Maiko (given name)

Maiko

Gender	female
Language	Japanese
Origin
Word/name	Japanese
Meaning	舞子(Mai+Ko)= Dancing girl 摩衣子(Ma+I+Ko)=Polished garment child 麻衣子(Ma+I+Ko)=Linen robe child 牧子(Maki+Lo)= Pasture Child

Maiko (written as 舞子, 摩衣子, 麻衣子, 牧子) is a female Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:

• Maiko Fujino (藤野 舞子; born 1983), Japanese swimmer
• Maiko Gogoladze (born 1991), Georgian long jumper
• Maiko Hashida (橋田 舞子; born 2000), Japanese water polo player
• Maiko Inoue (井上 摩衣子; born 1979), Japanese tennis player
• Maiko Itai (板井 麻衣子; born 1984), Miss Japan Universe 2010
• Maiko Itō (いとう まい子, born 1964), Japanese actress
• Maiko Iuchi (井内 舞子), Japanese composer and arranger
• Maiko Jeong Shun Lee, Viscountess Rothermere (born 1949), British viscountess
• Maiko Kano (狩野 舞子; born 1988), Japanese volleyball player
• Maiko Kawakami (川上 麻衣子; born 1966), Japanese actress
• Maiko Kazama (風間 舞子; born 1956), Japanese actress
• Maiko Morio (森尾 麻衣子; born 1967), Japanese gymnast
• Maiko Nakamura (中村 舞子; born 1991), Japanese singer
• Maiko Nakaoka (中岡 麻衣子; born 1985), Japanese women's footballer
• Maiko Nasu (那須 麻衣子; born 1984), Japanese former footballer
• Maiko Obikawa (帯川 牧子; born 1973), Japanese ice hockey player
• Maiko Sakae (栄 舞子; born 1986), Japanese musician
• Maiko Sato (佐藤 麻衣子; born 1978), Japanese sailor
• Maiko Tajima (田島 麻衣子; born 1976), Japanese politician
• Maiko Tōno (遠野 舞子; born 1973), Japanese actress
• Maiko Watson, member of the Canadian pop group Sugar Jones
• Maiko Zulu, Zambian musician

Fictional characters

• Maiko (マイコ), a secondary character in the manga series Girls und Panzer
• Maiko Ayasato (綾里 舞子) (Misty Fey), a character in the Ace Attorney franchise
• Maiko Kaji (梶 舞子), a supporting character in the manga and anime series Hataraki Man
• Maico Katou (マイコ・カトウ, Maiko Katō), a character in the manga series Yu-Gi-Oh! R
• Maiko Kurashiki (倉敷 舞子), a character in the game series Cinderella Nine
• Maiko Ōgure (大暮 麻衣子), a character in the anime series Kill la Kill