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Gender Feminine
Usage Japanese
Scripts 仁子, 仁湖, 仁胡, 二子, 二胡, 日子, 日湖(Japanese Kanji) にこ(Japanese Hiragana) ニコ(Japanese Katakana)
Pronounced Pron. NEE-KO  [key]

Meaning & History

This name can be used as 仁子, 仁湖, 仁胡, 二子, 二胡, 日子 or 日湖 with 仁 (jin, ni, non) meaning "benevolence, charity, humanity, kernel, man, virtue", 二 (ji, ni, futa, futata.bi, futa.tsu) meaning "two", 日 (jitsu, nichi, -ka, hi, -hi, ni) meaning "day, Japan, sun", 子 (shi, su, tsu, ko, -ko, -ne) meaning "child, sign of the rat (1st sign of the Chinese zodiac)", 湖 (ko, mizuumi) meaning "lake" and 胡 (u, ko, go, nanzo, ebisu, kuru) meaning "barbarian, foreign."
Added 2/27/2015 by kikikiayastar
Edited 3/8/2020 by Mike C and m4yb3_daijirou

Niko 2
Gender Masculine
Usage Maori
Pronounced Pron. nee-ko  [key]

Meaning & History

Means "curve, wrap round" from tāniko, an ornamental border for cloaks. Niko is also short for Nikora, Māori form of Nicholas. Niko entered the top ten Māori baby names in 2013 likely due to its similarity to Nīkau. Nīkau was the most popular Māori boy name from 2012 to 2021.
Added 5/25/2025 by Temaia


See Also

Niko