Given name
Kokoro
Kokoro is a feminine given name from Japanese. It is used in French.
Original Japanese愛
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2011. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kokoro through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 11
- 0 boys · 11 girls
- Most popular year
- 2011
- 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 2012. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 6 in 2011.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Kokoro’s family of names
In Japanese usage, Kokoro is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 心. In Japanese usage, Kokoro is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 志. In Japanese usage, Kokoro is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 愛.
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 6
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Kokoro
- Kokoro KageuraJapanese judoka (1995-)
- Kokoro TeradaJapanese actor and TV personality (born 2008)
- Kokoro FujiiJapanese rock climberborn 1992
- Kokoro KikuchiJapanese voice actressborn 1982
- Kokoro AokiJapanese association football playerborn 2000
- Cocoro ToyoshimaJapanese actressborn 2003
- Kokoro SaegusaJapanese fashion modelborn 1987
- Kokoro KobayashiJapanese association football playerborn 2000
- Kokoro AsanoJapanese AV idolborn 2002
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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