Save Gender Feminine Usage Japanese Scripts 茂由子, 桃子, 芽子, etc.(Japanese Kanji) Pronounced Pron. MO-YUU-KO [key] Meaning & History From Japanese 茂(mo) meaning "overgrown; luxuriant, thickly growing, lush", 由 (yu) meaning "reason, cause" combined with 子 (ko) meaning "child". Other kanji combinations are possible.