Kiyoko (きよこ, キヨコ) is a feminine Japanese given name.
Pronunciation | Japanese: [kijoꜜko] English approximation: kee-YOH-koh |
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Gender | Female |
Origin | |
Word/name | Japanese |
Region of origin | Japan |
Other names | |
Related names | Kiyomi Kiyone Kyoko |
Possible writings
editKiyoko can be written many ways using different kanji characters. Some versions of the name are:
- 清子, meaning "pure child"
- 憙よ子, meaning "rejoice-child"
- 喜与子, meaning "rejoice, gift child"
- 喜洋子, meaning "rejoice, ocean child"
- 潔子, meaning "undefiled child", "virtuous child".
People
edit- Hayley Kiyoko (ヘイリー・キヨコ: born Hayley Kiyoko Alcroft), an American actress, singer-songwriter, musician, and dancer
- Kiyoko Arai (あらい きよこ), a manga artist
- Kiyoko Fukuda (福田 貴代子; born 1944), former First Lady of Japan, wife of Yasuo Fukuda
- Kiyoko Fukuda (born 1970), Japanese former volleyball player
- Kiyoko Murata (村田 喜代子; born 1945), Japanese writer
- Kiyoko Ogawa (小川 清子, born 1946), Japanese sprinter
- Kiyoko Okabe (岡部 喜代子, born 1949), Japanese judge
- Kiyoko Ono (小野 清子; 1936–2021), a Japanese politician and former Olympic artistic gymnast
- Kiyoko Sayama (佐山 聖子), a Japanese anime director
- Kiyoko Shimahara (嶋原 清子; born 1976), a Japanese marathon runner
- Kiyoko Matsumoto (松本 貴代子), a person known for having committed suicide by jumping into the crater of Mount Mihara in 1933 which started a trend all over Japan
Fictional characters named Kiyoko
edit- Kiyoko (キヨコ, aka Number 25), a character in the Japanese Manga, Akira
- Kiyoko Yamaguchi, kayfabe wife of WWE manager Wally Yamaguchi
- Kiyoko (aka Komori /bat/), a character in the Japanese horror film Suicide Club
- Kiyoko Madoka, a character from the manga series Gilgamesh and its anime adaption
- Kiyoko, a character in the Japanese anime film Tokyo Godfathers
- Kiyoko Shimizu, a character in the Japanese anime Haikyuu!!