrance,” 恭花 “respectful flower,” 杏花 “apricot blossom,” 鏡花 “mirror flower,” 響歌 “resonant song,” or 響香 “echoing fragrance.” The second element often uses 花/華 “flower, splendor” or 香 “fragrance,” while kyō may derive from characters meaning capital, reverence, echo, mirror, or apricot, giving a refined, poetic tone.

Documented since the Meiji era, the name has been used for all genders but is now chiefly feminine. A classic bearer is the novelist Izumi Kyōka (泉鏡花, 1873–1939), whose given name reads “mirror flower.” Today it appears in entertainment and anime, for example Kyōka Jirō in My Hero Academia. Variants include Kyōka, Kyouka, and Kyoka; in Japanese paperwork the macron is usually omitted. Nicknames may shorten to Kyō or –chan forms.

⚙ Kyouka is exceptionally rare. Our whole dataset turns up only 10 recorded uses, across 8 countries.