Gender Feminine Usage Japanese Scripts 加奈子, 香菜子, 香奈子, etc.(Japanese Kanji) かなこ(Japanese Hiragana) Pronounced Pron. /kä.nä.ko̞/ Meaning & History From Japanese 加 (ka) meaning "increase" or 香 (ka) meaning "fragrance" combined with 奈 (na), a phonetic character, or 菜 (na) meaning "vegetables, greens" and finished with 子 (ko) meaning "child". Other kanji combinations can form this name as well.