Naniko as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Naniko

What is the meaning of the name Naniko ?

The baby name Naniko is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced NAH-nee-koh.

Naniko is Georgian in Origin.

Naniko is a Georgian feminine name, a warmly colloquial diminutive of Nana formed with the affectionate -iko suffix common in Georgian pet forms (compare Tamriko from Tamar, Mariko from Mariam). Nana itself is an old Georgian given name of debated origin: it may echo a pre-Christian Caucasian fertility deity or the nurturing “nana” lullaby/mother term found across Georgian dialects. The name’s cultural standing is reinforced by Queen (Saint) Nana of Iberia in the 4th century, an early royal convert to Christianity in Georgia.

Used first as a household nickname, Naniko began appearing as an independent given name in the 19th–20th centuries and remains familiar in modern Georgia and its diaspora, though rare elsewhere. Variants and related forms include Nana, Nanuka, Nanuli, and Nani; diminutive cousins in the same style include Tamriko and Niniko (from Nino). Not to be confused with Japanese Nanako, whose -ko element means “child.”