Eiko

Eiko is a feminine Japanese given name. Eikō, also spelled Eikou or Eikoh, is a masculine Japanese given name. The meanings of these names depend on the kanji used to write them.

Kanji
In the feminine name Eiko, "ko" is generally written with a kanji meaning "child", while "Ei" may be written in a wide variety of ways with either a single kanji read "ei" or two kanji read "e" and "i", including:
 * (first kanji meaning "eternity")
 * (first kanji meaning "glory" or "honour")
 * (first kanji meaning "flower" or "outstanding")
 * (first kanji meaning "lustre" or "crystal")
 * (first kanji meaning "river", second meaning "power")

In the masculine name Eikō, both "Ei" and "kō" may be written with many different kanji, including:
 * ("outstanding", "duke")
 * ("glory", "light")

People
Notable people with the name Eiko include:
 * Eiko Ando (安藤 永子), Japanese actress
 * Eiko Goshi (合志 えい子), Japanese former freestyle swimmer
 * Eiko Hirashima (平島 栄子), Japanese gymnast
 * Eiko Hisamura (久村 栄子), Japanese voice actress
 * Eiko Ikegami (池上 英子), Japanese historian
 * Eiko Ishibashi (石橋 英子), Japanese singer-songwriter
 * Eiko Ishioka (石岡 瑛子), Japanese art director, costume and graphic designer
 * Eiko Kadono (角野 栄子), Japanese author of children's literature
 * Eiko Kakehata (欠端 瑛子), Japanese goalball player
 * Eiko Kawada (河田 栄子), Japanese handball player
 * Eiko Kimura (木村 英子), Japanese politician
 * Eiko Koike (小池 栄子), Japanese actress
 * Eiko Koizumi (小泉 栄子), Japanese beach volleyball player
 * Eiko Masuyama (増山 江威子), Japanese voice actress
 * Eiko Matsuda (松田 暎子), Japanese actress
 * Eiko Minami (南 栄子), Japanese dancer
 * Eiko Nakayama (中山 英子), Japanese skeleton racer
 * Eiko Otake (born 1948), Japanese artist, member of the performing duo Eiko & Koma
 * Eiko Nagashima (永島 暎子), Japanese actress
 * Eiko Segawa (瀬川 瑛子), Japanese enka singer
 * Eiko Shimamiya (島宮 えい子), Japanese pop singer
 * Eiko Takahashi (高橋 栄子), Japanese former swimmer
 * Eiko Tanaka (田中 栄子), Japanese businesswoman who founded animation studio STUDIO4°C in 1989
 * Eiko Wada (和田 映子), Japanese swimmer
 * Eiko Yamada (山田 栄子), Japanese actress
 * Eiko Yamazawa (山沢 栄子), Japanese photographer
 * Eiko Yanami (八並 映子), Japanese actress

Notable people with the name Eikō include:
 * Eikō Harada (原田 泳幸), Japanese business executive
 * Eikoh Hosoe (細江 英公), Japanese photographer and filmmaker
 * Eikō Kano (狩野 英孝), Japanese comedian and singer
 * Eiko Kaneta (金田 英行), Japanese politician

Fictional characters

 * Eiko Carol, a character in the video game Final Fantasy IX
 * Eiko Aizawa, a character in the manga and anime Shinryaku! Ika Musume
 * Eiko Tokura in manga and anime "Slow Start"
 * Eiko Magami in Project A-ko

Eiko is also an Estonian male given name.