THE MEANING & THE CONTEXT
The story behind Kumiko
Kumiko is recorded as a female given name in Tagalog. The source gives a linguistic connection through Japanese, specifically the form くみこ.
Pronunciation & syllables
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Tagalog
- /kuˈmiko/Standard-Tagalog
- [k̠ʊˈmiː.x̠o]Standard-Tagalog
Ku · mi · ko3 source divisions
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Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
TagalogEtymology & source
Borrowed from Japanese くみこ (Kumiko).
a female given name from Japanese
Wiktionary: Kumiko (Tagalog) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
EnglishEtymology & source
Transliteration of Japanese 駒実子 (Kumiko) and many other spellings. See くみこ.
A female given name from Japanese.
Wiktionary: Kumiko (English) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
SpanishEtymology & source
Borrowed from Japanese くみこ (Kumiko).
a female given name from Japanese
Wiktionary: Kumiko (Spanish) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Source accounts remain in their original English; editorial summaries and filters are adapted. Attribution and downloads
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Kumiko 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 →
Similar names to Kumiko
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
- Kuniko♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Sumiko♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Emiko♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Keiko♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Kiko♂♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Miko♂♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Tamiko♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Tomiko♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
What rhymes with Kumiko?
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Follow the sources
- Wiktionary contributors — Kumiko (Tagalog) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary contributors — Kumiko (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Wiktionary contributors — Kumiko (Spanish) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.