Given name & surname
Atsuko
“one of profound emotions”
Atsuko is used as a given name and a surname. One Japanese interpretation is “one of profound emotions.”
Original Japaneseあつ子
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Japanese interpretation is “one of profound emotions.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Japanese.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1920. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Atsuko through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 16
- 0 boys · 16 girls
- Most popular year
- 1921
- 6 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1925. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 6 in 1921. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,141 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Atsuko’s family of names
In Japanese usage, Atsuko is a Roman-alphabet rendering of あつこ. In English usage, Atsuko was borrowed from the Japanese form あつこ. In Japanese usage, Atsuko is a Roman-alphabet rendering of あつ子.
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 15
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Atsuko
- Atsuko MaedaJapanese singer, actress and former member of AKB48born 1991
- Atsuko IkedaJapanese former princess; fourth daughter of Emperor Shōwa and Empress Kōjunborn 1931
- Atsuko TanakaJapanese voice actress (1962–2024)
- Atsuko TanakaJapanese artist (1932–2005)
- Atsuko EnomotoJapanese singer and voice actressborn 1979
- Atsuko IshizukaJapanese animatorborn 1981
- Atsuko AsanoJapanese actressborn 1961
- Atsuko TakahataJapanese actressborn 1954
- Atsuko Nishidavideo game graphic and character designerborn 1901
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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