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Eiko is a feminine Japanese given name. Eik?, also spelled Eikou or Eikoh, is a masculine Japanese given name. The meanings of these names depend on the kanji used to write them.
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Kanji
In the feminine name Eiko, "ko" is generally written with a kanji meaning "child" (?), 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:
- ?? (first kanji meaning "eternity")
- ?? (first kanji meaning "glory" or "honour")
- ?? (first kanji meaning "flower" or "outstanding")
- ?? (first kanji meaning "lustre" or "crystal")
- ??? (first kanji meaning "river", second meaning "power")
In the masculine name Eik?, both "Ei" and "k?" may be written with many different kanji, including:
- ??
- ??
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People
Notable people with the name Eiko include:
- Eiko Ando (?? ??, born 1934), Japanese actress
- Eiko Hisamura (?? ??, born 1954), Japanese voice actress
- Eiko Ikegami (?? ??), Japanese historian
- Eiko Ishioka (?? ??, 1938-2012), Japanese art director, costume and graphic designer
- Eiko Kadono (?? ??, born 1935), Japanese author of children's literature
- Eiko Kawada (?? ??, born 1955), Japanese handball player
- Eiko Koike (?? ??, born 1980), Japanese actress
- Eiko Koizumi (?? ??, born 1973), Japanese beach volleyball player
- Eiko Masuyama (?? ???, born 1936), Japanese voice actress
- Eiko Matsuda (?? ??, 1952-2011), Japanese actress
- Eiko Nakayama (?? ??, born 1970), Japanese skeleton racer
- Eiko Otake (born 1948), Japanese artist, member of the performing duo Eiko & Koma
- Eiko Nagashima (?? ??), Japanese actress
- Eiko Segawa (?? ??, born 1948), Japanese enka singer
- Eiko Shimamiya (?? ???), Japanese pop singer
- Eiko Tanaka (?? ??), Japanese businesswoman who founded animation studio STUDIO4°C in 1989
- Eiko Yamazawa (?? ??, 1899-1995), Japanese photographer
- Eiko Yasui (?? ??, born 1971), Japanese volleyball player
Notable people with the name Eik? include:
- Eik? Harada (?? ??, born 1948), Japanese business executive
- Eikoh Hosoe (?? ??, born 1933), Japanese photographer and filmmaker
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Fictional characters
- Eiko Carol, a character in the video game Final Fantasy IX
Eiko is also an Estonian male given name.
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See also
- Young-ja, Korean female name written with the same characters
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References
Source of the article : Wikipedia