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Pages in category "Japanese feminine given names" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 544 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Therefore, to those familiar with Japanese names, which name is the surname and which is the given name is usually apparent, no matter in which order the names are presented. It is thus unlikely that the two names will be confused, for example, when writing in English while using the family name-given name naming order.
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Yoko and Yōko (ヨウコ, ようこ) are Japanese feminine given names. Yōko is sometimes transliterated as Yohko and Youko. The name Yoko is almost always written with the kanji 子 (ko), meaning "child". The syllable ko is not generally found at the end of masculine names. In Japanese, Yoko and Yōko have numerous orthographical variations.
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Maiko is a female Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: Maiko Fujino (藤野 舞子, born 1983), Japanese swimmer; Maiko Gogoladze (born 1991), Georgian long jumper; Maiko Inoue (井上 摩衣子, born 1979), Japanese tennis player; Maiko Itai (板井 麻衣子, born 1984), Miss Japan Universe 2010
Aki, a female ninja and Japanese agent played by Akiko Wakabayashi in the 1967 James Bond film, You Only Live Twice. Wakabayashi convinced director Lewis Gilbert to change the name of her character to one closer to her own; Akiko Hiroguchi, a girl born with fur in the 1985 Kurt Vonnegut novel Galápagos
The name Mitsuko is generally written with the kanji characters 光 and 子 which, when translated into English can mean "light, child" or "shining, child". [2] Mitsuko can have different meanings depending on which kanji characters are used to write the name.