Mikako as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Mikako

What is the meaning of the name Mikako ?

The baby name Mikako is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced MEE-kah-koh (Japanese: [mi.ka.ko]).

Mikako is Japanese in Origin.

Mikako (mee-KAH-koh) is a Japanese feminine given name formed from the elements mi + ka + ko, with meanings that vary by kanji. Common writings include 美香子 (“beautiful fragrance child”), 美佳子 (“beautiful/excellent child”), 美歌子 (“beautiful song child”), and 実加子 (“true/fruit, added child”). Other possibilities use 美 (“beauty”), 実 (“truth/fruit”), 佳 (“excellent”), 香 (“fragrance”), 花 (“flower”), or 歌 (“song”), combined with 子 (“child”). It can also be written in hiragana (みかこ) or katakana (ミカコ).

Names ending in -ko were especially fashionable from the Taishō through mid-Shōwa periods and signal a classic, refined style today; while -ko names dipped in late-20th-century popularity, Mikako remains familiar and steadily used. Variants consist mainly of alternate kanji spellings; outside Japan the standard romanization is Mikako. Related diminutives include Mika, though Mika is also an independent name. Notable bearers include actresses Mikako Ichikawa and Mikako Tabe.