Japanese names
Names with Japanese roots
Aeko
Japanese
peaceful
Aika
Japanese
flower
Aiko
Japanese
beloved child
Aimi
Japanese
beautiful love
Aina
Scandinavian and Finnish variation of Aino, Catalan variation of Anna, Japanese, Latvian, Kazakh, Yoruba
always; grace; lover of green; sight; mirror; delivery had complications [umbilical cord twisted around neck]
Airi
Japanese, Finnish
lover of jasmine; lover of pears; messenger, herald
Aizen
Japanese
love, affection + good, virtuous
Akako
Japanese
red
Akane
Japanese
deep red
Akari
Japanese
light; vermilion
Akatsuki
Japanese
dawn; daybreak
Akeno
Japanese
bright
Aki
Japanese; Finnish
born in the autumn; ancestor
Akiko
Japanese
bright child
Akio
Japanese
bright man
Akira
Japanese
bright, intelligent
Akiro
Japanese
bright boy; man of autumn
Akita
Japanese place name
field of rice
Akui
Japanese
evil
Akuma
Japanese
devil, demon
Amai
Japanese, English, Hebrew
sweet, dance; friend, loved; my truth
Amane
Japanese
heavenly sound; sound of rain; everywhere
Amaya
Spanish version of Amaia or Japanese
mother city; the end; night rain
Amayah
Variation of Amaya or Amaia, Spanish, Basque, Japanese
mother city; the end; night rain; heavenly valley
Ami
Japanese, Sanskrit, or variation of Amy
second beauty; second ocean; second truth; nectar; beloved
Amika
Japanese
second + beautiful + fragrance
Aneko
Japanese
older sister
Anime
Japanese from English
animation
Anthy
Popular culture, Japanese, Greek
blossom, flower
Anzu
Japanese
apricot
Aoi
Japanese
bluish
Arata
Japanese
new; fresh
Aruna
Sanskrit, Japanese
reddish-brown; Asian moon
Asa
Hebrew; Japanese
healer; born in the morning
Asagao
Japanese
morning glory, morning bindweed
Asahi
Japanese
sunlight; morning
Asai
Japanese
shallow well
Asaki
Japanese
morning moon or morning blossom
Asuma
Japanese
tomorrow truth
Atari
Israeli surname; Japanese
son of the chemist; I'm about to win
Aya
Japanese, Hebrew, Danish, Arabic
colorful, design; honey buzzard, bird; rock, lull, happiness; sign, verse
Ayaka
Japanese
color, flower
Ayako
Japanese
color + child; peaceful night child; writings + child
Ayame
Japanese
iris
Azami
Japanese; Persian
thistle flower; greatest
Azumi
Japanese, Hausa
safety, peaceful, beauty, apricot; born during the month of fasting
Bara
Hebrew, Japanese
to select; rose
Beni
Hebrew, Spanish, Japanese
son of the right hand; blessed; crimson
Bonsai
Japanese plant name
planted in a tray
Boruto
Japanese
bolt
Botan
Japanese
peony
Chiaki
Japanese
one thousand autumns
Chibi
Japanese
little, small
Chibiusa
Japanese
little rabbit
Chieko
Japanese
wisdom; thousand, girl
Chihiro
Japanese
thousand questions
Chiyo
Japanese
thousand generations
Chiyoko
Japanese
child of one thousand generations
Chocho
Japanese
butterfly
Choji
Japanese
second butterfly
ChÅko
Japanese
butterfly child
Chou
Japanese
butterfly
Chouko
Variation of Choko, Japanese
butterfly child
Dai
Japanese
to shine
DaidÅ
Japanese
the great way
Daina
Japanese; Lithuanian and Latvian
my greens; song
Daisuke
Japanese
great help
Deidara
Japanese
mud
Denki
Japanese
electricity
Eiji
Japanese
prosperity, peace
Eijiro
Japanese
reflective second son
Eimy
Variation of Amy, Japanese
beloved; eternity + beauty
Eko
English, Japanese, Georgian, Javanese
echo, reverberation; blessing + child; pure; one, first
Ema
Variation of Emma, German, Japanese
universal; favor, benefit + flax
Emiko
Japanese
smiling child; beautiful child
Eniko
Japanese, Hungarian
prosperity, charity; young hind
Eri
Japanese
loving reason; blessing + reason; hometown blessing; picture + pear
Erina
Greek, Japanese, Albanian
