Eriko
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Japanese |
| Meaning | it can have many different meanings depending on the kanji used |
| Region of origin | Japanese |
Eriko (えりこ, エリコ) is a feminine/neutral Japanese given name.
Written forms
Eriko can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
- 恵梨子, "blessing, pear, child"
- 恵理子, "blessing, reason, child"
- 絵里子, "picture, hometown, child"
- 絵梨子, "picture, pear, child"
- 絵理子, "picture, reason, child"
- 江里子, "inlet, hometown, child"
- 恵里子, "blessing, hometown, child"
- 恵利子, "blessing, profit, child"
- 江利子, "inlet, profit, child"
- 枝里子, "branch, hometown, child"
- 英梨子, "excel, pear, child"
The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.
People with the name
- Eriko Arakawa (恵理子, born 1979), Japanese female footballer
- Eriko Asai (えり子, born 1959), Japanese long-distance runner
- Eriko Fujimaki (恵理子, born 1974), Japanese voice actress
- Eriko Hara (えりこ, born 1959), Japanese voice actress
- Eriko Hirose (栄理子, born 1985), Japanese badminton player
- Eriko Hori (絵梨子, born 1988), Korean-Japanese singer, actress and voice actress
- Eriko Imai (絵理子, born 1983), Ryukyuan J-pop artist
- Eriko Ishino (石野 枝里子; born 1985), Japanese speed skater
- Eriko Kimura (木村 絵理子; born 1961), Japanese audio director
- Eriko Kitagawa (悦吏子, born 1961), Japanese screenwriter and film director
- Eriko Kumakawa (熊川 恵利子; born c. 1971), Japanese Paralympic goalball player
- Eriko Matsui (恵理子松井, born 1989), Japanese voice actress
- Eriko Nakamura (中村繪里子, born 1981), Japanese voice actress
- Eriko Sanmiya (三宮 恵利子; born 1974), Japanese speed skater
- Eriko Sato (江梨子, born 1981), Japanese actress and model
- Eriko Seo (妹尾 栄里子; born 1979), Japanese speed skater
- Eriko Tamura (英里子, born 1973), Japanese actress and singer
- Eri Watanabe (えり子, born 1955), Japanese actress, previously credited as Eriko Watanabe
- Eriko Yamaguchi, women's professional shogi player
- Eriko Yamatani (えり子, born 1950), Japanese politician
Fictional characters
- Eriko Christy, a protagonist of the video game Illbleed
- Eriko Takahashi (絵里子), a main character of the erotic comedy manga series High School Girls
- Eriko Torii (江利子), a character from the manga and anime series Maria-sama ga Miteru
- Eriko Kirishima, a character in Revelations: Persona video game
- Eriko Fukada, a young writer of Haruki Murakamis novel 1Q84. She is often referred Fukaeri, her pseudonym
See also
- Idol Densetsu Eriko, a Japanese anime series