Given name
Utako
“fortunate maid of battle”·“poem”
Utako is a variant of Uta. Interpretations include “fortunate maid of battle” and “poem”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Utako is a variant of Uta. Interpretations include “fortunate maid of battle” and “poem”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Utako is a variant of Uta. Uta has been associated with German and Japanese naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1923. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Utako through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 12
- 0 boys · 12 girls
- Most popular year
- 1923
- 6 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 6 in 1926. 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.
Utako’s family of names
Utako has a related form in Uta. In Japanese usage, Utako is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 歌子. In Japanese usage, Utako is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 詩子.
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.
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