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Canonical reference record
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Japanese given name

Kimiko

きみこ

Female-classified given-name records.

きみこキミコKimiko
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Reference coverage

Extended source depth

This reading group has a comparatively broad dictionary footprint across source-recorded spellings or records. The counts describe corpus coverage, not real-world popularity.

Distinct recorded spellings166

group-level written forms

Source spelling/reading rows168

records contributing to this reading group

Coverage levelExtended

based only on the imported source footprint

Pronunciation & romanization

How to read Kimiko

The kana reading is source-recorded. Romanization and mora segmentation are deterministic reading aids generated from that kana; pitch accent is not inferred.

Source readingきみこ

Normalized to hiragana for comparison.

Katakana formキミコ

The same reading converted to katakana.

RomanizationKimiko

Macron-style display. Vowel-sequence form: Kimiko. Personal spelling and true vowel boundaries can differ.

Mora segmentationき · み · こ

3 morae in this reading. Small ゃ/ゅ/ょ-type kana join the preceding mora.

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Meaning by written form

What can Kimiko mean?

A Japanese name can be written in more than one way, and its meaning can change with the kanji used. Rather than assigning one English meaning to “Kimiko”, this page explains each recorded spelling separately.

Kanji spellings10

character meanings available

Kana-only spellings2

no kanji meaning attached

InterpretationBy spelling

based on the exact written form

Kana-only spelling

きみこ

This spelling is written only in kana. Because it contains no kanji, there is no kanji meaning to interpret here. The kana record the name’s sound; any personal or cultural meaning would depend on context not supplied by the dictionary.

Characters and loaded glosses
きKana characterみKana characterこKana character
Kana-only spelling

キミコ

This spelling is written only in kana. Because it contains no kanji, there is no kanji meaning to interpret here. The kana record the name’s sound; any personal or cultural meaning would depend on context not supplied by the dictionary.

Characters and loaded glosses
キKana characterミKana characterコKana character
Mixed kanji and kana spelling

キミ子

This spelling combines kanji and kana. Dictionary meanings are shown only for the kanji characters; the kana represent sound and do not add a kanji-derived English meaning.

Characters and loaded glosses
キKana characterミKana character子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM
Mixed kanji and kana spelling

きみ子

This spelling combines kanji and kana. Dictionary meanings are shown only for the kanji characters; the kana represent sound and do not add a kanji-derived English meaning.

Characters and loaded glosses
きKana characterみKana character子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM
Mixed kanji and kana spelling

き実子

This spelling combines kanji and kana. Dictionary meanings are shown only for the kanji characters; the kana represent sound and do not add a kanji-derived English meaning.

Characters and loaded glosses
Mixed kanji and kana spelling

き美子

This spelling combines kanji and kana. Dictionary meanings are shown only for the kanji characters; the kana represent sound and do not add a kanji-derived English meaning.

Characters and loaded glosses
Kanji spelling

乾子

These are dictionary meanings for the kanji used in this spelling. Together they can suggest associations, but they do not establish one fixed English translation or a particular person’s naming intent.

Showing meaning context for the first 12 distinct written forms out of 168. The recorded-spellings section below retains the wider source set.

How to read these meanings

The English words shown here are dictionary meanings of individual kanji. They help explain what a spelling can suggest, but they are not a guaranteed translation of the full name and do not establish why a particular person was given that name.

Reading profile

How Kimiko is represented

These counts describe records in the imported name corpus. They are not a ranking of how popular a spelling is among people in Japan.

Recorded kana readings3

きみこ · キミコ · キミこ

Kanji-based spellings166

among the forms analyzed on this page

Kana characters3

in the primary dictionary reading

Morae3

small ゃ/ゅ/ょ-type kana combine with the preceding mora

Kana-only2

recorded spellings

1-kanji forms2

recorded spellings

2-kanji forms21

recorded spellings

3-kanji forms143

recorded spellings

JMnedict classification evidence

How this reading is classified in the source corpus

This separates dictionary classification from popularity. The same exact kana reading can be recorded as a given name, a surname, or both, and given-name records can carry male, female or unspecified source labels.

Primary reading recorded asGiven name + surname

きみこ in the imported JMnedict corpus

Given-name written forms166

168 source spelling/reading rows

Surname written forms1

1 source spelling/reading row

Given-name labelsfemale 168

row counts carrying each JMnedict source label

Exact readingGiven-name evidenceGiven-name labelsSurname evidence
きみこKimiko166168 source rowsfemale 168source rows · distinct forms: female 16611 source row
きみこKimiko00 source rows—source rows · distinct forms: —00 source rows
きみこKimiko00 source rows—source rows · distinct forms: —00 source rows

Classification boundary: male/female/unspecified are labels attached to imported JMnedict name records. They are not population shares, probabilities, identity claims, or evidence that a spelling is currently common in Japan. A source row can also be repeated across different written forms, so row counts and distinct-writing counts are shown separately.

