Meaning and background
The story behind Iko
Iko has a film-and-martial-arts namesake in Iko Uwais. Sony Pictures Classics' actor biography records his Jakarta birth and his early training in pencak silat through his uncle's school. Its materials for The Raid identify him as Rama, the rookie officer at the center of the action. An owner choosing Iko can therefore make a specific cinema reference. Those production sources establish Uwais's name and career, while supplying no general etymology for Iko.
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- Iko Uwais is the Jakarta-born martial artist and actor who plays Rama in The Raid. Source · Source 2
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Iko appears in 3 dog licence records in the 2024 New York City dataset.
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Sources and research notes (2)
- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene NYC Dog Licensing Dataset — all seven available extract years, retrieved 24 October 2026 — Recorded name spellings in NYC licence-period rows, extract years 2016–2018, 2022–2024 and 2026. Evidence selects one stated year per name. Annual snapshots overlap; never sum them as unique dogs. No national popularity, etymology or owner naming-intent claim.
- City of Seattle Seattle Pet Licenses — DOG-only name aggregate, current source dated 6 October 2026 — Secondary spelling corroboration from dog-only licence rows. No cats, owner fields, national ranking or unique-dog claim.
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