Given name & surname
Yukiko
“woman of the snow”·“man of the snow; one who is lucky”
Yukiko is a variant of Yuki. Interpretations include “woman of the snow” (Japanese) and “man of the snow; one who is lucky” (Japanese). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Yukiko is a variant of Yuki. Interpretations include “woman of the snow” (Japanese) and “man of the snow; one who is lucky” (Japanese). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Yukiko is a variant of Yuki. An origin associated with Yuki is Japanese.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1913. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Yukiko through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 485
- 0 boys · 485 girls
- Most popular year
- 1924
- 26 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 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 26 in 1924. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,908 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.
Yukiko’s family of names
Yukiko has a related form in Yuki. In French usage, Yukiko was borrowed from the Japanese form ゆきこ. In Japanese usage, Yukiko is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 亮子.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 9
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
- 由希子original script · Japanese
- 由起子original script · Japanese
- 夕紀子original script · Japanese
- 雪子original script · Japanese
- 夕喜子original script · Japanese
- 由紀子original script · Japanese
- 亮子original script · Japanese
- 友紀子original script · Japanese
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Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Yukiko
- Yukiko OkadaJapanese pop singer (1967-1986)
- Yukiko InuiJapanese swimmerborn 1990
- Yukiko EbataJapanese volleyball playerborn 1989
- Yukiko KadaJapanese politicianborn 1950
- Yukiko Uenosoftball playerborn 1982
- Yukiko Shimazakiactress1931–2014
- Yukiko TodorokiJapanese actress1917–1967
- Yukiko IwaiJapanese voice actressborn 1972
- Yukiko WadaJapanese volleyball playerborn 2002
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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