Baby name
STABLE
🇫🇮 🇩🇪 🇯🇵 Riku
/REE · koo/
Meaning
“Shoreline or coast”
Finnish and Japanese masculine name; in Finnish from Nordic tradition meaning shoreline or coast, in Japanese written with kanji for land or shore; the overlap is coincidental but compelling.
Nicknames
none
Vibe
strongplayful
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.