Save Gender Feminine Usage Japanese Scripts 蛇派子, etc.(Japanese Kanji) Pronounced Pron. JAH-PAH-KO [key] Meaning & History From Japanese 蛇 (ja) meaning "snake, large snake, serpent", 派 (pa) meaning "clique; faction; school" combined with 子 (ko) meaning "child". Other combinations of kanji characters can also form this name.