Spelling anatomy

Corpus structure behind Kimiko

This section summarizes the exact source-recorded forms loaded for this reading group. Stroke and character-position statistics are descriptive corpus properties, not popularity or style scores.

Kanji forms with complete stroke data166

3–34 strokes observed span

Median total strokes18

among forms with complete KANJIDIC2 stroke data

All-kanji name-classified forms164

all component kanji loaded as jōyō/jinmeiyō classes

Other/unclassified kanji forms2

contains at least one character outside that loaded classification

Recurring adjacent kanji sequences
美子34 analyzed forms実子20 analyzed forms見子12 analyzed forms巳子11 analyzed forms三子9 analyzed forms水子9 analyzed forms

Shown only when the same adjacent two-kanji sequence occurs in at least two analyzed source forms. Open a sequence in Kanji Pair Research for corpus co-occurrence context.

Reading ambiguity

Can the same writing be read another way?

15 of 80 displayed written forms have more than one given-name reading somewhere in the active JMnedict corpus. This is dictionary-record ambiguity, not a prediction of how a particular person reads the name.

Written forms checked80

distinct spellings displayed on this page

Multiple recorded readings15

exact written forms with 2+ source readings

Single recorded reading63

within this active given-name corpus

Largest reading set16

distinct kana readings for one displayed writing

希望子
3 source-recorded readings
Kimikoきみこ · this pageNozomikoのぞみこNonokoののこ
公美子
2 source-recorded readings
Kimikoきみこ · this pageKumikoくみこ
公香
2 source-recorded readings
KimikaきみかKimikoきみこ · this page

A reading shown without a link is still source-recorded, but its destination group does not yet meet the reference-depth standard used for the main library. Limited records are not promoted merely to create extra internal links.

Kanji role reference

How recurring characters function across Kimiko spellings

Position counts are calculated only from the distinct written forms analyzed for this page. KANJIDIC2 nanori are character-level name-reading references; they are not used here to decompose or assert the reading of a specific multi-kanji name.

KanjiCharacter glossesFormsFirstFinalInternalSoloStrokesKANJIDIC2 nanoriLoaded class
子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM1580158003い, き, ぎ, く +2Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1
美beauty, beautiful38103709はる, よし, よしみ, りJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3
実reality, truth, seed22002208ぐみ, さねJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3
希hope, beg, request15150007のぞ, のぞみJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
紀chronicle, account, narrative14130109おさむ, ただす, とし, とも +2Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5
己self1240803し, みJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 6
見see, hopes, chances12001207—Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1
喜rejoice, take pleasure in111100012あき, きゅ, のぶ, ゆき +1Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5
巳sign of the snake or serpent, 9-11AM, sixth sign of Chinese zodiac11001103—Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9
樹timber, trees, wood111100016いつき, うえ, こ, しげ +5Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 6
記scribe, account, narrative101000010のりJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2
三three900903か, さ, さい, さえ +11Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1

Counts describe this source-recorded spelling set, not population use. A repeated kanji can contribute to more than one position role across different spellings.

Exact writing research map

Move from a spelling to its readings, characters and literal sequence context

These relationships are exact and source-backed. Whole-name readings shown in each card come from JMnedict within the current name class; exact-writing search can surface records from other name classes. Character links open KANJIDIC2-backed kanji pages. Sequence context means the same kanji string occurs contiguously in another recorded written form—it does not prove shared origin or meaning.

Exact written form

きみこ

Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Kimikoきみこ · this page
Characters in order
きKanaみKanaこKana
Exact written form

キミコ

Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Kimikoきみこ
Characters in order
キKanaミKanaコKana

Showing research maps for the first 10 distinct written forms out of 168. Every detailed spelling card below still links to exact-writing search and its component kanji.

Corpus pattern

Kanji recurring across Kimiko spellings

Only characters appearing in at least two distinct analyzed spellings are shown here. Frequency describes this source-recorded spelling set, not real-world baby-name popularity.

Same reading, different writing

Explore written forms of Kimiko

168 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading きみこ. Other source readings can appear in this romanized group when the imported records converge on the same index form. Use Compare to inspect exact spellings side by side.

きみこ

きみこ · Kimiko

Katakana キミコMorae 3Strokes —

This written form uses kana rather than kanji, so there are no character-level kanji glosses to combine.

キミコ

キミコ · Kimiko

Katakana キミコMorae 3Strokes —

This written form uses kana rather than kanji, so there are no character-level kanji glosses to combine.

