Given name & surname
Ko
“a jovial woman”
In Dutch use, Ko is a variant of Co. One American interpretation is “a jovial woman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Dutch use, Ko is a variant of Co. One American interpretation is “a jovial woman.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In Dutch use, Ko is a variant of Co. An origin associated with Co is American.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1985. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ko through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 85
- 75 boys · 10 girls
- Most popular year
- 2016
- 8 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 boys is 6 in 2021. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 8 in 2016. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,263 as a first name in 2020; 14,312 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.
Ko’s family of names
In Filipino usage, Ko as a surname shares an earlier linguistic root with Co. In Filipino usage, Ko as a surname has a related form in KHO. In Dutch usage, Ko has a related form in Co.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Ko has relatives in 3 languages.
5 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
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 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Ko
- Ko WillemsDutch racing cyclist1900–1983
- Co RentmeesterDutch rower and photojournalist (born 1936)
- Ko BergmanDutch football player (1913-1982)
- Ko KorstenDutch swimmer (1895–1981)
- Ko ZandvlietDutch actorborn 1993
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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