Haruko (はるこ, ハルコ) is a Unisex Japanese Name(though it is most common with female). Its most common translation is "spring child" (春子, which may also be read as a Korean name Chun-ja), though other kanji provide different meanings. Notable people with the name include:

• Princess Haruko (春子), the first daughter of Emperor Tsuchimikado
• Haruko Arimura (born 1970), politician
• Haruko Hatoyama (1863–1938), Japanese educator
• Haruko Kato (加藤 治子, 1922–2015), Japanese actress
• Haruko Matsuda (松田 治子, born 1972), Japanese badminton player
• Haruko Miyaguchi (宮口 治子, born 1976), Japanese politician
• Haruko Momma, Japanese philologist
• Haruko Momoi (桃井はるこ, born 1977), a religious historian
• Haruko Nawata Ward (1922–2015), Japanese actress
• Haruko Sagara (相楽 晴子, born 1968), Japanese actress
• Haruko Saida, women's professional shogi player
• Haruko Sugimura (杉村春子, 1909–1997), Japanese actress
• Haruko Obokata (小保方晴子, born 1983), Japanese biological scientist
• Haruko Okamoto (岡本 治子, born 1945), Japanese figure skating coach
• Haruko Okano (born 1945), Japanese-Canadian artist
• Haruko Tachiiri (たちいり ハルコ, born 1949), Japanese manga artist
• Haruko Tanaka (1974-2019), Los Angeles–based artist
• Haruko Wakita (脇田 晴子, 1934–2016[), Japanese academic
• Haruko Yoshikawa (吉川 春子, born 1940), Japanese politician
• the personal name of Empress Shōken

Fictional characters

• Haruko Akagi, a character in the manga series Slam Dunk
• Haruko Haruhara, a character in the anime series FLCL
• Haruko Kamio, a character in the visual novel Air
• Haruko Mikogami, a secondary character in the anime series Sky Girls
• Haruko Shido, a supporting character in the anime series Please Twins!
• Haruko Tezuyah, an OC of mine