group-level written forms
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.
records contributing to this reading group
based only on the imported source footprint
How to read Tamiko
The kana reading is source-recorded. Romanization and mora segmentation are deterministic reading aids generated from that kana; pitch accent is not inferred.
Normalized to hiragana for comparison.
The same reading converted to katakana.
Macron-style display. Vowel-sequence form: Tamiko. Personal spelling and true vowel boundaries can differ.
3 morae in this reading. Small ゃ/ゅ/ょ-type kana join the preceding mora.
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What can Tamiko 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 “Tamiko”, this page explains each recorded spelling separately.
character meanings available
no kanji meaning attached
based on the exact written form
たみこ
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.
たみ子
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.
タミ子
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.
仁子
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.
他巳子
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.
他美子
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.
多み子
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.
多味子
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.
多実子
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.
多望子
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.
多未子
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.
多民子
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 30. 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.
How Tamiko 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.
たみこ · タミこ
among the forms analyzed on this page
in the primary dictionary reading
small ゃ/ゅ/ょ-type kana combine with the preceding mora
recorded spelling
recorded spellings
recorded spellings
recorded spellings
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.
たみこ in the imported JMnedict corpus
30 source spelling/reading rows
0 source spelling/reading rows
row counts carrying each JMnedict source label
| Exact reading | Given-name evidence | Given-name labels | Surname evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| たみこTamiko | 2930 source rows | female 30source rows · distinct forms: female 29 | 00 source rows |
| たみこTamiko | 00 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.
Corpus structure behind Tamiko
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.
3–24 strokes observed span
among forms with complete KANJIDIC2 stroke data
all component kanji loaded as jōyō/jinmeiyō classes
contains at least one character outside that loaded classification
| Reading | Romanization | Morae | Forms |
|---|---|---|---|
| たみこ | Tamiko | 3 | 30 |
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.
Can the same writing be read another way?
8 of 30 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.
distinct spellings displayed on this page
exact written forms with 2+ source readings
within this active given-name corpus
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.
How recurring characters function across Tamiko 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.
| Kanji | Character glosses | Forms | First | Final | Internal | Solo | Strokes | KANJIDIC2 nanori | Loaded class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 子 | child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM | 27 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 3 | い, き, ぎ, く +2 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1 |
| 多 | many, frequent, much | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | — | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2 |
| 美 | beauty, beautiful | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 9 | はる, よし, よしみ, り | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3 |
| 民 | people, nation, subjects | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ひと, み | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4 |
| 実 | reality, truth, seed | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | ぐみ, さね | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3 |
| 他 | other, another, the others | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | — | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3 |
| 巳 | sign of the snake or serpent, 9-11AM, sixth sign of Chinese zodiac | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | — | Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9 |
| 田 | rice field, rice paddy | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | いなか, おか, たん, で +2 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1 |
| 蒼 | blue, pale | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | — | Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9 |
| 貴 | precious, value, prize | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | きよ, ぎ, たか, たかし +1 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 6 |
| 仁 | humanity, virtue, benevolence | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | きみ, く, さと, しのぶ +10 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 6 |
| 味 | flavor, taste | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | — | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3 |
Counts describe this source-recorded spelling set, not population use. A repeated kanji can contribute to more than one position role across different spellings.
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.
たみこ
たみ子
タミ子
仁子
The exact sequence 仁子 appears contiguously inside these other source-recorded forms.
他巳子
他美子
多み子
多味子
多実子
多望子
Showing research maps for the first 10 distinct written forms out of 30. Every detailed spelling card below still links to exact-writing search and its component kanji.
Kanji recurring across Tamiko 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.
Explore written forms of Tamiko
30 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading たみこ. 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.
たみこ
たみこ · Tamiko
This written form uses kana rather than kanji, so there are no character-level kanji glosses to combine.
たみ子
たみこ · Tamiko
タミ子
タミこ · Tamiko
仁子
たみこ · Tamiko
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
他巳子
たみこ · Tamiko
他美子
たみこ · Tamiko
多み子
たみこ · Tamiko
多味子
たみこ · Tamiko
多実子
たみこ · Tamiko
多望子
たみこ · Tamiko
多未子
たみこ · Tamiko
多民子
たみこ · Tamiko
多満子
たみこ · Tamiko
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
多美子
たみこ · Tamiko
多見子
たみこ · Tamiko
夛美子
たみこ · Tamiko
太美子
たみこ · Tamiko
妥実子
たみこ · Tamiko
民娘
たみこ · Tamiko
民子
たみこ · Tamiko
民工
たみこ · Tamiko
泰子
たみこ · Tamiko
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
田実子
たみこ · Tamiko
田美子
たみこ · Tamiko
蒼子
たみこ · Tamiko
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
蒼生子
たみこ · Tamiko
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
貞美子
たみこ · Tamiko
貴巳子
たみこ · Tamiko
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
貴美子
たみこ · Tamiko
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
起美子
たみこ · Tamiko
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
Compare Tamiko 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.
| Spelling | One source reading | Character-level glosses | Total strokes | Loaded character class |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| たみこ | たみこ | Kana-only spelling | — | Kana spelling |
| たみ子 | たみこ | 子 — child, sign of the rat | 3 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| タミ子 | タミこ | 子 — child, sign of the rat | 3 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 仁子 | たみこ | 仁 — humanity, virtue · 子 — child, sign of the rat | 7 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 他巳子 | たみこ | 他 — other, another · 巳 — sign of the snake or serpent, 9-11AM · 子 — child, sign of the rat | 11 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 他美子 | たみこ | 他 — other, another · 美 — beauty, beautiful · 子 — child, sign of the rat | 17 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 多み子 | たみこ | 多 — many, frequent · 子 — child, sign of the rat | 9 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 多味子 | たみこ | 多 — many, frequent · 味 — flavor, taste · 子 — child, sign of the rat | 17 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 多実子 | たみこ | 多 — many, frequent · 実 — reality, truth · 子 — child, sign of the rat | 17 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 多望子 | たみこ | 多 — many, frequent · 望 — ambition, full moon · 子 — child, sign of the rat | 20 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 多未子 | たみこ | 多 — many, frequent · 未 — un-, not yet · 子 — child, sign of the rat | 14 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 多民子 | たみこ | 多 — many, frequent · 民 — people, nation · 子 — child, sign of the rat | 14 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 多満子 | たみこ | 多 — many, frequent · 満 — full, fullness · 子 — child, sign of the rat | 21 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 多美子 | たみこ | 多 — many, frequent · 美 — beauty, beautiful · 子 — child, sign of the rat | 18 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 多見子 | たみこ | 多 — many, frequent · 見 — see, hopes · 子 — child, sign of the rat | 16 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 夛美子 | たみこ | 夛 — much, many · 美 — beauty, beautiful · 子 — child, sign of the rat | 18 | Includes unclassified/outside loaded jōyō-jinmeiyō class |
The comparison table shows the first 16 distinct written forms; the detailed cards above show up to 80 spelling/reading records.
What does Tamiko 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.
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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.
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7 shared kanji · 14 matching source-recorded spellings
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6 shared kanji · 162 matching source-recorded spellings
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6 shared kanji · 146 matching source-recorded spellings
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6 shared kanji · 34 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipTakashi
6 shared kanji · 29 matching source-recorded spellings
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6 shared kanji · 17 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipYoshiko
5 shared kanji · 188 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipEmiko
5 shared kanji · 153 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipYumiko
5 shared kanji · 141 matching source-recorded spellings
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5 shared kanji · 125 matching source-recorded spellings
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5 shared kanji · 122 matching source-recorded spellings
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5 shared kanji · 117 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →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.
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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