Entry № 2642 · Japanese origin

Yoko Yoko — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ YOH-koh /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Japanese
Meaning
"Ocean child (Yoko Ono, avant-garde artist)"
Syllables
2
Rank · US 2025
№ 0
First recorded
Modern (Japanese)

A name that means "ocean child (yoko ono, avant-garde artist)".

Yoko (洋子) typically combines the Japanese characters (ocean) and ko (child). **Yoko Ono (born 1933)** is the **Japanese-American multimedia artist, musician, and peace activist** — pioneer of conceptual art alongside George Maciunas and Fluxus, **and wife of John Lennon** from 1969 until his murder in 1980. **Her 1964 *Cut Piece* — in which she sat motionless on stage while audience members cut away her clothing — is among the foundational works of feminist performance art**. **Her *Yes* installation drew Lennon's attention at the Indica Gallery in 1966.**

Subject of the 2024 documentary *Yoko*.

Ocean child. Pioneering avant-garde artist; her Cut Piece is foundational to feminist performance art.

The name in its native script.

洋子
Transliteration
Yōko
Pronunciation
/ ˈjoʊ.koʊ /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Yoko stands.

Current rank · 2025
№ 0 in the U.S.
All-time peak
№ 0 in 0
Babies named Yoko · last year
87 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 · —

Yokos before her.

Real people
Yoko Ono
Japanese-American artist.
born 1933
In fiction
Yoko
Beatles' The Ballad of John and Yoko.
1969

Names connected to Yoko.

The number behind Yoko.

2

The Diplomat

Yoko reduces to two — the number of ocean child.

Why families chose this name.

"Ocean child. Four letters. Yoko."
Akiko · Mother of one · Tokyo