Gender Feminine Usage Japanese Scripts 優子, 悠子, 裕子, etc.(Japanese Kanji) ゆうこ(Japanese Hiragana) Pronounced Pron. /jɨᵝː.ko̞/ Meaning & History From Japanese 優 (yū) meaning "excellence, superiority, gentleness", 悠 (yū) meaning "permanence" or 裕 (yū) meaning "abundant" combined with 子 (ko) meaning "child". This name can be formed of different kanji characters as well.