Given name · Japanese
ふみこ
“letters, writing; literature”·“child”
ふみこ (Fumiko) is a feminine given name. It is used in Japanese.
JapaneseWritten in Japanese kana script. In English: Fumiko.
Meaning & origin
What it means
ふみこ is possibly built from elements meaning “letters, writing; literature” and “child”.
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How it developed
Built from Japanese 文 (fumi, “letters, writing; literature”) + 子 (ko, “child”).
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ふみこ’s family of names
In Japanese usage, ふみこ can be written in the Roman alphabet as FUMIKO. In Japanese usage, ふみこ has a related form in 不実子. In Japanese usage, ふみこ has a related form in 二実子.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 18
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named ふみこ
- Fumiko HayashiJapanese writer (1903–1951)
- Fumiko OrikasaJapanese actress, voice actress and singer (born 1974)
- Kaneko FumikoJapanese activist (1903-1926)
- Fumiko YonezawaJapanese theoretical physicist (1938-2019)
- Fumiko HayashiJapanese politicianborn 1946
- Fumiko KometaniJapanese writerborn 1930
- Fumiko SaigaJapanese judge (1943-2009)
- Fumiko TakanoJapanese mangakaborn 1957
- Fumiko UchimuraJapanese seiyū
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