Baby name
FADING
🇩🇪 🇯🇵 Mariko
/mah · REE · koh/
Meaning
“Ball child”
Japanese feminine name from mari (ball, or a form of Maria) and ko (child); the ko suffix marks it as a traditional Japanese feminine name.
Nicknames
mari
Vibe
strong
How it ages.
Traditional Japanese form; the ko suffix signals classic rather than modern.
The cultural moment.
Common in Japan through the 20th century; the ko suffix names are slightly declining in favor of newer forms.