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Gender Feminine
Usage Japanese
Scripts 火子, 郷子, 佼子, 捷子, 聖子, 哲子, 敏子, 邑子, 李子, 里子, 了子, 怜子, 惺子, 聰子, etc.(Japanese Kanji)
Pronounced Pron. SA-TO-KO  [key·IPA]

Meaning & History

From Japanese 火 (sato) meaning "fire", 郷 (sato) meaning "hometown", 佼 (sato) meaning "beautiful, handsome, good-looking", 捷 (sato) meaning "win, victory, triumph", 聖 (sato) meaning "holy, sacred", 哲 (sato) meaning "philosophy, clear", 敏 (sato) meaning "quick, sharp", 邑 (sato) meaning "state; country; nation", 李 (sato) meaning "plum", 里 (sato) meaning "village", 了 (sato) meaning "end", 怜 (sato) meaning "pity, sympathize", 惺 (sato) meaning "intelligent, clever, astute" or 聰 (sato) meaning "hearing; sense of hearing" combined with 子 (ko) meaning "child". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Famous bearers are Satoko Yamano, a Japanese singer and voice actress from Higashiosaka, Osaka, Japan and Satoko Tanaka​, a retired Japanese backstroke swimmer.
Added 8/22/2016 by cutenose
Edited 10/26/2021 by Randee15 and cutenose