Akiko (あきこ, アキコ) is a feminine Japanese given name.
The kanji characters 晶 ("sparkle"), 明 ("bright"), and 秋 ("autumn") are three variations of ways to write "aki", and the character 子 is a common suffix in female given names in Japan.
In Japanese the character 子 ("ko") means "child".
The name can be written many different ways, and has different meanings depending on which kanji is used for "aki" (as well as the hiragana and katakana).
Some variations of Akiko include: