Yoko and are Japanese feminine given names. Yōko is sometimes transliterated as Yohko and Youko. The name Yoko is almost always written with the kanji (ko), meaning "child". The syllable ko is not generally found at the end of masculine names. In Japanese, Yoko and Yōko have numerous orthographical variations. Some of the meanings of the kanji used to write it are: 瑛子, "crystal, sparkle of jewelry, child" 陽子, "sunshine, child", "sunny, child" 洋子, "ocean, child" 遥子, "long ago, child" 楊子, "willow, child" 瑶子, "beautiful, child" 謡子, "noh (Japanese word for skill or talent), child" 八子, "eight, child" 羊子, "sheep, child" 要子, "vital, need, child" 暢子, "free, child" 容子, "glorious, child" 妖子, "bewitch, child" 葉子, "leaf, child" 曜子, "weekday, child" The masculine name Yōkō, as in the given name of pro boxer , is transliterated similarly, but in Japanese it is written and pronounced differently. A family name, Yokoo, as in , also exists. People Yoko Akino (暢子, born 1957), Japanese actress Yōko Asada (葉子, born 1969), Japanese voice actress , Japanese speed skater , Japanese lawyer Yoko Hikasa (陽子, born 1985), Japanese voice actress Yōko Honna (陽子 born 1979), Japanese voice actress Yoko Ishida (born 1973), Japanese singer Yōko Ishino (ようこ born 1968), Japanese actress and tarento , Japanese volleyball player Yoko Kamio (葉子, born 1966), manga artist popular for her manga Boys Over Flowers Yoko Kando (陽子, born 1974), Japanese butterfly swimmer Yoko Kanno (よう子, born 1964), composer-keyboardist Yoko Kato (born 1952), Japanese neurosurgeon Yoko Koikawa (born 1974), Japanese backstroke swimmer Yoko Kumada (熊田 曜子, born 1982), Japanese gravure idol and singer Yōko Maki (actress) (よう子, born 1982), Japanese actress Yōko Maki (manga artist) (ようこ, born 1981), Japanese Manga artist Yoko Matsugane (洋子, born 1982), Japanese gravure idol Yōko Matsuoka (松岡洋子, born 1954), Japanese voice actress Yoko Matsuyama (松山容子, born 1937), Japanese actress Yoko Minamida (南田 洋子, 1933–2009), a Japanese actress Yoko Minamino (陽子, born 1967), Japanese actress and singer Yoko Mori (瑤子, 1940–1993), Japanese novelist Yoko Moriguchi (瑤子, born 1966), Japanese actress Yōko Nagayama (洋子, born 1968), Japanese enka singer and actress Yōko Natsuki (陽子, born 1952), Japanese actress Yōko Nogiwa (陽子, born 1936), Japanese actress Yoko Ono (洋子, born 1933), Japanese musician-artist and widow of John Lennon. She now writes her name in katakana (オノ・ヨーコ/Ono Yōko) , Japanese judoka Yoko Sakaue (坂上, born 1968), Japanese judoka , Japanese voice actress and actress Yoko Shibui (陽子, born