THE MEANING & THE CONTEXT
The story behind Kiko
Kiko is recorded as a gender-inclusive or unspecified given name in Tagalog. Its lexical definition links this spelling with the longer name or names Francisco and Francis as a short or familiar form.
Pronunciation & syllables
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Tagalog
- /ˈkikoʔ/Standard-Tagalog
- [ˈk̠iː.x̠oʔ]Standard-Tagalog
Ki · ko2 source divisions
Dictionary reading & contributors ↗Tagalog
- /ˈkiko/Standard-Tagalog
- [ˈk̠iː.x̠o]Standard-Tagalog
Ki · ko2 source divisions
Dictionary reading & contributors ↗Wiktionary contributors / Kaikki / Wiktextract · CC BY-SA 4.0
Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
TagalogEtymology & source
Borrowed from Spanish Quico /Kiko. Compare Spanish Paco.
a diminutive of the male given names Francisco and Francis
TagalogEtymology & source
Borrowed from Japanese きこ (Kiko).
a female given name from Japanese
EnglishEtymology & source
Borrowed from Japanese きこ (Kiko).
A female given name from Japanese.
SpanishEtymology & source
a diminutive of the male given name Federico; a diminutive of the male given name Francisco
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Source accounts remain in their original English; editorial summaries and filters are adapted. Attribution and downloads
People with the name Kiko
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Kiko Estrada
Filipino actor
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
Wikidata
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distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Kiko Estrada
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Kiko in the birth records
Exact spelling, stated year, published top-ten tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Available publications: 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. No 2021 count is inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Related forms & spellings
Related forms may have their own language histories. They are not included in this spelling’s PSA count.
Similar names to Kiko
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Aiko♀Given name documented in Philippine-linked records; lexical meaning not established here
- Akiko♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Iko♂Short form of Francisco
- Keiko♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Kike♂Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Kikoy♂Short form of Francisco and Francis
- Miko♂♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Niko♂Name formation documented in dictionary sources
What rhymes with Kiko?
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Explore Kiko further
Follow the sources
- Wikidata given-name item Q21286008 — Kiko (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Kiko Estrada (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q21286008 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Kiko (Tagalog) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary contributors — Kiko (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Wiktionary contributors — Kiko (Spanish) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.