Minako

MinakoPronunciation| Mi-na-ko

|

Gender| Female
Origin
Word/name| Japanese
Meaning| many different meanings depending on the kanji used
Region of origin| Japan
Other names
Related names| Mina
[1]

Minako (みなこ, ミナコ) is a Japanese feminine given name. Minako can be written using different kanji characters:

* 美奈子, "beauty, apple tree, child"
* 美那子, "beauty, unknown, child" or "beauty, child"
* 美菜子, "beauty, (green) vegetable, child"
* 美名子, "beauty, name, child"
* 美梨子, "beauty, pear, child"
* 聖名子, "holy, name, child"
* 聖奈子, "holy, apple tree, child or holy child"
* 皆子, "everybody/all, child"
* 水奈子 "water, apple tree, child" or "water, child"
* 実奈子 "truth, apple tree, child"
* 実菜子 "truth, (green) vegetable, child"
* 実那子 "truth, unknown, child" or "truth, child"
* 実名子 "truth, name, child"

The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

## People

[edit]

* Minako (美奈子), a member of the Japanese musical group Kome Kome Club
* Minako Honda (本田 美奈子; 1967–2005), Japanese singer
* Minako Inoue (井上 美奈子; born 1977), Japanese singer
* Minako Iwasaki (岩崎 美奈子; born 1975), a Japanese illustrator, game character designer, and manga artist
* Minako Komukai (小向 美奈子; born 1985), Japanese gravure model
* Minako Kotobuki (寿 美菜子; born 1991), a Japanese voice actress and singer
* Minako Nishiyama (西山 美なコ; born 1965), a Japanese contemporary artist
* Minako Oba (大庭 みな子; 1930–2007), Japanese author and social critic
* Minako Sato (佐藤 美奈子; born 1955), Japanese archer

## Fictional characters

[edit]

* Minako Aino (also Sailor Venus), a character in the Sailor Moon series and the main protagonist of Codename: Sailor V
* Minako Arisato, one of the given names to the female protagonist in Persona 3 Portable
* Minako Yurihara, a character in the light novel series Boogiepop

Name list

This page or section lists people that share the same given name.
If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article.

## References

[edit]

1. ^ Minako - Meaning and origin of the name Minako

2\. http://www.baby-vornamen.de/Maedchen/M/Mi/Minako/

3. http://www.vorname.com/name,Minako.html