title: Mizuko
text: # Mizuko
  
  Mizuko (written: 瑞子 or みず子) is a feminine Japanese given name. Notable people with then name include:
  
  * Mizuko Ito (伊藤 瑞子, born 1968), Japanese cultural anthropologist
  * Mizuko Masuda (増田 みず子, born 1948), Japanese writer
  * Mizuko Nanbu (南部 瑞子, 1908–1980), Director of the Girl Scouts of Japan
  * Takahashi Mizuko (高橋 瑞子, 1852–1927), Japanese physician
  
  The name is not generally written with the kanji 水子, meaning water child, due to the combination also meaning a stillborn baby.
  
  