Koko

Meaning of Koko

The name Koko, predominantly assigned to female individuals, presents as a disyllabic trochee comprising two identical open syllables, each initiated by a velar plosive /k/ and followed by a mid-back diphthong /oʊ/—yielding the phonemic sequence /koʊkoʊ/. It originates in both Japanese lexical traditions, where it may be inscribed in kana or various kanji configurations, and in Swahili, where it is attested as a morphophonemic unit with semantic valence that varies across dialectal corpora. Data from the United States Social Security Administration disclose its relatively infrequent yet persistent usage since the early 1980s, with annual occurrences ranging from five to eleven newborns and corresponding national rankings oscillating between 800th and 984th; in 2023, Koko was bestowed upon eleven female infants, positioning it at rank 947. Such statistics underscore its appeal to parents seeking a distinctive, cross-cultural appellation characterized by phonological simplicity and typological consistency.

Pronunciation

Japanese,Swahili

• Pronunced as KOH-koh (/koʊkoʊ/)

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