Given name
Motoko
Motoko is a feminine given name from Japanese. It is used in English and Tagalog.
Original Japanese茂都子
Meaning & origin
Motoko’s family of names
In Japanese usage, Motoko is a Roman-alphabet rendering of もとこ. In Filipino usage, Motoko was borrowed from the Japanese form もとこ. In Japanese usage, Motoko is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 幹子.
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 10
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
- 茂都子original script · Japanese
- 茂登子original script · Japanese
- 最都子original script · Japanese
- 泉子original script · Japanese
- 資子original script · Japanese
- 素子original script · Japanese
- 基子original script · Japanese
- 本子original script · Japanese
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People named Motoko
- Motoko FujimotoJapanese softball playerborn 1980
- Hani MotokoJapanese educator and journalist1873–1957
- Motoko AraiJapanese science fiction and fantasy writerborn 1960
- Motoko ObayashiJapanese volleyball playerborn 1967
- Motoko IshiiLighting engineerborn 1938
Characters named Motoko: Motoko Kusanagi (Ghost in the Shell).
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