Mariko (given name) explained

Mariko
Pronunciation:	Má-rí-ko
Gender:	Female
Meaning:	multiple different meanings depending on the kanji used
Region:	Japan
Origin:	Japanese
Related Names:	Mari Marié

is a feminine Japanese given name.

Possible writings in Japanese

The name Mariko can be written using various kanji characters, each of which has a different meaning, such as the following:

• , "ball" + "child"
• , "truth" + "child"
• , "long distance" + "child"
• , "jasmine" + "child"
• , "hemp" + "village (country house)" + "child"

The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana:

• (hiragana)
• (katakana)

People

Notable people with the given name Mariko include:

• Mariko Daouda (born 1981), Ivorian football player
• Mariko Ebralidze (Georgian: მარიკო ებრალიძე), a Georgian jazz singer
• Mariko Gotō (Japanese: まりこ), a Japanese musician and actress
• , Japanese writer
• Mariko Iwadate (Japanese: 真理子), a Japanese manga artist
• Mariko Kaga (Japanese: まりこ), a Japanese actress
• Mariko Kawana (Japanese: まり子), a Japanese AV idol and pink film actress
• Mariko Kōda (Japanese: マリ子), a Japanese voice actress and J-pop singer
• , Japanese writer
• , Japanese softball player
• Mariko Mori (Japanese: 万里子), a Japanese video and photographic artist
• Mariko Nanba, (Japanese: 真理子), a Japanese video game composer
• Mariko Nishiwaki (Japanese: 万里子), a Japanese volleyball player
• Mariko Ōhara (Japanese: まり子), a Japanese science fiction writer
• Mariko Okada (Japanese: 茉莉子), a Japanese actress
• Mariko Okamoto (Japanese: 眞理子), a Japanese volleyball player
• Mariko Peters, a Dutch politician
• Mariko Suzuki (Japanese: 麻里子), a Japanese voice actress
• Mariko Shiga (Japanese: 真理子), a Japanese idol and voice actress
• Mariko Shimizu (Japanese: マリコ), a Japanese novelist
• Mariko Shinoda (Japanese: 麻里子), a former member of the Japanese idol group AKB48
• , Japanese gymnast
• , Japanese model and actress
• , Japanese singer
• Mariko Takamura (Japanese: まりこ), a Japanese deaf artist, writer, and performer
• Mariko Yamada, an American Democratic assemblywoman
• Mariko Yamamoto (Japanese: 万里子), (born 1983), Japanese cricketer
• Mariko Yoshida (Japanese: 万里子), a Japanese professional wrestler
• Mariko Yoshida (Japanese: 真理子), a Japanese volleyball player
• , Japanese fencer
• Plum Mariko (Japanese: 麻里子), a Japanese professional wrestler

Fictional characters

Notable fictional characters with the given name Mariko include:

• Mariko, a character in the newspaper and webcomic strip Piled Higher and Deeper
• Mariko Konjo, a character in the anime and manga series Ranma ½
• Mariko Kurama, a supporting character of the anime series Elfen Lied
• Mariko Shinobu, a character in the anime and manga series Onii-sama e...
• Mariko Takeda, a fictional character from the comic book series W.I.T.C.H
• Mariko Tanaka, a character in the video game
• Mariko Toda, a character in the novel Shōgun
• Mariko Uehara, a character from the television drama Nobuta wo Produce
• Mariko Uki, a character in the Japanese horror movie
• Mariko Yashida, a character that appears in various comic books published by Marvel Comics

References

• Dictionnaire des prénoms - Larousse - 2009