Eko

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 7 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Eko is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish given name1.2K records spelled Eko4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Malaysia, Mexico, Brazil

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Ékő, Éko

• Hindi given name859 records spelled Eko4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Malaysia, India, United States, Pakistan

  Languages: Hindi, Urdu

  Also written Ekó, Êkô

• Japanese given name701 records spelled Eko2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Japan, United States, Malaysia

  Also written E-Ko

• a separate given name427 records spelled Eko3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, India, Nigeria

  Also written Ekö, Ëko

• Spanish surname217 records spelled Eko68 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, Japan, Argentina, United States

  Languages: Spanish, Japanese, Portuguese

  Also written Arco, Eiko, Ako, อาโก๊ะ, อาโกะ

• Turkish given name205 records spelled Eko3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Türkiye, Malaysia

  Languages: Turkish, Azerbaijani

  Also written Ekoe

39 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Eko is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Akan, ekoo, buffala. — oko,+ oryx, koiiy 3. mu,-h to be closely connected withy accompany. He. 6,9

  as a word·Dictionary of the Asante and Fante Language called Tshi (Chwee, Twi)

• In pi, masculine nominative singular of eka (“one”)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In bin, a temporary camp used for hunting and during times of war

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In English, Initialism of Edgeworth-Kuiper object.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Finnish, economizer (part of a steam boiler)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name●

• Eko Irawanb. 1989IDIndonesian weightlifter
• Alfian Eko Prasetyab. 1994IDbadminton player
• Eko HamisenoIDbadminton player

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 45 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Eko?

We estimate roughly 189 people bear Eko (counting its spellings and scripts) across 4 countries in our records.

In which country does Eko have the most bearers?

Eko is most frequently recorded in Indonesia, where it is most often spelled eko.

How common is Eko compared with other names?

In Indonesia, Eko is the 40th most common given name of 232,466 given names recorded there.

Is Eko a male or female name?

Eko is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Eko mean?

Recorded meaning: a male given name from Javanese