Given name
Mitsuko
“lady of light”·“of the light”
Mitsuko is a variant of Mitsu. Interpretations include “lady of light” (Japanese) and “of the light” (Japanese). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Mitsuko is a variant of Mitsu. Interpretations include “lady of light” (Japanese) and “of the light” (Japanese). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Mitsuko is a variant of Mitsu. An origin associated with Mitsu is Japanese.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1911. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Mitsuko through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 565
- 0 boys · 565 girls
- Most popular year
- 1919
- 48 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 1981. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 48 in 1919. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,100 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.
Mitsuko’s family of names
Mitsuko has a related form in Mitsu. In Japanese usage, Mitsuko is a Roman-alphabet rendering of みつこ. In Japanese usage, Mitsuko is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 中子.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 10
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
- 美都子original script · Japanese
- 満子original script · Japanese
- みつこoriginal script · Japanese
- 実子original script · Japanese
- 実都子original script · Japanese
- 美津子original script · Japanese
- 御津子original script · Japanese
- 密子original script · Japanese
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People named Mitsuko
- Mitsuko UchidaJapanese-British pianist, conductor (1948-)
- Mitsuko AoyamaFirst Japanese person to emigrate to Europe (1874-1941)
- Mitsuko BaishoJapanese actressborn 1946
- Mitsuko YoshikawaJapanese actress (1901-1991)
- Mitsuko MoriJapanese actress (1920–2012)
- Mitsuko KusabueJapanese actressborn 1933
- Mitsuko MiuraJapanese actress (1917-1969)
- Mitsuko TottoriJapanese airline executiveborn 1964
- Hamuro Mitsukofirst concubine of Emperor Meiji1853–1873
Characters named Mitsuko: Mitsuko Souma (Battle Royale character).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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