Skip to main content
Evidence-led referenceJapanese names, readings and kanji
japanesenameatlas.infoJapanese name reference
Saved
ReferenceNamesMitsuko
Canonical reference record
JMnedict-backedKANJIDIC2 character context
Japanese given name

Mitsuko

みつこ

Given-name classification varies across source records.

みつこミツコMitsuko
Compare spellings
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 spellings77

group-level written forms

Source spelling/reading rows79

records contributing to this reading group

Coverage levelExtended

based only on the imported source footprint

Pronunciation & romanization

How to read Mitsuko

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みつこ

Normalized to hiragana for comparison.

Katakana formミツコ

The same reading converted to katakana.

RomanizationMitsuko

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

Mora segmentationみ · つ · こ

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

Audio note: the play button uses Japanese text-to-speech provided by the visitor’s browser/device. It is a convenience preview, not a recorded native-speaker pronunciation or pitch-accent authority.

Meaning by written form

What can Mitsuko 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 “Mitsuko”, 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

みつこ

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
みKana characterつKana characterこKana character
Kana-only spelling

ミツコ

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
ミKana characterツKana characterコKana character
Mixed kanji and kana spelling

みつ子

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

ミツ子

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

三ツ子

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
三threeツKana character子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM
Kanji spelling

三子

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.

Characters and loaded glosses
三three子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM
Kanji spelling

三月子

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.

Characters and loaded glosses
三three月month, moon子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM
Kanji spelling

中子

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.

Characters and loaded glosses
中in, inside, middle子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM
Kanji spelling

充子

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.

Characters and loaded glosses
充allot, fill子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM

Showing meaning context for the first 12 distinct written forms out of 79. 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 Mitsuko 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

みつこ · ミツコ · ミツこ

Kanji-based spellings77

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 forms48

recorded spellings

3-kanji forms27

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

みつこ in the imported JMnedict corpus

Given-name written forms77

84 source spelling/reading rows

Surname written forms0

0 source spelling/reading rows

Given-name labelsfemale 83 · unspecified 1

row counts carrying each JMnedict source label

Exact readingGiven-name evidenceGiven-name labelsSurname evidence
みつこMitsuko7784 source rowsfemale 83 · unspecified 1source rows · distinct forms: female 77 · unspecified 100 source rows
みつごMitsugo00 source rows—source rows · distinct forms: —33 source rows
みつこMitsuko00 source rows—source rows · distinct forms: —00 source rows
みつこMitsuko00 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 Mitsuko

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 data77

3–33 strokes observed span

Median total strokes15

among forms with complete KANJIDIC2 stroke data

All-kanji name-classified forms74

all component kanji loaded as jōyō/jinmeiyō classes

Other/unclassified kanji forms3

contains at least one character outside that loaded classification

Source-reading distribution
ReadingRomanizationMoraeForms
みつこMitsuko379
Recurring adjacent kanji sequences
津子13 analyzed forms都子5 analyzed forms月子2 analyzed forms律子2 analyzed forms実都2 analyzed forms都湖2 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?

49 of 79 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 checked79

distinct spellings displayed on this page

Multiple recorded readings49

exact written forms with 2+ source readings

Single recorded reading28

within this active given-name corpus

Largest reading set17

distinct kana readings for one displayed writing

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 Mitsuko 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-1AM67067003い, き, ぎ, く +2Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1
津haven, port, harbor13101209ず, ち, とJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
美beauty, beautiful990009はる, よし, よしみ, りJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3
光ray, light880006あき, あきら, こお, てる +3Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2
都capital, metropolis7007011—Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 10
実reality, truth, seed660008ぐみ, さねJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3
三three550003か, さ, さい, さえ +11Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1
湖lake4040012うみ, みJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3
月month, moon200204おと, がっ, す, ずき +1Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1
充allot, fill220006あつ, のぶ, まさ, みち +2Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
律rhythm, law, regulation200209たかし, のりJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 6
鶴crane, stork2002021たず, ず, か, つ +1Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8

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

みつこ

Search exact writing →
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Mitsukoみつこ · this page
Characters in order
みKanaつKanaこKana
Exact written form

ミツコ

Search exact writing →
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Mitsukoみつこ
Characters in order
ミKanaツKanaコKana
Exact written form

三子

Search exact writing →Research this pair →
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
SanshiさんしMikoみこMitsukoみつこ · this pageMineみね
Characters in order
三three子child, sign of the rat
Other public forms containing the same contiguous sequence
一三子Given name · Isako · いさこ一三子Given name · Imiko · いみこ一三子Given name · Kazumiko · かずみこ

The exact sequence 三子 appears contiguously inside these other source-recorded forms.

Showing research maps for the first 10 distinct written forms out of 79. Every detailed spelling card below still links to exact-writing search and its component kanji.

Corpus pattern

Kanji recurring across Mitsuko 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.

