Momoko

Momoko
PronunciationMoh-MOH-koh
GenderFemale
Origin
Word/nameJapanese
Meaningpeach, 百 one hundred, 杏 apricot combined with 子 child but it can have different meanings depending on the kanji (all homonyms) that precede "child"
Region of originJapan

Momoko (桃子, 百子, 杏子, ももこ, モモコ) is a Japanese name for girls. Momo is usually written with the kanji character 桃 for "peach" or 百 for "one hundred" or 杏 for "apricot", followed by -ko, a common suffix for girls' names (meaning "child"). It may refer to:

People

  • Momoko Abe (阿部 桃子, born 1994), Japanese actress and model
  • Momoko Ando (安藤 桃子, born 1982), Japanese film director
  • Momoko Hirata (平田 桃子, born 1985), Japanese ballerina
  • Momoko Hirotsu (広津 桃子, 1918–1988), Japanese novelist
  • Momoko Iko (1940–2020), American playwright
  • Momoko Ishii (石井 桃子, 1907–2008), Japanese author and translator of children's books
  • Momoko Ishikawa (石川 桃子), Japanese voice actress
  • Momoko Katō (加藤 桃子, born 1993), Japanese women's shogi player
  • Momoko Kikuchi (菊池 桃子, born 1968), Japanese actress
  • Momoko Kobori (小堀 桃子, born 1998), Japanese tennis player
  • Momoko Kōchi (河内 桃子, 1932–1998), Japanese actress best known for her role as Emiko Yamane in the original Godzilla
  • Momoko Kuroda (黒田 杏子, born 1938), Japanese haiku poet
  • Momoko Nakamura (中村 桃子, born 1987), Japanese women's professional shogi player
  • Momoko Ohtani (大谷 桃子, born 1995), Japanese wheelchair tennis player
  • Momoko Osato (大里 桃子, born 1998), Japanese professional golfer
  • Momoko Saitō (斎藤 桃子, born 1982), Japanese voice actress from Hyogo, Japan
  • Momoko Saito (cricketer) (born 1981), Japanese cricketer
  • Momoko Sakura (さくら ももこ, 1965–2018), Japanese manga artist from Shimizu, Japan
  • Momoko Sayama (左山 桃子, born 1992), Japanese footballer
  • Momoko Shibuya (渋谷 桃子, born 1987), Japanese actress
  • Momoko Shimizu (清水 萌々子, born 1997), Japanese actress
  • Momoko Takahashi (高橋 萌木子, born 1988), Japanese track and field athlete
  • Momoko Tanaka (田中 桃子, born 2000), Japanese footballer
  • Momoko Tsugunaga (嗣永 桃子, born 1992), J-pop singer and member of the Hello! Project group Berryz Kobo
  • Momoko Ueda (上田 桃子, born 1986), Japanese female professional golfer
  • Momokomotion (モモコモーション), Japanese multi-instrumentalist
  • Peach Momoko (桃桃子), pseudonym of an Eisner Award-winning Japanese comic book artist and writer
  • Momoko Okazaki (岡崎 百々子, Born 2003), Japanese musician, singer and dancer for Babymetal

Fictional characters


See also

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