Toko as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Toko

What is the meaning of the name Toko ?

The baby name Toko is a Female name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced TOH-koh,/ˈtoʊkoʊ/ (English),[to̞ko̞] or [toːko] (Japanese).

Toko is Japanese in Origin.

Toko is most often the Japanese feminine name Tōko (also romanized Touko), where -ko means “child.” The meaning depends on the kanji: 桃子 “peach child,” 灯子/燈子 “light/lamp child,” 東子 “east child,” 統子 “unity child,” 登子 “ascending child,” 透子 “translucent child,” 斗子 “Big Dipper child,” among others. Names ending in -ko surged in the early–mid 20th century in Japan, and Tōko has appeared steadily since, with periodic revivals in modern media and literature. Without macrons, it is commonly written as Toko in English contexts.

Beyond Japan, Toko occurs in southern Africa as a short form or variant of Thoko (Chewa/Ndebele/Zulu), from Thokozani “rejoice/offer thanks,” yielding the sense “praise, joy.” In Māori and other Polynesian languages, toko means “prop, support” and serves as a people-counting prefix; it is occasionally adopted as a unisex given name or name element. Variants: Tōko, Touko, Toko; related: Thoko, Thokozani.