Mariko

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Margo in US United States, BR Brazil, NL Netherlands and 10 more, Margaux in FR France, ES Spain, BE Belgium and 3 more, Marco in PE Peru, LA Laos, TH Thailand and Marko in FI Finland, SI Slovenia.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

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◐

Mariko is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Portuguese given name9.7K records spelled Mariko6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, United States, Philippines, Mexico

  Languages: Portuguese, Spanish

  Also written Máriko, Mãríkõ, Marikò

50 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●

Mariko is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• ‘True reason child’.

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

• In Basque, "1.º (V-m, AN-gip), v. marikaka ; 2.º (V-m, G-bet), cierta gaviota de tamaño regular y pico amarillo; vulg., garray" A .

  as a word·Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia (OEH) — General/Historical Basque Dictionary, Euskaltzaindia

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.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 78 years between 1916–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Mariko Miyagib. 1927JPJapanese actress
• Mariko Okadab. 1933JPJapanese actress, film producer (1933-)
• 佐藤真理子b. 1937JPnot in their usual nameJapanese translator (1937–2024)
• Mariko Kagab. 1943JPJapanese actress
• Pinko Izumib. 1947JPnot in their usual nameJapanese actress
• Mariko Takahashib. 1949JPJapanese singer
• Mariko Ishiharab. 1964JPJapanese actress
• Mariko Kawanab. 1967JPJapanese AV idol
• Kōda Marikob. 1969JPJapanese actress, voice actress, J-pop singer and radio personality
• Mariko Takahashib. 1984USAmerican model and actress

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 · 196 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Mariko?

We estimate roughly 594 thousand people bear Mariko (counting its spellings and scripts) across 15 countries in our records.

In which country does Mariko have the most bearers?

We estimate about 193 thousand people bear Mariko in Brazil, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled margo.

Where is Mariko most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Mariko is densest in Croatia — about 1 in 84 people — even though Brazil holds more of our records for it.

How common is Mariko compared with other names?

In Japan, Mariko is the 98th most common given name of 355,102 given names recorded there.

Is Mariko a male or female name?

Mariko 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 Mariko mean?

Recorded meaning: weibl. Vom. japanischer Herkunft mit verschiedenen Deutungsmöglichkeiten (z.