Mitsuko
Pronunciation | (Mee-tsoo-koh) |
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Gender | Female |
Origin | |
Word/name | Japanese |
Region of origin | Japan |
Other names | |
Related names | Mitsouko |
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Mitsuko is a feminine Japanese given name.
Possible writings[]
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] However Mitsuko can have different meanings depending on which kanji characters are used to write the name. Some possible variations of the name Mitsuko are:
- 光子, "light, child"
- 充子, "provide, child"
- 満子, "satisfy/full, child"
- 睦子, "harmonious/intimate/friendly, child"
- 三子, "third child"
- 密子, "carefulness/secrecy, child"
- 蜜子, "honey/nectar/molasses, child"
People with the name[]
- Mitsuko Baisho (倍賞 美津子 Baishō Mitsuko), a Japanese actress
- Mitsuko Coudenhove (クーデンホーフ 光子 Kūdenhōfu Mitsuko), the mother of Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi
- Hamuro Mitsuko (葉室 光子, 1853–1873), Japanese concubine
- Mitsuko Horie (堀江 美都子 Horie Mitsuko born 1957), a Japanese singer and voice actress
- Mitsuko Igarashi (五十嵐 充子, born 1977), Japanese ice hockey player
- Mitsuko Mito (水戸光子 Mito Mitsuko, 1919–1981), a Japanese actress
- Mitsuko Mori (森 光子 Mori Mitsuko, 1920-2012), a Japanese actress
- Mitsuko Satake (佐竹 美都子, born 1976), Japanese sailor
- Mitsuko Shiga (四賀 光子 Shiga Mitsuko, 1885-1976), a Japanese tanka poet
- Mitsuko Torii (鳥居 充子, born 1943), Japanese high jumper
- Mitsuko Uchida (内田 光子 Uchida Mitsuko), Japanese naturalized-British classical pianist
- Mitsuko Yoshikawa (吉川 満子 Yoshikawa Mitsuko, 1901-1991), a Japanese actress
Fictional characters[]
- Mitsuko Komyoji, a central character in the Android Kikaider manga and anime series
- Mitsuko Souma, a central character in the Battle Royale novel, film, and manga
- Mitsuko the Boar, a character from the Bloody Roar video game series
- Mitsouko Yorisaka, a character in Claude Farrère's novel La Bataille, and the namesake of Guerlain's perfume "Mitsouko"
- Mitsuko Krieger, a character in Archer (2009 TV series), the holographic anime-style "wife" of Algernop Krieger.
- Mitsuko Hama, a character from the manga Sazae-san
References[]
See also[]
Categories:
- Given names
- Japanese feminine given names