Eiko is a feminine Japanese given name. Eikō, also spelled Eikou or Eikoh, is a masculine Japanese given name. The meanings of these names depend on the kanji used to write them.
In the feminine name Eiko, "ko" is generally written with a kanji meaning "child" (子), while "Ei" may be written in a wide variety of ways with either a single kanji read "ei" or two kanji read "e" and "i", including:
永子 (first kanji meaning "eternity")栄子 (first kanji meaning "glory" or "honour")英子 (first kanji meaning "flower" or "outstanding")瑛子 (first kanji meaning "lustre" or "crystal")江威子 (first kanji meaning "river", second meaning "power")In the masculine name Eikō, both "Ei" and "kō" may be written with many different kanji, including:
英公栄光Notable people with the name Eiko include:
Eiko Ando (安藤 永子, born 1934), Japanese actressEiko Hisamura (久村 栄子, born 1954), Japanese voice actressEiko Ikegami (池上 英子), Japanese historianEiko Ishioka (石岡 瑛子, 1938–2012), Japanese art director, costume and graphic designerEiko Kadono (角野 栄子, born 1935), Japanese author of children's literatureEiko Kawada (河田 栄子, born 1955), Japanese handball playerEiko Koike (小池 栄子, born 1980), Japanese actressEiko Koizumi (小泉 栄子, born 1973), Japanese beach volleyball playerEiko Masuyama (増山 江威子, born 1936), Japanese voice actressEiko Matsuda (松田 暎子, 1952–2011), Japanese actressEiko Nakayama (中山 英子, born 1970), Japanese skeleton racerEiko Otake (born 1948), Japanese artist, member of the performing duo Eiko & KomaEiko Nagashima (永島 暎子), Japanese actressEiko Segawa (瀬川 瑛子, born 1948), Japanese enka singerEiko Shimamiya (島宮 えい子), Japanese pop singerEiko Tanaka (田中 栄子), Japanese businesswoman who founded animation studio STUDIO4°C in 1989Eiko Yamazawa (山沢 栄子, 1899–1995), Japanese photographerEiko Yasui (安井 栄子, born 1971), Japanese volleyball playerNotable people with the name Eikō include:
Eikō Harada (原田 泳幸, born 1948), Japanese business executiveEikoh Hosoe (細江 英公, born 1933), Japanese photographer and filmmakerEiko Carol, a character in the video game Final Fantasy IXEiko is also an Estonian male given name.