spring, hero; favored village; peace; our wind
Fuji
Japanese
dweller near the river where wisteria grows
Fuyuki
Japanese
snow
Gaara
Japanese
demigod who I love; demigod who loves himself
Geisha
Japanese word name
entertainer
Gen
Japanese
spring
Goku
Japanese
aware of emptiness
Goro
Japanese; variation of Gorou
fifth son
Gorou
Japanese
fifth son
Hachiro
Japanese
eighth son
Hachirou
Japanese
eighth son
Hakka
Japanese
peppermint
Haku
Japanese
white; chief; soul
Hana
Hebrew, Hawaiian, Maori, Japanese
grace, work, glow, flower
Hanabi
Japanese
fireworks
Hanaka
Japanese
flower
Hanako
Japanese
flower child
Hanami
Japanese
flower viewing
Haru
Japanese
born in the spring; clear weather
Haruhi
Japanese
spring day; spring queen
Haruka
Japanese
distant; spring flower
Haruki
Japanese
spring tree
Haruko
Japanese
born in spring
Harumi
Japanese
beautiful spring; clear weather
Haruna
Japanese
spring vegetables
Haruo
Japanese
spring-born boy
Haruto
Japanese
a person born in the spring
Haruu
Variation of Haru, Japanese
born in the spring; clear weather
Haya
Hebrew or Japanese
life; universal feathers
Hayate
Japanese
smooth; sound of the wind; hurricane; sudden sound
Hideaki
Japanese
excellent brightness
Hideki
Japanese
bright tree
Hikari
Japanese
light
Hikaru
Japanese
light or radiance
Himari
Japanese
sunflower; sunshine + hollyhock
Himawari
Japanese word name
sunflower
Hinata
Japanese
sunflower; facing the sun
Hiro
Japanese
Generous, prosperous
Hiroko
Japanese
generous, fair
Hiroshi
Japanese
generous
Hiroto
Japanese
great flying
Hisa
Japanese
long-awaited
Hitomi
Japanese
pupil of the eye; beautiful history; noble beauty
Honoka
Japanese
harmony + flower; fragrant grain
Hoshi
Japanese
star
Ibara
Japanese surname
thorn
Ichigo
Japanese
strawberry; one guardian
Ichiro
Japanese
firstborn son
Iku
Japanese
nourishing
Ikuko
Japanese
educated child
Ima
Japanese
present, now
Inari
Finnish place name; Japanese
loaded with rice
Ino
Greek; Japanese
mythological name; wild boar
Inojin
Japanese
boar person
Inori
Japanese
prayer
Io
Japanese
rely on + emperor, rely on + hero
Iro
Greek, Japanese, Finnish
hero; color; peace
Isamu
Japanese
brave or gallant
Ishi
Japanese
stone
Issei
Japanese
single, alone, one + star; bright; sincere
Itachi
Japanese
weasel
Itsuka
Japanese
most beautiful; best flower; best fruit
Izan
Basque variation of Ethan or Japanese
strong, firm; reliable mountain
Izuku
Japanese
long exit
Izumi
Japanese
spring fountain
Jigen
Japanese
dimension
Jin
Japanese or Chinese
tenderness, gentleness; gold
Jinbe
Japanese
whale-shark
Jiraiya
Japanese
young thunder
Jiro
Japanese
second son
Junko
Japanese
pure or obedient child
Juro
Croatian, Japanese
earth worker; tenth son
Jyn
Variation of Jin, Japanese or Chinese
tenderness, gentleness; gold
Kabuto
Japanese
helmet, armor
Kaede
Japanese
maple tree
Kaguya
Japanese
shining
Kairi
Japanese
sea
Kaito
Japanese
sea, ocean + to fly, soar
Kaizen
Japanese
good change
Kakashi
Japanese
scarecrow
Kakuzu
Japanese
bishop
Kakyuu
Japanese
fireball
Kami
English, Japanese
young ceremonial attendant or crooked nose; divine
Kamiko
Japanese
fragrant ocean child
Kanai
Hawaiian, Japanese, Hebrew
the conqueror; gold mine, metal pit, humble; zealous for God, a zealot
Kano
African place-name or Japanese
the god of the waters
Kanza
Arabic, Japanese, "treasure; a pause, interval + to stand, sit"
treasure; a pause, interval + to stand, sit
Kaomi
Japanese, Hawaiian, Yoruba
fragrant + beautiful; pressure, press, click
Kaori
Japanese
smell, fragrance
Karen
Danish variation of Katherine, Japanese
pure; lotus flower
