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Gender Masculine & Feminine
Usage Japanese
Scripts 幸, 光, 康, 興, 亘, 孝, 倖, 候, 功, 好, 鴻, 浩(Japanese Kanji) こう(Japanese Hiragana) コウ(Japanese Katakana)
Other Forms FormsKo, Kō, Koh
Meaning & History
This name can be used as 幸 (kou, saiwa.i, sachi, shiawa.se) meaning "blessing, fortune, happiness," 光 (kou, hikari, hika.ru) meaning "light, ray," 康 (kou) meaning "ease, peace," 興 (kyou, kou, oko.su, oko.ru) meaning "entertain, interest, pleasure, retrieve, revive," 亘 (kan, kou, moto.meru, wata.ru) meaning "request, span," 孝 (kyou, kou) meaning "child's respect, filial piety," 幸 (kou, saiwa.i, shiawa.se) meaning "happiness, luck," 候 (kou, sourou) meaning "climate, weather, season," 功 (ku, kou, isao) meaning "achievement, credit, honour, merits, success," 好 (kou, i.i, kono.mu, su.ku, yo.i) meaning "fond, like something, pleasing," 鴻 (kou, gou, oogari, ootori, hishikui) meaning "great, large (bird), powerful, prosperous, wild goose" or 浩 (kou, ooki.i, hiro.i) meaning "abundance, vigorous, wide expanse."Some kanji used for Kō/Kou like 幸, 興 & 候 are unisex in nature, yet it was exclusively given to girls, albeit uncommonly, before the Meiji Restoration (1868) since two-syllable names were preferred back then. Nowadays, it's rare to see girls named Kō/Kou.