Save Gender Feminine Usage Japanese (Rare) Scripts 子猫, 小猫(Japanese Kanji) こねこ(Japanese Hiragana) コネコ(Japanese Katakana) Pronounced Pron. KO-NEH-KO [key] Other Forms FormsXiaomao (Chinese) Meaning & History From Japanese 子猫 (koneko) meaning "kitten", or 小 (ko) meaning "small" combined with 猫 (neko) meaning "cat". Other combinations of kanji can form this name as well.