Keiko (first name)
Keiko is a very common Japanese female given name .
There are different ways of writing Kanji , each with a different meaning. For example:
- 啓 子 - Revelation
- 圭子 - jewel
- 恵 子 - Benefit / mild gift / wise
- 慶 子 - Congratulations / joy
- 敬 子 - show respect / venerate / respect
- 景 子 - light
- 桂子 - cinnamon / moon / tree
The specified translations are based on the first of the two characters. The last, always identical character 子 (after the Kun reading "ko") literally means child.
Name bearers
First name
- Keiko Abe (* 1937), Japanese composer and marimba player
- Keiko Agena (* 1973), American actress
- Keiko Fukuda (1913–2013), Japanese-American judoka
- Keiko Fujimori (* 1975), Peruvian politician
- Keiko Kitagawa (* 1986), Japanese actress
- Keiko Suenobu (* 1979), Japanese manga artist
- Keiko Takemiya (* 1950), Japanese manga artist
- Keiko Tsushima (1926–2012), Japanese actress
- Keiko Yamada (born 1972), Japanese singer
- Keiko Yoshitomi (* 1975), Japanese badminton player
Fictional character
- Keiko O'Brien , a Star Trek character