Etsuko is a girl's name of Japanese origin meaning “joy child.” It is a rare choice in US records.
Etsuko at a glance
Gender
Girl name
Origin
Japanese
Meaning
“joy child”
About the name Etsuko
Etsuko belongs to the Japanese tradition. Its meaning — “joy child” — is the sense carried by its Japanese roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Etsuko first appears in Social Security records in 1921. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #2759 in 1927, and in 2024 0 babies received the name — 69 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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