Given name & surname
Seiko
“the force of truth”
Seiko is used as a given name and a surname. One Japanese interpretation is “the force of truth.”
Original Japaneseせいこ
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Japanese interpretation is “the force of truth.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Japanese.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1919. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Seiko through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 35
- 24 boys · 11 girls
- Most popular year
- 1924
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
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- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2009. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 550 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.
Seiko’s family of names
In Japanese usage, Seiko is a Roman-alphabet rendering of せいこ. In Japanese usage, Seiko is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 成子. In Japanese usage, Seiko is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 晴子.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 11
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
- せいこoriginal script · Japanese
- 靜子original script · Japanese
- 静子original script · Japanese
- 清子original script · Japanese
- 菁子original script · Japanese
- 晴子original script · Japanese
- 誓子original script · Japanese
- 聖子original script · Japanese
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People named Seiko
- Seiko MatsudaJapanese pop singer, actressborn 1962
- Seiko HashimotoJapanese politician and sportswomanborn 1964
- Seiko NodaJapanese politicianborn 1960
- Seiko ShimakageJapanese volleyball playerborn 1949
- Seiko OkamotoJapanese tennis playerborn 1978
- Seiko YamamotoJapanese wrestlerborn 1980
- Seiko Fujitamartial artist1898–1966
- Seiko YoshidaJapanese voice actress affiliated with Mausu Promotionborn 1986
- Seiko TanabeJapanese novelist and writer (1928-2019)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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