Given name & surname
Kiko
“a respectful and wellbehaved child”
Kiko is a variant of Keiko. One Japanese interpretation is “a respectful and wellbehaved child.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Kiko is a variant of Keiko. One Japanese interpretation is “a respectful and wellbehaved child.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Kiko is a variant of Keiko. An origin associated with Keiko is Japanese.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Filipino usage, Kiko is a diminutive of Francisco.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1979. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kiko through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 282
- 157 boys · 125 girls
- Most popular year
- 2021
- 33 babies
- 2025
- 22
- #8,623 for girls · #7,977 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +89%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 12 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 8,623 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. It also appeared in 10 birth records for boys in 2025. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 455 as a first name in 2020; 259 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.
Kiko’s family of names
In Filipino usage, Kiko is a diminutive of Francisco. In Filipino usage, Kiko shares a linguistic root with the Spanish form Paco. In Ingrian usage, Kiko has a conventional naming counterpart in the English form Greg.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Kiko has relatives in 7 languages.
10 related names in 7 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Kiko
- Kiko CasillaSpanish association football playerborn 1986
- Kiko, Crown Princess of JapanJapanese princess; wife of Fumihito, Crown Prince Akishinoborn 1966
- Kiko FemeníaSpanish association football playerborn 1991
- Kiko MizuharaAmerican-Japanese actress, singer and modelborn 1990
- Kiko SánchezSpanish sailorborn 1965
- Kiko RamírezSpanish association football player and sports coachborn 1970
- Kiko de la RicaSpanish cinematographerborn 1965
- Kiko InsaSpanish-born Malaysian footballerborn 1988
- Kiko Garcíacyclistborn 1968
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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