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Name

Yasuko

/YAH-soo-koh/ FeminineJapanese

Meaning

Yasuko is a feminine name of Japanese origin meaning “peaceful child”.

Yasuko is a Japanese girls' name typically written with characters meaning peace or tranquility joined to ko, child. It flourished in the twentieth century, when the era name Shōwa itself promised enlightened peace, and now reads as gracefully retro in Japan.

Common among Japanese women born midcentury; rare for babies today.

At a glance

Origin
Japanese
Gender
Feminine
Pronounced
/YAH-soo-koh/
Themes
Peace

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Questions

  • Yasuko is a feminine name of Japanese origin meaning “peaceful child”. Yasuko is a Japanese girls' name typically written with characters meaning peace or tranquility joined to ko, child.

  • Yasuko is traditionally a feminine (girl) name. Common among Japanese women born midcentury; rare for babies today.

  • The name Yasuko comes from Japanese. Yasuko is a Japanese girls' name typically written with characters meaning peace or tranquility joined to ko, child. It flourished in the twentieth century, when the era name Shōwa itself promised enlightened peace, and now reads as gracefully retro in Japan.

  • Yasuko is pronounced YAH-soo-koh.

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