子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM67 of 79 analyzed forms津haven, port, harbor13 of 79 analyzed forms美beauty, beautiful9 of 79 analyzed forms光ray, light8 of 79 analyzed forms都capital, metropolis7 of 79 analyzed forms実reality, truth, seed6 of 79 analyzed forms三three5 of 79 analyzed forms湖lake4 of 79 analyzed forms月month, moon2 of 79 analyzed forms充allot, fill2 of 79 analyzed forms
Same reading, different writing

Explore written forms of Mitsuko

79 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading みつこ. 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.

みつこ

みつこ · Mitsuko

Katakana ミツコMorae 3Strokes —

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

Character-set checkKana spelling
Search this exact writing

ミツコ

ミツコ · Mitsuko

Katakana ミツコMorae 3Strokes —

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

Character-set checkKana spelling
Search this exact writing
Spelling comparator

Compare Mitsuko 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
みつこみつこKana-only spelling—Kana spelling
ミツコミツコKana-only spelling—Kana spelling
みつ子みつこ子 — child, sign of the rat3All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
ミツ子ミツこ子 — child, sign of the rat3All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
三ツ子みつこ三 — three · 子 — child, sign of the rat6All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
三子みつこ三 — three · 子 — child, sign of the rat6All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
三月子みつこ三 — three · 月 — month, moon · 子 — child, sign of the rat10All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
三津子みつこ三 — three · 津 — haven, port · 子 — child, sign of the rat15All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
三都子みつこ三 — three · 都 — capital, metropolis · 子 — child, sign of the rat17All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
中子みつこ中 — in, inside · 子 — child, sign of the rat7All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
允子みつこ允 — license, sincerity · 子 — child, sign of the rat7All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
充子みつこ充 — allot, fill · 子 — child, sign of the rat9All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
充津子みつこ充 — allot, fill · 津 — haven, port · 子 — child, sign of the rat18All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
光子みつこ光 — ray, light · 子 — child, sign of the rat9All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
光幸みつこ光 — ray, light · 幸 — happiness, blessing14All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
光括みつこ光 — ray, light · 括 — fasten, tie up15All 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 Mitsuko 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 みつ

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.

Given name · mixed records · limited reference

Mizuki

170 recorded spellings

Explore →Given name · mixed records · limited reference

Mitsuki

119 recorded spellings

Explore →Given name · female · limited reference

Mitsue

75 recorded spellings

Explore →Given name · mixed records · limited reference

Mitsuo

69 recorded spellings

Explore →Given name · female · limited reference

Mizuho

62 recorded spellings

Explore →Given name · female · limited reference

Mizue

50 recorded spellings

Explore →Given name · mixed records · limited reference

Mitsuru

49 recorded spellings

Explore →Given name · female · limited reference

Mitsuyo

47 recorded spellings

Explore →Given name · male · limited reference

Mitsuyoshi

44 recorded spellings

Explore →Given name · male · limited reference

Mitsuhiro

43 recorded spellings

Explore →Given name · limited reference

Mitsunori

38 recorded spellings

Explore →Given name · limited reference

Mitsuaki

28 recorded spellings

Explore →
Shared-kanji relationships

Other names sharing kanji with Mitsuko

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

Michiko

三充光子実津湖美都

9 shared kanji · 128 matching source-recorded spellings

Inspect name →Given-name relationship

Mitsuki

三充光子実月津美都

9 shared kanji · 91 matching source-recorded spellings

Inspect name →Given-name relationship

Mizuki

三充光実月津湖美都

9 shared kanji · 80 matching source-recorded spellings

Inspect name →Given-name relationship

Minako

三充光子実湖美都

8 shared kanji · 104 matching source-recorded spellings

Inspect name →Given-name relationship

Izumi

充光子実津湖美都

8 shared kanji · 76 matching source-recorded spellings

Inspect name →Given-name relationship

Natsumi

光子実月津湖美都

8 shared kanji · 70 matching source-recorded spellings

Inspect name →Given-name relationship

Tomomi

三充光子実湖美都

8 shared kanji · 69 matching source-recorded spellings

Inspect name →Given-name relationship

Atsumi

三充光実津湖美都

8 shared kanji · 53 matching source-recorded spellings

Inspect name →Given-name relationship

Mitsuyo

三充光実月津美都

8 shared kanji · 30 matching source-recorded spellings

Inspect name →Given-name relationship

Emiko

三充光子実美都

7 shared kanji · 153 matching source-recorded spellings

Inspect name →Given-name relationship

Yumiko

三充光子実湖美

7 shared kanji · 142 matching source-recorded spellings

Inspect name →Given-name relationship

Mikiko

三充光子実湖美

7 shared kanji · 123 matching source-recorded spellings

Inspect name →
Continue research

Where to go next from Mitsuko

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

Exact reading

Search みつこ

See source records matching this kana reading or beginning with it.

Continue →Reading family

Mi / み

Browse other public given names with the same opening reading family.

Continue →Character reference

子 — child, sign of the rat

Open the kanji page for readings, classifications and literal name-use context.

Continue →Character reference

津 — haven, port

Open the kanji page for readings, classifications and literal name-use context.

Continue →Interactive discovery

Open Name Explorer

Use the same name type and 3-mora reading length as a starting point.

Continue →
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.

Review sources →