Meiko (given name)

Meiko

Gender	Female
Origin
Word/name	Japanese
Meaning	Different meanings depending on the kanji used
Other names
Related names	Mei

Meiko (めいこ, メイコ) is a feminine Japanese given name.

Written forms

Meiko can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:

• 芽子, "sprout, child"
• 芽心, "sprout, heart"
• 迷子, "lost child"
• 姪子, "niece"
• 盟子, "alliance, child"
• 明子, "bright, child"
• 明衣子, "bright, garment, child"
• 芽衣子, "sprout, garment, child"
• め以子, "compared with, child"

The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

People

• Meiko Izawa (明子; born 1969), Japanese actress
• Meiko Kaji (芽衣子; born 1947), Japanese actress and singer
• Meiko Kanda (明子; born 1984), Japanese actress
• Meiko Karahashi (姪子; 1796–1881), great-grandmother of Emperor Shōwa
• Meiko Komichi (迷子), Japanese manga artist
• Meiko Nakahara (めいこ; born 1959), Japanese singer
• Meiko Satomura (明衣子; born 1979), Japanese professional wrestler
• Meiko Tanaka (盟子; born 1988), Japanese professional wrestler
• Meiko Yasuda (芽衣子; born 1982), Japanese former tarento

Fictional characters

• Meiko (メイコ), a humanoid persona for Yamaha Corporation's vocaloid singing synthesizer application
• Meiko Akizuki (茗子), a character in the manga and anime series Marmalade Boy
• Meiko Ashikawa (芽衣子), a character in the manga series Kurosaki-kun no Iinari ni Nante Naranai
• Meiko "Menma" Honma (芽衣子), a character in the 2011 Japanese anime series Anohana
• Meiko Inoue (芽衣子), a character in the manga series Solanin
• Meiko Mochizuki (芽心), a character in the Digimon Adventure tri.
• Meiko Nishikado (め以子), a character in the 2013 Asadora Gochisōsan
• Meiko Okamoto (メイコ), a character in the adventure game Detective Pikachu
• Meiko Otsuka (芽子), a character in the manga series Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches
• Meiko Shiraki (芽衣子), a character in the manga series Prison School