Keiko is a female Japanese given name. Its meaning depends on how it is written, possible with several kanji. Keiko is most commonly written as:

• 恵子 — "lucky/blessed child"
• 敬子 — "respectful child"
• 景子
• 桂子

The suffix ko (子) implies the name is female and the name is almost never given to males. Rarely, Keiko can be written as 螢子, 輕子, or 軽子.

People named Keiko:

• Keiko Agena
• Keiko Fukuda
• Keiko Han (恵子)
• Keiko Kitagawa (景子)
• Keiko Nobumoto , (敬子) creator of Wolf's Rain and writer and editor for Cowboy Bebop
• Keiko Takeshita (景子)
• Keiko Utoku (敬子)

Keikō (景行), with a long "o," is a title given to an emperor posthumously.

People named Keikō:

• Emperor Keiko of Japan - legendary figure

Animals named Keiko:

• Keiko (Orca) for the whale that performed in the film Free Willy

Fictional characters named Keiko:

• Keiko (Kiki in the English version), a character of Ultimate Muscle (the Japanese version is called Kinnikuman II Sei)
• Keiko Asakura, a minor character of Shaman King who is the mother of Yoh Asakura
• Keiko Honda, character in Crayon Shin-chan
• Keiko Momoi, character in Magic Kaito
• Keiko O'Brien, the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine character
• Keiko Oyamada, a minor character of Shaman King who is the mother of Manta Oyamada
• Keiko Yukimura (螢子) (Kayko Yukimura), the YuYu Hakusho character

External link

• http://japanese.about.com/library/weekly/aa072303b.htm - List of common kanji for "Keiko"