# Teiko

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**Teiko** is the common Roman alphabet spelling of two different [Japanese](/source/Japanese_name) given names, one feminine and one masculine; they are spelled differently in Japanese.

The feminine name (ていこ) is spelled **Teiko** in systemic romanisation. It may be written with a variety of [kanji](/source/Kanji) including [貞](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E8%B2%9E)[子](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%AD%90);[1] these same characters may also be read as a Korean feminine name, [Jeong-ja](/source/Jeong-ja). People with this name include:

- [Teiko Nishi](/source/Teiko_Nishi) (born c. 1967), an American former women's basketball player
- [Teiko Kihira](/source/Teiko_Kihira) (1928–2015), was a Japanese politician and activist
- [Teiko Inahata](/source/Teiko_Inahata) (1931–2022), was a Japanese haiku poet, essayist and literary critic
- [Teiko Tomita](/source/Teiko_Tomita) (1896–1990), was a Japanese tanka poet

The masculine name (ていこう, spelled **Teikō** in systemic romanisation, ending in a [long vowel](/source/Japanese_phonology#Vowels)) may refer to:

- [Teikō Shiotani](/source/Teik%C5%8D_Shiotani) (1899–1988), a photographer from Tottori, Japan

## References

1. Breen, Jim (2011). [*Japanese Names Dictionary*](https://web.archive.org/web/20121205062302/http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/cgi-bin/wwwjdic.cgi). Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group. Archived from [the original](http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/cgi-bin/wwwjdic.cgi) on 2012-12-05. Retrieved 2012-12-02.

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