Tomoko

Spellings & scripts●

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●

Attested in 1 language 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◐

Tomoko is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Portuguese given name8.0K records spelled Tomoko4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, United States, Argentina, Spain

  Languages: Portuguese, Spanish

  Also written Tómoko

• Chinese given name369 records spelled Tomoko2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, China, Taiwan, United Kingdom

  Also written Omoko

41 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●

Tomoko 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.

• ‘Friendly child’; ‘wise child’.

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

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  as a name·Il grande libro dei nomi per bebè. Significato, origini, curiosità. Oltre 7000 nomi per bambine e bambini Significato,…

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●

SE SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) — 22 years between 1999–2020. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Tomoko Naraokab. 1929JPJapanese actress (1929–2023)
• Tomoko Ohtab. 1933JPJapanese biologist
• Tomoko Akaneb. 1956JPJapanese jurist and judge (1956–)
• Tomoko Ukishimab. 1963JPJapanese politician
• Tomoko Tamurab. 1965JPJapanese politician
• Tomoko Ninomiyab. 1969JPJapanese manga artist
• Tomoko Kawakamib. 1970JPJapanese voice actress (1970-2011)
• Tomoko Nakajimab. 1971JPJapanese actress (1971-)
• Tomoko Kanedab. 1973JPJapanese voice actress
• Tomoko NishimuraJPJapanese mangaka

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 · 107 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Tomoko?

We estimate roughly 3.2 thousand people bear Tomoko (counting its spellings and scripts) across 7 countries in our records.

In which country does Tomoko have the most bearers?

Tomoko is most frequently recorded in Japan, where it is most often spelled tomoko.

How common is Tomoko compared with other names?

In Japan, Tomoko is the 27th most common given name of 355,102 given names recorded there.

Is Tomoko a male or female name?

Tomoko is a female 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 Tomoko mean?

Recorded meaning: weibl. Vom. japanischer Herkunft (japan.