Gender Feminine Usage Japanese Scripts 京子, 恭子, etc.(Japanese Kanji) きょうこ(Japanese Hiragana) Pronounced Pron. KYO-KO Meaning & History From Japanese 京 (kyō) meaning "capital city" or 恭 (kyō) meaning "respectful, polite" combined with 子 (ko) meaning "child". Other combinations of kanji characters can also form this name.