Nanako

Nanako (ななこ, ナナコ) is a feminine Japanese given name.

Possible writings
Nanako can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.
 * 奈々子, "Nara, repeat previous kanji, child"
 * 菜々子, "greens, repeat previous kanji, child"
 * 奈那子, "apple tree, that, child"

People

 * Nanako Fujii (藤井 菜々子), Japanese racewalker
 * Nanako Matsushima (菜々子, born 1973), Japanese actress
 * Nanako Mori (森 なな子), Japanese actress
 * Nanako Shigesada (重定 南奈子), Japanese Professor Emeritus
 * Nanako Takeda (武田 菜々子), Japanese professional footballer
 * Nanako Takushi (奈々子, born 1976), Japanese J-pop singer
 * Nanako Todo (東藤 なな子), Japanese basketball player
 * Nanako Inoue (井上 奈々子, born 1983), Japanese voice actress
 * Nanako Wakita (脇田 菜々子), Japanese shogi player

Given name

 * Nanako Dojima, a character in the video game Persona 4
 * Nanako Hasaba, a character from Jujutsu Kaisen
 * Nanako Hasegawa, a character in the manga and live-action series Haruka 17
 * Nanako Itagaki, a character in the manga and anime series Fighting Spirit
 * Nanako Kanazawa, a character in the manga and anime series Mahoraba
 * Nanako Kashii, a character in the manga and anime series Toradora!
 * Nanako Kuroi, a teacher character in Lucky Star
 * Nanako Meino, a minor recurring character in the anime and manga series 'The Prince of Tennis
 * Nanako Misonoo, the main character of the manga and anime series Oniisama e...
 * Nanako Mizuki, a character in the manga, anime, and live-action series Great Teacher Onizuka
 * Nanako Momoi, a character in the manga Your and My Secret
 * Nanako Oohara, a character in the manga and anime series Crayon Shin-chan
 * Nanako Shichigusa, the titular character in the anime OVA series, Amazing Nurse Nanako
 * Nanako Saeki, a character in the manga and anime series The Flowers of Evil
 * Nanako Yukishiro (written 七々子, with the kanji for seven), the main character of the manga and anime series Senryu Girl
 * Nanako Okajima, a character from the 1991 Studio Ghibli movie Only Yesterday

Surname

 * Maaya Nanako (魚々戸), a character in the manga and anime series Kenkō Zenrakei Suieibu Umishō