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Japanese Baby Names
Each name with its meaning, U.S. popularity, and an audio pronunciation on every page.
Explore 625 baby names with a japanese feel. Every name links to a full page with its sourced meaning, origin, popularity chart, famous bearers, and a clear audio pronunciation. Names are listed most-popular first.
Japanese Girl Names
Suzu#17342 in the U.S.From the Japanese suzu, most often 'bell' — a small round bell — though the meaning depends on ▶Tani#17494 in the U.S.A short form of Tania/Tanya (ultimately from Tatiana), and separately a Japanese word tani ('va▶Yuka#17522 in the U.S.Yuka is a Japanese girl's name written with varied characters, so its meaning shifts with the w▶Yoko#17567 in the U.S.Yoko is a Japanese given name for girls in which -ko means 'child.' The yo- element depends on ▶Yukina#17681 in the U.S.A Japanese given name (here romanized), often built on yuki ('snow'; also 'happiness') — though▶Tomiko#17786 in the U.S.Tomiko is a Japanese feminine name commonly written with tomi ('wealth, riches', or with kanji ▶Haruko#17981 in the U.S.Haruko is a Japanese girls' name, most commonly written to mean 'spring child' — 'haru' (spring▶Michi#18258 in the U.S.Michi is a Japanese given name whose meaning depends on its kanji. Written with the character f▶Tanaka#18534 in the U.S.Tanaka is best known as a very common Japanese surname meaning 'dweller in the middle of the ri▶Sumiko#19240 in the U.S.Sumiko is a traditional Japanese girl's name, usually read 'child of clarity' or 'child of puri▶AmaterasuFrom the Japanese Amaterasu, 'shining in heaven; that which illuminates heaven' (ama, 'heaven',▶BentenFrom the Japanese Benten (short for Benzaiten), the goddess of music, eloquence, and flowing th▶HiyoriA Japanese name, romanized here, commonly tied to hiyori, 'good weather; a fine clear day' - th▶IzanamiFrom the Japanese Izanami, traditionally 'she who invites'; the Shinto creator-goddess who, wit▶SayomiA modern name echoing the Japanese element sayo ('night; evening') and the -mi ('beauty') endin▶SuzumeFrom the Japanese suzume, 'sparrow' — the small, lively bird. Widely known from Makoto Shinkai'▶
Japanese Boy Names
AraiArai reads as a Japanese family name — by common characters 'new well' — carried into given-nam▶FujinFrom the Japanese Fujin, 'wind god' (fu, 'wind', + jin, 'god/deity'); the Shinto god of the win▶IruA short name with more than one route: in Yoruba (Nigeria) iru is a fermented locust-bean seaso▶IzanagiFrom the Japanese Izanagi, traditionally 'he who invites'; the Shinto creator-god who, with Iza▶KaizoKaizo is a Japanese given name, historically used for boys, whose meaning depends on the kanji ▶KohakuFrom the Japanese Kohaku (romanized), meaning 'amber.' Also known as the river spirit character▶KyomiA Japanese name (romanized), most often a girl's, frequently read with elements like 'pure' and▶SusanooFrom the Japanese Susanoo, of uncertain meaning (traditionally 'the impetuous male'); the Shint▶TsukuyomiFrom the Japanese Tsukuyomi, 'moon reader; moon counter' (tsuku, 'moon', + yomi, 'reading/count▶
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Popular Japanese baby names include Suzu, Tani, Yuka, Yoko, Yukina, Tomiko. Each page has the meaning, popularity, and an audio pronunciation.
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More4Kids lists 625 Japanese baby names, each with a sourced meaning and audio pronunciation.