Given name
Umeko
“one who is patient; a plum-blossom child”
Umeko is used as a given name. One Japanese interpretation is “one who is patient; a plum-blossom child.”
Original Japanese梅子
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Japanese interpretation is “one who is patient; a plum-blossom child.”
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 1916. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Umeko through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 52
- 0 boys · 52 girls
- Most popular year
- 1990
- 9 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 7 in 1993. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 9 in 1990. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 110 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.
Umeko’s family of names
Umeko has a related form in Ume. Umeko has a related form in Umeeko. Umeko has a related form in Umeiko.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Umeko
- Tsuda UmekoJapanese educator (1864–1929)
- Ume TangeJapanese nutritional chemist1873–1955
- Umeko AndoAinu musician (1932-2004)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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