Hanako (given name) explained
| Hanako |
| Pronunciation: | han-nah-koh |
| Gender: | Female |
| Meaning: | Different meanings depending on the kanji used |
| Region: | Japan |
| Origin: | Japanese |
| Related Names: | Hana
Kanako |
Hanako is a female Japanese given name. The name can have different meanings, one of them being 花子, meaning "flower girl."
It is often seen as an archetypal name for females.[1]
華子 (華 is a kanji of many uses - 'splendor', 'flower', 'petal', 'shine', 'luster', 'ostentatious', 'showy'. 'ko' is the second kanji, meaning 'girl (child)').
People
- Hanako Tsugaru, later Hanako, Princess Hitachi of Japan
- Hanako Footman (born 1994), British-Japanese actress
- Hanako Honda (1909–1968), Japanese politician
- Hanako Miura (born 1975), Japanese gymnast
- Hanako Jimi, Japanese politician
- Hanako Muraoka (1893–1968), Japanese novelist and translator
- Hanako Nakamori (Hanako Kobayashi, born 1988), Japanese professional wrestler
- Hanako Oku (born 1978), Japanese singer/songwriter
- Hanako Oshima (born 1973), Japanese musician
- Hanako Takigawa (born 1988), Japanese actress
- Hisa Ōta (1868–1945), Japanese actress whose stage name was "Hanako"
Other
- Hanako (ハナコ) or Delia Ketchum, the mother of protagonist Ash Ketchum (Satoshi) in the Pokémon anime
- Hanako (fish), a fish which lived to be more than 200 years old
- Hanako Ikezawa, a heroine with debilitating social anxiety derived from her burn scars from the visual novel Katawa Shoujo
- Hanako Ichiro, a Shiba Inu owned by Inuyashiki Ichiro, from the manga Inuyashiki by Hiroya Oku
- Hanako-kun (ghost), formerly Amane Yugi, the title character from the anime and manga series Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun
- Hanako Ohmuro, a character from YuruYuri
- Hanako-san, yokai in the girl toilet in Friday the 13th and Tuesday the 13th
- Hanako Yamada, a character of the video game Yandere Simulator
- Hanako Yumadagi, a character of anime series Ongaku Shoujo
Notes and References
- Book: Takeda, Hiroko . The Political Economy of Reproduction in Japan: Between Nation-State and Everyday Life . 2004-09-23 . . 9780415321907 . . en.
