Baby name

STABLE BOY · FINNISH-JAPANESE
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Riku

/REE · koo/


“Land (Japanese); short for Richard (Finnish)”

Finnish and Japanese masculine name; in Finnish a short form of Rikhard (Richard), in Japanese often written with the kanji 陸 meaning 'land'; the two origins are unrelated.

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How it ages.

Feels clean and modern; short cross-cultural names age exceptionally well.

The cultural moment.

Popular in Finland and Japan from the 1990s through the 2010s; still in regular use in both countries.