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Gender Feminine
Usage Japanese
Scripts 爽子, 沢子, 佐和子, 三和子, 咲和子, 咲羽子, 小和子, 小羽子, 早和子, 沙和子, 沙羽子(Japanese Kanji) さわ子(Kanji/Hiragana) サワ子(Kanji/Katakana) さわこ(Japanese Hiragana) サワコ(Japanese Katakana)
Pronounced Pron. SAH-WAH-KO  [key]

Meaning & History

This name combines 爽 (sou, aki.raka, sawa.yaka, tagau) meaning "refreshing, bracing, resonant, sweet, clear" or 沢 (taku, sawa, uruo.i, uruo.su, tsuya) meaning "swamp, marsh, brilliance, grace" with 子 (shi, su, tsu, ko, -ko, -ne) meaning "child, sign of the rat (1st sign of the Chinese zodiac)."
Examples of Sawako with 3 kanji inclide 佐和子, 三和子, 咲和子, 咲羽子, 小和子, 小羽子, 早和子, 沙和子 and 沙羽子 with 佐 (sa) meaning "assistant, help", 三 (san, zou, mi, mi'.tsu, mi.tsu, sa) meaning "three", 咲 (shou, sa.ku, -zaki) meaning "bloom, blossom", 小 (shou, chii.sai, o-, ko-, sa-) meaning "little, small", 早 (sou, sa', haya.i, haya, haya-, haya.maru, haya.meru, sa-) meaning "early, fast", 沙 (sa, sha, suna, yonageru) meaning "sand", 和 (o, ka, wa, nago.mu, nago.yaka, yawa.ragu, yawa.rageru) meaning "harmony, Japan, Japanese style, peace, soften" and 羽 (u, ha, hane, wa) meaning "feathers."
You can also combine さわ or サワ, which are the hiragana & katakana characters for Sawa, with 子.
Added 4/22/2015 by m4yb3_daijirou
Edited 3/9/2020 by Mike C and m4yb3_daijirou