Given name & surname
Eko
“sound returned”
Eko is a variant of Echo. One Greek interpretation is “sound returned.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Eko is a variant of Echo. One Greek interpretation is “sound returned.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Eko is a variant of Echo. An origin associated with Echo is Greek.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2008. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Eko through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 41
- 30 boys · 11 girls
- Most popular year
- 2021
- 17 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #13,676 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 13,676 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 164 as a first name in 2020; 136 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Eko’s family of names
Eko has a related form in Echo. In Indonesian usage, Eko has a related form in EKA.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Eko
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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