Showing the first 80 spelling/reading records out of 168 loaded records for this reading group. The group contains 166 distinct written spellings.

Spelling comparator

Compare Kimiko forms side by side

Each exact written spelling appears once in this table even when JMnedict records more than one reading for that writing. Stroke totals and character glosses come from KANJIDIC2 when all component kanji are available.

SpellingOne source readingCharacter-level glossesTotal strokesLoaded character class
きみこきみこKana-only spelling—Kana spelling
キミコキミコKana-only spelling—Kana spelling
キミ子キミこ子 — child, sign of the rat3All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
きみ子きみこ子 — child, sign of the rat3All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
き実子きみこ実 — reality, truth · 子 — child, sign of the rat11All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
き美子きみこ美 — beauty, beautiful · 子 — child, sign of the rat12All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
乾子きみこ乾 — drought, dry · 子 — child, sign of the rat14All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
亀実子きみこ亀 — tortoise, turtle · 実 — reality, truth · 子 — child, sign of the rat22All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
亀美子きみこ亀 — tortoise, turtle · 美 — beauty, beautiful · 子 — child, sign of the rat23All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
仁子きみこ仁 — humanity, virtue · 子 — child, sign of the rat7All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
企実子きみこ企 — undertake, scheme · 実 — reality, truth · 子 — child, sign of the rat17All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
企弥子きみこ企 — undertake, scheme · 弥 — all the more, increasingly · 子 — child, sign of the rat17All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
企美子きみこ企 — undertake, scheme · 美 — beauty, beautiful · 子 — child, sign of the rat18All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
伎実子きみこ伎 — deed, skill · 実 — reality, truth · 子 — child, sign of the rat17All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
伎王子きみこ伎 — deed, skill · 王 — king, rule · 子 — child, sign of the rat13All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
伎益子きみこ伎 — deed, skill · 益 — benefit, gain · 子 — child, sign of the rat19All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified

The comparison table shows the first 16 distinct written forms; the detailed cards above show up to 80 spelling/reading records.

What does Kimiko mean?

There is not necessarily one fixed English meaning. The reading identifies the spoken name; different written forms can use different kanji. Character glosses describe individual kanji and should not be treated as proof of the intention behind a particular person’s name.

Related readings

More names beginning with きみ

Related by the opening kana of the dictionary reading. This is a deterministic browsing relationship, not a claim that the names share the same meaning.

Shared-kanji relationships

Other names sharing kanji with Kimiko

These links are calculated from exact characters appearing in source-recorded spellings on this page. Sharing a kanji does not mean two names have the same reading, origin, gender or intended meaning.

Given-name relationship

Mikiko

喜子実己巳希樹紀美見

10 shared kanji · 123 matching source-recorded spellings

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Kiyomi

喜子実己巳希樹紀美見

10 shared kanji · 102 matching source-recorded spellings

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Miyuki

喜実己巳希樹紀美見

9 shared kanji · 174 matching source-recorded spellings

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Akimi

喜実己巳希樹紀美見

9 shared kanji · 161 matching source-recorded spellings

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Miki

喜実己巳希樹紀美見

9 shared kanji · 142 matching source-recorded spellings

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Kimie

喜実己巳希樹紀美見

9 shared kanji · 96 matching source-recorded spellings

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Kimio

喜子実己巳希樹紀美

9 shared kanji · 37 matching source-recorded spellings

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Kiyoko

喜子己巳希樹紀美

8 shared kanji · 123 matching source-recorded spellings

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Masumi

子実己巳希紀美見

8 shared kanji · 119 matching source-recorded spellings

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Minako

子実己巳希樹美見

8 shared kanji · 102 matching source-recorded spellings

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Yukimi

喜実巳希樹紀美見

8 shared kanji · 77 matching source-recorded spellings

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Kazumi

子実己巳樹紀美見

8 shared kanji · 76 matching source-recorded spellings

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Where to go next from Kimiko

Use literal reading, character and corpus relationships to continue without treating nearby records as automatically related.

Evidence on this page

What each source establishes

JMnedict establishes recorded written forms, readings and name classifications; where safely associated, this page can also show JMnedict-supplied trans_det source text without treating it as a whole-name meaning. KANJIDIC2 supplies character readings, nanori, stroke counts, grade classes and English character glosses. The Ministry of Justice remains the official reference for Japanese child-name character rules. The Agency for Cultural Affairs romanization guidance is the reference for generated Latin-script reading aids.

Source boundary

The spelling-frequency and structural counts on this page are calculated from imported JMnedict records. They are corpus counts, not population-frequency claims. KANJIDIC2 supplies the kanji metadata used in character and stroke comparisons.

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