Nobuko
Gender | Female |
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Origin | |
Word/name | Japanese |
Meaning | It can have many different meanings depending on the kanji used. |
Region of origin | Japan |
Nobuko (のぶこ, ノブコ) is a feminine Japanese given name. Although the name is always romanized the same way, the kanji characters can be different.
Possible writings
- 信子, "trust, child"
- 伸子, "to lengthen, child"
- 延子, "to prolong, child"
- 暢子, "extend/stretch, relax/child"
- 宜子, "good, child"
People
- Nobuko Albery, a Japanese author, theatrical producer and the widow of English theatrical impresario, Sir Donald Albery
- Princess Nobuko (Japanese romanization: Fumi-no-miya Nobuko Naishinnō, 富美宮允子内親王), the 8th daughter of Emperor Meiji
- Nobuko Asō (麻生信子), later Princess Tomohito of Mikasa (寛仁親王妃信子)
- Nobuko Fukuda (福田 修子), Japanese cross-country skier
- Nobuko Imai (今井 信子), a Japanese classical violist and chamber musician
- Nobuko Iwaki (井脇 ノブ子), Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet
- Nobuko Kan (菅 伸子, born 1945), Japanese writer
- Nobuko Miyamoto (宮本信子), a Japanese actress
- Nobuko Nakahara (中原 暢子, 1929–2008), Japanese architect
- Nobuko Okashita (岡下 信子), a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, and a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet
- Nobuko Ota (太田 信子, born 1969), Japanese rower
- Nobuko Otowa (乙羽 信子), a Japanese actress
- Nobuko Takagi (高樹 のぶ子), the pen name of Nobuko Tsuruta, a Japanese author
- Nobuko Tsuchiya (土屋 信子), Japanese artist
- Nobuko Yamada (山田 乃玞子, born 1971), Japanese speed skater
- Nobuko Yoshida (吉田 展子), Japanese computer scientist
- Nobuko Yoshiya (吉屋信子), a Japanese novelist who was active in the Taishō and Shōwa periods of Japan
Fictional characters
- Nobuko Ishihara (石原信子), a character in the manga Love Com
- Nobuko Kotani (小谷 信子), the titular character of the Japanese television drama Nobuta wo Produce
- Nobuko Komiyama (小宮山信子), the titular character of the film Nobuko (1940 film), one of many adaptations of a novel by Bunroku Shishi
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