Aiko

This article is about the given name. For the Japanese district, see Aikō District, Kanagawa. For the Japanese singer, see Aiko (Japanese singer). For the Czech singer, see Aiko (Czech singer). For the Japanese princess, see Aiko, Princess Toshi.

Aiko (あいこ, アイコ) is a feminine Japanese given name.

Aiko

Gender	Female
Language(s)	Japanese
Other names
Variant form(s)	あいこ, アイコ

Aikō (愛甲) is a Japanese surname, also romanized as Aikoh or Aiko.

Aiko or Ayko is also a traditional male given name in Scandinavia and especially northern Germany. In Germany it is considered one of the old "gentry names". It is a variation of the name Ekke or Eike. Ekke translates to "blade".

Possible meanings

The meaning varies depending on the kanji used to write it. Several written forms include:

• 愛子 — Love, child, child of love
• 愛幸 — Love fortune.
• 葵子 — Hollyhock and child; the same kanji can be used to write Riko and Kiko as well as the more similar Aoko, Aoiko, and Ako.
• 藍子- Indigo, child.

Notable people with this name

• Aiko (Czech singer), a Czech singer-songwriter
• Aiko (Japanese singer) (愛子), a Japanese singer-songwriter
• Aiko, Princess Toshi (愛子内親王), a Japanese princess
• Aiko Anzai (安西愛子), a vocalist and politician
• Aiko Asano (浅野愛子), an actress and singer
• Aiko Dinale (愛子), a Japanese Italian Robot scientist
• Aiko Doden (道傳愛子), a news presenter
• Aiko Fukumorida (福盛田藍子), a manga artist
• Aiko Gibo (宜保愛子), an occultist
• Aiko Hayashi (林 愛子, born 1993), Japanese synchronized swimmer
• Aiko Iguchi (井口愛子), a pianist
• Aiko Ikuta (幾田愛子), a singer
• Aiko Itō (いとうあいこ), an actress
• Aiko Kaito (皆藤愛子), an announcer
• Aiko Kayō (嘉陽愛子), a pop singer
• Aiko Kitahara (novelist) (北原亞以子), a novelist
• Aiko Kitahara (singer) (北原愛子), a singer
• Aiko Klostermann, a German computer scientist
• Aiko Melendez, popular actress in the Philippines
• Aiko Mimasu (三益愛子), an actress
• Aiko Miyake (三宅愛子), a freestyle swimmer
• Aiko Miyamura (宮村 愛子, born 1971), Japanese badminton player
• Aiko Miyawaki (宮脇 愛子, 1929–2014), Japanese sculptor
• Aiko Moriyama (森山愛子), a singer
• Aiko Nakagawa, a street artist also known as Lady Aiko
• Aiko Nakamura (中村藍子), a professional tennis player
• Aiko Okumura (奥村愛子), a singer
• Aiko Onozawa (ja:小野沢 愛子), a Japanese former volleyball player
• Aiko Saito (齋藤 愛子, born 1958), Japanese sailor
• Aiko Satō (writer) (佐藤 愛子, born 1923), Japanese writer
• Aiko Sato (actress) (佐藤 藍子, born 1977), Japanese actress
• Aiko Sato (judoka) (佐藤 愛子, born 1983), Japanese judoka
• Aiko Sarwosri Isra (born 1989), Indonesian model, chef, radio broadcaster and celebrity
• Aiko Shimajiri (島尻あい子), a politician
• Aiko Takahama (高浜愛子, born 1984), women's professional shogi player
• Aiko Uemura (上村愛子), a mogul skier
• Jhené Aiko, an American singer/songwriter

Fictional characters

• Aiko, an anime-style 3D figure created by DAZ3D
• Aiko Senoo (妹尾 あいこ) (Mirabelle Haywood), a character in the shōjo anime Ojamajo Doremi
• Aiko Miyazaki (Honey Lemon), a Marvel Comics superhero associated with Big Hero 6, a Japanese team
• Aiko Tanaka (田中 愛子), a character and the primary love interest of the slice of life manga Oyasumi Punpun
• Aiko Takada, a character from the fantasy manga Elfen Lied
• Aiko Yumi, a Japanese college professor and a dateable character in the dating simulation videogame HuniePop

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Aiko
• All pages with titles containing Aiko

• A.I.C.O. -Incarnation-, a 2018 Japanese original net animation produced by studio Bones