Taeko is a Japanese female given name. It can have various meanings depending on the kanji used. Possible written forms include:
妙子 "mysterious child" 多恵子 "many blessings, child"
People Taeko Fukao, Japanese jazz singer Taeko Hattori (b. 1949), Japanese stage, film, and television actress Taeko Ishikawa (b. 1975), Japanese softball player Taeko Kawata (b. 1965), Japanese voice actress Taeko Kono (1926–2015), Japanese novelist and essayist Taeko Kubo (b. 1949), Japanese diver Taeko Kunishima, Japanese jazz pianist Taeko Kuwata (b. 1945), half of the classical piano duo Duo Crommelynck Taeko Nakanishi (b. 1931), Japanese voice actress Taeko Namba, Japanese table tennis player Taeko Nishino (b. 1975), Japanese singer and actress Taeko Onuki (b. 1953), Japanese singer Taeko Oyama (b. 1974), Japanese basketball player Taeko Takeba (b. 1966), Japanese trap shooter Taeko Todo (b. 1968), Chinese-born table tennis Taeko Tomioka (b. 1935), Japanese writer Tomiyama Taeko (1921–2021), Japanese visual artist and writer Taeko Udagawa (b. 1960), Japanese anthropologist Taeko Watanabe (b. 1960), Japanese manga artist
Fictional Makioka Taeko in The Makioka Sisters by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki Taeko, the main character in the 1991 Studio Ghibli film Only Yesterday Taeko Hiramatsu, a character in the light novel series Is This a Zombie? Taeko Minazuki, a character in the series Ai Yori Aoshi Taeko Ishiki, captain of Nadeshiko Japan in Area no Kishi Taeko Yasuhiro, a.k.a. Celestia Ludenberg, a student in Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc Taeko Nomura, one of the main characters in the manga and anime Coppelion Taeko Yamada, a female version of Taro Yamada in Yandere Simulator