Save Gender Feminine Usage Japanese Scripts 利世子, 里代子, 理代子, 利容子, 里栄子, 莉陽子, etc.(Japanese Kanji) Pronounced Pron. REE-YO-KO [key] Meaning & History From 里 (ri) meaning "village", 栄 (yo) meaning "honor, flourish, glory, prosper, splendor", and 子 (ko) meaning "child, sign of the rat, first sign of the Chinese zodiac". Other kanji combinations can be used.