Yoko

Ocean child, literally

Yoko is a Japanese given name, typically feminine, meaning "ocean child" or "positive child" depending on the characters used.

In English, the name is strongly associated with Yoko Ono, whose relationship with John Lennon made her a cultural lightning rod.

A Yoko sometimes refers disparagingly to a romantic partner blamed for breaking up a band or creative partnership: She's the Yoko of the group.

name

Ono

East Asian family name

Lennon · conceptual · performance · bed-in · peace · activist · musician · artist · collaboration · Sixties

Japanese

Tokyo

Japan's capital city

  • JapanEast Asian archipelago nation
  • kanjiChinese symbols in Japanese
  • hiraganaJapanese phonetic alphabet

katakana · Japanese name · feminine name · meaning · ocean · child · sunlight · foreign · side · horizontal

Categories
Opposites
role in romantic partnership with famous man

YokoPriscilla Presley

Phrases
Family

yokozuna

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Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G