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* {{linktext|万里子}}, "long distance" + "child" |
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* {{linktext|茉莉子}}, "jasmine" + "child" |
* {{linktext|茉莉子}}, "jasmine" + "child" |
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* {{linktext|麻里子}}, "hemp |
* {{linktext|麻里子}}, "hemp" + "village (country house)" + "child" |
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The name can also be written in ''[[hiragana]]'' or ''[[katakana]]'': |
The name can also be written in ''[[hiragana]]'' or ''[[katakana]]'': |
Latest revision as of 23:25, 5 June 2024
Pronunciation | Má-rí-ko |
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Gender | Female |
Origin | |
Word/name | Japanese |
Meaning | multiple different meanings depending on the kanji used |
Region of origin | Japan |
Other names | |
Related names | Mari Marié |
Mariko (まりこ, マリコ, 茉莉子, 真理子, 万里子, 眞里子, 万利子) is a feminine Japanese given name.
Possible writings in Japanese
[edit]The name Mariko can be written using various kanji characters, each of which has a different meaning, such as the following:
- 鞠子, "ball" + "child"
- 真理子, "truth" + "child"
- 万里子, "long distance" + "child"
- 茉莉子, "jasmine" + "child"
- 麻里子, "hemp" + "village (country house)" + "child"
The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana:
People
[edit]Notable people with the given name Mariko include:
- Mariko Daouda (born 1981), Ivorian football player
- Mariko Ebralidze (მარიკო ებრალიძე), a Georgian jazz singer
- Mariko Gotō (まりこ), a Japanese musician and actress
- Mariko Hayashi (林 真理子, born 1954), Japanese writer
- Mariko Iwadate (真理子), a Japanese manga artist
- Mariko Kaga (まりこ), a Japanese actress
- Mariko Kawana (まり子), a Japanese AV idol and pink film actress
- Mariko Kōda (マリ子), a Japanese voice actress and J-pop singer
- Mariko Koike (小池 真理子, born 1952), Japanese writer
- Mariko Masubuchi (増淵 まり子, born 1980), Japanese softball player
- Mariko Mori (万里子), a Japanese video and photographic artist
- Mariko Nanba, (真理子), a Japanese video game composer
- Mariko Nishiwaki (万里子), a Japanese volleyball player
- Mariko Ōhara (まり子), a Japanese science fiction writer
- Mariko Okada (茉莉子), a Japanese actress
- Mariko Okamoto (眞理子), a Japanese volleyball player
- Mariko Peters, a Dutch politician
- Mariko Suzuki (麻里子), a Japanese voice actress
- Mariko Shiga (真理子), a Japanese idol and voice actress
- Mariko Shimizu (マリコ), a Japanese novelist
- Mariko Shinoda (麻里子), a former member of the Japanese idol group AKB48
- Mariko Takahashi (gymnast) (高橋 麻理子, born 1988), Japanese gymnast
- Mariko Takahashi (model and actress) (高橋 マリ子, born 1984), Japanese model and actress
- Mariko Takahashi (singer) (高橋 真梨子, born 1949), Japanese singer
- Mariko Takamura (まりこ), a Japanese deaf artist, writer, and performer
- Mariko Yamada, an American Democratic assemblywoman
- Mariko Yamamoto (万里子), (born 1983), Japanese cricketer
- Mariko Yoshida (万里子), a Japanese professional wrestler
- Mariko Yoshida (真理子), a Japanese volleyball player
- Mariko Yoshikawa (吉川 真理子, born 1951), Japanese fencer
- Plum Mariko (麻里子), a Japanese professional wrestler
Fictional characters
[edit]Notable fictional characters with the given name Mariko include:
- Mariko, a character in the newspaper and webcomic strip Piled Higher and Deeper
- Mariko Konjo, a character in the anime and manga series Ranma ½
- Mariko Kurama, a supporting character of the anime series Elfen Lied
- Mariko Shinobu, a character in the anime and manga series Onii-sama e...
- Mariko Takeda, a fictional character from the comic book series W.I.T.C.H
- Mariko Tanaka, a character in the video game Wing Commander II: Vengeance of the Kilrathi
- Mariko Toda, a character in the novel Shōgun
- Mariko Uehara, a character from the television drama Nobuta wo Produce
- Mariko Uki, a character in the Japanese horror movie Ju-on: The Grudge
- Mariko Yashida, a character that appears in various comic books published by Marvel Comics
References
[edit]- Dictionnaire des prénoms - Larousse - 2009