Yukiko

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 across 2 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◐

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

• English given name14K records spelled Yukiko6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Australia, United Kingdom, Brazil

  Languages: English, Dutch, Western Frisian

  Also written Yūkiko, Ýukiko

• Portuguese given name8.3K records spelled Yukiko3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, United States, Mexico, Peru

  Languages: Portuguese, Spanish

  Also written Yuki-Ko

44 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●

Yukiko 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.

• In German, weibl. Vom. japanischer Herkunft (japan. yuki »Schnee« + japan. ko »Kind«).

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

• ‘Happy child’.

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

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) — 48 years between 1913–2022. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Yukiko Shimazakib. 1931JPactress
• Yukiko Kobayashib. 1946JPJapanese actress (1946-)
• Yukiko Kashiwagib. 1947JPJapanese actress
• Yukiko Kadab. 1950JPJapanese politician
• Yukiko Hasebeb. 1957JPJapanese legal scholar
• Yukiko Okadab. 1967JPJapanese pop singer (1967-1986)
• Yukiko Iwaib. 1968JPJapanese former pop singer
• Yukiko Mishimab. 1969JPfilm director
• Kaori Mizumorib. 1973JPnot in their usual nameJapanese singer
• Yukiko Inuib. 1990JPJapanese swimmer

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 · 131 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Yukiko?

We estimate roughly 2.3 thousand people bear Yukiko (counting its spellings and scripts) across 8 countries in our records.

In which country does Yukiko have the most bearers?

Yukiko is most frequently recorded in Japan, where it is most often spelled yukiko.

How common is Yukiko compared with other names?

In Japan, Yukiko is the 73rd most common given name of 355,102 given names recorded there.

Is Yukiko a male or female name?

Yukiko 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 Yukiko mean?

Recorded meaning: Japanese: child of Yuki