Dear Japanese名前と漢字

Yukiko

雪子ゆきこ

A girl name with 3 common kanji spellings. The most typical, 雪子, combines snow + child.

Hiragana
ゆきこ
Katakana
ユキコ
Romaji (Hepburn)
Yukiko
Morae
3 ゆきこ
Gender
Girl

Kanji spellings

The same name can be written with different characters. Parents choose the kanji for its meaning.

Nicknames

How friends and family might shorten Yukiko. See the guide to -chan and -kun.

  • ゆきちゃんyuki-chan
  • ゆきこちゃんyukiko-chan
  • ゆーちゃんyu-chan

As a full name

In Japanese the surname comes first.

Names that share a kanji