Hanako (given name)

Hanako (given name)

Hanako is a female Japanese given name. The name can have different meanings, one of them being 花子, "flower girl."

It is often seen as an archetypal name for girls. [Takeda Hiroko (2004) "The Political Economy of Reproduction in Japan", ISBN 0415321905 ]

華子 (華 is a kanji of many uses - 'splendor', 'flower', 'petal', 'shine', 'luster', 'ostentatious', 'showy' - it can noted. 'ko' is the second kanji, meaning 'girl (child)')).

Real people

*Hanako Tsugaru, later Princess Hitachi of Japan
*Hanako Yamada, Japanese comedian
*Hanako Oshima, Japanese musician
*Hanako Oku, Japanese singer/songwriter
*Ōta Hisa, a Japanese stage actress who went by the name "Hanako"

Fictional characters

*, a ghost that haunts school bathrooms, according to Japanese urban legend (Gakkō no Kaidan).
*The original name of Delia Ketchum, mother of Ash Ketchum of "Pokémon".

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