Shioriko as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Shioriko

What is the meaning of the name Shioriko ?

The baby name Shioriko is a Female name , 4 syllables long and is pronounced shi-o-ri-ko (Japanese IPA: [ɕi.o.ɾi.ko]; anglicized: shee-OH-ree-koh).

Shioriko is Japanese in Origin.

Shioriko is a Japanese feminine given name, usually formed by adding ko (“child”) to Shiori. Common kanji spellings include 栞子 (“bookmark/guide” + child), 詩織子 (“poem, weave” + child, suggesting “a child who weaves poetry”), and 汐里子 (“evening tide, village” + child). Because Japanese names are semantically flexible, parents may choose other characters - e.g., 潮, 梢, or 梨 - to nuance meanings like tide, treetop, or pear. Pronounced shee-oh-ree-koh, it appears in kana as しおりこ or シオリコ.

Names ending in -ko peaked in Japan from the 1920s–1970s, declined thereafter, and have seen selective revival; Shioriko remains rarer than the base name Shiori. Related or shortened forms include Shiori and Shio; nicknames such as Shio-chan or Riko can occur. Outside Japan the name is uncommon, with romanization usually as Shioriko, though Shiori-ko is occasionally seen for clarity.

⚙ We have no record of Shioriko in any national birth registry or name dataset. That's typically a sign of a rare name, a regional or traditional one, or a modern coinage. Either way, it remains a genuinely rare choice.