Entry № 1361 · Other origin

Chizuko Chizuko — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ chee-ZOO-koh /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Other
Meaning
"Thousand year child (Japanese + Chizuko Ueno feminist sociologist)"
Syllables
3
Rank · US 2025
№ 0
First recorded
Ancient (Japanese)

A name that means "thousand year child (japanese + chizuko ueno feminist sociologist)".

Chizuko is from the Japanese 千鶴子 / 千寿子 (Chizukochi thousand + zu crane/longevity + ko child — thousand-crane child, child of long life). A modern American baby name in the broader Japanese heritage aesthetic. Chizuko is one of the foundational Japanese feminine names — central to traditional Japanese heritage. The foundational name connects to foundational Chizuko Ueno (born 1948) — foundational Japanese sociologist + foundational figure in foundational Japanese feminism + foundational University of Tokyo professor + foundational author of Patriarchy and Capitalism + foundational pioneering scholar of foundational Japanese women's studies + foundational 2019 University of Tokyo matriculation address foundational viral feminist critique. The foundational thousand cranes (千羽鶴 senbazuru) is foundational central Japanese symbol of foundational longevity + foundational hope + foundational Sadako Sasaki Hiroshima atomic-bomb-victim foundational thousand-crane peace heritage. Foundational Japanese feminine name reflecting Japanese longevity-symbolism heritage.

Featured throughout Japanese heritage.

Thousand year child (Japanese). Foundational Japanese feminine + foundational chi thousand + zu crane/longevity + ko child + foundational Chizuko Ueno born 1948 foundational Japanese sociologist + foundational Japanese feminism + foundational University of Tokyo professor + foundational author of Patriarchy and Capitalism + foundational Japanese women's studies + foundational 2019 University of Tokyo matriculation address foundational viral feminist critique + foundational thousand cranes 千羽鶴 senbazuru foundational central Japanese symbol of longevity + hope + foundational Sadako Sasaki Hiroshima atomic-bomb-victim foundational thousand-crane peace heritage.

The name in its native script.

千鶴子
Transliteration
Chizuko
Pronunciation
/ tʃiːˈzuː.koʊ /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Chizuko stands.

Current rank · 2025
№ 0 in the U.S.
All-time peak
№ 0 in 0
Babies named Chizuko · last year
88 in the U.S.
First entered SSA top-1000
0
Rank, 1995–2025 Lower = more popular
№25 №75 №150 №250 1995 2005 2015 2020 2025 PEAK · — NOW · —

Chizukos before her.

Real people
Chizuko Ueno
Japanese sociologist + University of Tokyo professor + Patriarchy and Capitalism.
born 1948
In fiction
Chizuko
Japanese thousand year child.

Names connected to Chizuko.

The number behind Chizuko.

4

The Builder

Chizuko reduces to four.

Why families chose this name.

"Japanese thousand-crane child. Seven letters. Chizuko."
Noriko · Mother of one · Tokyo