Given name
Miyoko
“a beautiful daughter”
Miyoko is a variant of Miyo. One Japanese interpretation is “a beautiful daughter.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Miyoko is a variant of Miyo. One Japanese interpretation is “a beautiful daughter.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Miyoko is a variant of Miyo. An origin associated with Miyo is Japanese.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1913. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Miyoko through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 636
- 0 boys · 636 girls
- Most popular year
- 1924
- 39 babies
- 2025
- 19
- #6,260 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 19 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 6,260 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 39 in 1924. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (6). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 933 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.
Miyoko’s family of names
Miyoko has a related form in Miyo. In Japanese usage, Miyoko is a Roman-alphabet rendering of みよこ. In English usage, Miyoko was borrowed from the Japanese form みよこ.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Miyoko
- Miyoko AsōJapanese actress and voice actress1926–2018
- Miyoko MatsutaniJapanese children's writer and novelist (1926-2015)
- Miyoko HiroyasuJapanese supercentenarian1911–2025
- Miyoko WataiJapanese women's chess champion, and the general secretary of the Japan Chess Associationborn 1945
- Miyoko HiroseOlympic volleyball playerborn 1959
- Miyoko AsadaJapanese actress, talent, singerborn 1956
- Miyoko AsahinaJapanese long-distance runnerborn 1969
- Miyoko KaramiJapanese cyclistborn 1974
- Miyoko AobaJapanese seiyū (1961-)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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