Aiko
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Template:Nihongo is a feminine Japanese given name.
Template:Nihongo is a Japanese surname, also romanized as Aikoh or Aiko.
Aiko or Ayko is also a traditional masculine given name in northern Germany and parts of Scandinavia. In Germany, it can also be spelled Aik or Aike and is considered one of the old "gentry names",<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> as a variation of the name Eike. It is derived from the Old German word Ekke/Ekka, which translates to "blade".<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Possible meanings
The meaning varies depending on the kanji used to write it. Several written forms include:
- Template:Nihongo2 — Love, child, child of love
- Template:Nihongo2 — Love fortune.
- Template:Nihongo2 — Hollyhock and child; the same kanji can be used to write Riko and Kiko as well as the more similar Aoko, Aoiko, and Ako.
- Template:Nihongo2- Indigo, child.
Notable people with this name
- Aiko (Czech singer), a Czech singer-songwriter
- Aiko (Japanese singer) (愛子), a Japanese singer-songwriter
- Aiko, Princess Toshi (愛子内親王), a Japanese princess
- Aiko Anzai (安西愛子), a vocalist and politician
- Aiko Asano (浅野愛子), an actress and singer
- Aiko Dinale (愛子), a Japanese Italian Robot scientist
- Aiko Doden (道傳愛子), a news presenter
- Aiko Fukumorida (福盛田藍子), a manga artist
- Aiko Gibo (宜保愛子), an occultist
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese synchronized swimmer
- Aiko Iguchi (井口愛子), a pianist
- Aiko Ikuta (幾田愛子), a singer
- Aiko Itō (いとうあいこ), an actress
- Aiko Kaito (皆藤愛子), an announcer
- Aiko Kayō (嘉陽愛子), a pop singer
- Aiko Kitahara (novelist) (北原亞以子), a novelist
- Aiko Kitahara (singer) (北原愛子), a singer
- Aiko Klostermann, a German computer scientist
- Aiko Melendez, popular actress in the Philippines
- Aiko Mimasu (三益愛子), an actress
- Aiko Miyake (三宅愛子), a freestyle swimmer
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese badminton player
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese sculptor
- Aiko Moriyama (森山愛子), a singer
- Aiko Nakagawa, a street artist also known as Lady Aiko
- Aiko Nakamura (中村藍子), a professional tennis player
- Aiko Okumura (奥村愛子), a singer
- Aiko Onozawa (ja:小野沢 愛子), a Japanese former volleyball player
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese sailor
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese writer
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese actress
- Template:Nihongo, Japanese judoka
- Template:Ill (born 1989), Indonesian model, chef, radio broadcaster and celebrity
- Aiko Shimajiri (島尻あい子), a politician
- Aiko Takahama (高浜愛子, born 1984), women's professional shogi player
- Aiko Uemura (上村愛子), a mogul skier
- Jhené Aiko, an American singer/songwriter
Fictional characters
- Aiko, an anime-style 3D figure created by DAZ3D
- Aiko Senoo (妹尾 あいこ) (Mirabelle Haywood), a character in the shōjo anime Ojamajo Doremi
- Aiko Miyazaki (Honey Lemon), a Marvel Comics superhero associated with Big Hero 6, a Japanese team
- Aiko Tanaka (田中 愛子), a character and the primary love interest of the slice of life manga Oyasumi Punpun
- Aiko Takada, a character from the fantasy manga Elfen Lied
- Aiko Yumi, a Japanese college professor and a dateable character in the dating simulation videogame HuniePop
See also
- A.I.C.O. -Incarnation-, a 2018 Japanese original net animation produced by studio Bones