Given name
Hisako
“a long-lived woman”
Hisako is a variant of Hisa. One Japanese interpretation is “a long-lived woman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Hisako is a variant of Hisa. One Japanese interpretation is “a long-lived woman.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Hisako is a variant of Hisa. An origin associated with Hisa is Japanese.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1909. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Hisako through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 368
- 0 boys · 368 girls
- Most popular year
- 1923
- 30 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 1938. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 30 in 1923. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 749 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.
Hisako’s family of names
Hisako has a related form in Hisa. In Japanese usage, Hisako is a Roman-alphabet rendering of ひさこ. In English usage, Hisako was borrowed from the Japanese form ひさこ.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 6
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Hisako
- Hisako, Princess TakamadoJapanese princess; widow of Norihito, Prince Takamadoborn 1953
- Hisako KanemotoJapanese voice actressborn 1987
- Hisako KoyamaJapanese solar observer1916–1997
- Hisako TōjōJapanese voice actressborn 1991
- Hisako KyōdaJapanese actress and voice actressborn 1935
- Hisako Moribadminton playerborn 1964
- Hisako Mizuibadminton playerborn 1972
- Hisako Higuchiprofessional golferborn 1945
- Hisako ShirataJapanese actressborn 1982
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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