Dear Japanese名前と漢字

Riko

莉子りこ

A girl name with 3 common kanji spellings. The most typical, 莉子, combines jasmine + child.

Hiragana
りこ
Katakana
リコ
Romaji (Hepburn)
Riko
Morae
2 りこ
Gender
Girl

Kanji spellings

The same name can be written with different characters. Parents choose the kanji for its meaning.

Nicknames

How friends and family might shorten Riko. See the guide to -chan and -kun.

  • りこちゃんriko-chan
  • りーちゃんri-chan

As a full name

In Japanese the surname comes first.

Names that share a kanji