Given name
Risako
“one who laughs often”
Risako is a variant of Risa. One Latin interpretation is “one who laughs often.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Risako is a variant of Risa. One Latin interpretation is “one who laughs often.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Risako is a variant of Risa. An origin associated with Risa is Latin.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1997. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Risako through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 31
- 0 boys · 31 girls
- Most popular year
- 1997
- 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 girls is 8 in 2006. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Risako’s family of names
Risako has a related form in Risa. In Japanese usage, Risako is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 梨沙子. In Japanese usage, Risako is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 理沙子.
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 Risako
- Risako OgaJapanese association football playerborn 1997
- Risako KinjoJapanese amateur wrestlerborn 1994
- Risako MitsuiJapanese synchronised swimmerborn 1993
- Risako ItōJapanese actressborn 1996
- Risako MuraiJapanese seiyūborn 1991
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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