Yuriko

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

Yuriko is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish given name3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Peru, Mexico, Brazil, United States

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Yúriko

• English given name6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Australia, Peru, United Kingdom

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Yūriko

45 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Yuriko is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In German, weibl. Vom. japanischer Herkunft (japan. yuri »Lilie« + japan. ko »Kind«).

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

• ‘Prized child’; ‘lily child’.

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

• Yuriko Miyamotob. 1899JPJapanese novelist, critic, member of the Japanese Communist Party
• Yuriko Hanabusab. 1900JPJapanese actress (1900–1970)
• Yuriko Mikasab. 1923JPJapanese princess; widow of Takahito, Prince Mikasa (1923–2024)
• Yuriko Hishimib. 1947JPJapanese actress
• Yuriko Koikeb. 1952JPJapanese politician (born 1952)
• Yuriko Yamaguchib. 1965JPJapanese voice actress, actress, narrator and singer
• Yuriko Ishidab. 1969JPJapanese actress, narrator
• Yuriko Mizumab. 1970JPJapanese association football player
• Yuriko Yoshitakab. 1988JPJapanese actress
• Yuriko Onob. 1989JPJapanese actress

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

What does the name Yuriko mean, and where does it come from?

Japanese: child of Yuri Recorded by Baby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular….

Is Yuriko a male or female name?

Yuriko is a female name. National registers that list it by sex list it as female: United States (Census Bureau, 2020) and Brazil (Brasil.IO genero-nomes (IBGE Censo 2010 mirror, CC-BY-SA)).

How do you pronounce Yuriko?

A machine transcription gives /iʊɹikoʊ/ (IPA) for Japanese.

In which country does Yuriko have the most bearers?

Mondonomo estimates about 64 thousand people named Yuriko in Japan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled yuriko.

How common is the name Yuriko?

In the United States, the national register counted 1,172 people named Yuriko in 2020, about 1 in 284 thousand residents.

How common is Yuriko compared with other names?

In Japan, Yuriko is the 345th most common given name of 366,905 given names recorded there.