Kasai
Japanese
fire, flame
Kasumi
Japanese
mist
Katana
Persian or Japanese
honorable or sword
Katori
Japanese
beautiful jasmine girl
Katsu
Japanese
victory
Katsuhiko
Japanese
victorious prince
Kawaii
Japanese
cute, darling
Kaya
Scandinavian, English, Literature, Japanese
pure; one who arranges rocks; perfume, incense; fruit, reward
Kayori
Japanese
scent, fragrance
Kazu
Japanese
number, amount
Kazue
Japanese
one blessing
Kazuki
Japanese
hope of peace
Kazuko
Japanese
child of peace
Kazumi
Japanese
beautiful peace
Kazuo
Japanese
first son; harmonious man
Kei
Japanese, Frisian
blessing, wise, intelligent, gemstone; horn, victory or the people
Keiko
Japanese
happy child
Keita
Japanese, East African
celebration, open, begin + great, big; worshipper, blessing
Ken
Diminutive of Kenneth; Japanese
born of fire or handsome; healthy and strong
Kenichi
Japanese
wise one
Kenji
Japanese
second son; healthy + second; wise + second; modest second
Kenjiro
Japanese
strong second son
Kenshi
Japanese
swordsman
Kenzo
Japanese
strong and healthy
Kiaria
Japanese
fortunate
Kiba
Japanese
fang
Kiki
French nickname and Japanese
double happiness
Kiko
Japanese
hope child
Kikyo
Japanese
platycodon flower; balloon flower
Kimi
Finnish, Hawaiian, Japanese
Yahweh will establish; supplanter; righteous + lord
Kin
Japanese
gold; pleasure; close; average
Kinoko
Japanese
mushroom
Kisame
Japanese
demon shark
Kita
Japanese, Croatian
north; rejoice + many; pure
Kitara
Japanese
north edge
Kitsu
Japanese
orange, tangerine; good luck
Kiyoko
Japanese
clear, pure child; holy child; rejoice child
Kiyomi
Japanese
sacred and beautiful; clean and beautiful
Koda
Japanese, Sioux
friend
Kodai
Japanese
large
Kohaku
Japanese
amber
Koharu
Japanese
late summer; early autumn
Kohei
Japanese
wide and flat
Koi
Japanese or Choctaw
carp; panther
Koji
Japanese
double happiness; peaceful boss
Koki
Japanese
bright light; hopeful fortune
Koko
Japanese, Native American
stork; night
Kokomo
Japanese, Hawaian, Native American
mind, heart + peach; to enter
Kota
Japanese, Indian, Native American
happiness; good fortune; fort; allies, friends
Kouki
Variation of Koki, Japanese
bright light; hopeful fortune
Kouta
Japanese
happiness; good fortune; peace; great; little songs
Kubo
Japanese
sunken ground
Kumiko
Japanese
forever beautiful child
Kurenai
Japanese
crimson
Kuro
Japanese
ninth son; black
Kyo
Japanese
village; capital city; apricot; unite
Kyoka
Japanese
mirror; fragrant flower
Kyoko
Japanese
mirror
Kyomi
Japanese "pure and beautiful"
pure and beautiful
Machiko
Japanese
fortunate child
Madara
Japanese
impure
Mai
Japanese, French, Welsh, Vietnamese, Navajo
dance; May; cherry blossom; coyote
Maiko
Japanese
dance child
Maisa
Finnish and Old Swedish form of Maria, Portuguese, Japanese, Georgian, Arabic
beloved; drop of the sea, bitter; beloved and famous in battle; dance + sand; born in May; walking with a proud gait
Maki
Japanese
true, reality, hope
Mako
Japanese
sincerity
Makoto
Japanese
sincerity, truth
Mami
Japanese
true beauty
Mamoru
Japanese
defend, protect
Manami
Japanese
ocean
Manzo
Japanese
third son
Mari
Variation of Maria or Mary, Basque, Japanese
drop of the sea, bitter, or beloved; gift, mother; truth, genuine, villlage
Mariko
Japanese
real, true; village, child
Maro
Latin, Hebrew, or Japanese
from Mars; bitter; or, myself
Maru
Tswana, Amharic, Japanese, Maori
cloud; honey; circle, round; gentle, easy, safe
Masako
Japanese
proper child
Masashi
Japanese
governmental; graceful purpose
Masaya
Japanese
to be graceful, elegant
Masuyo
Japanese
increase + generation; increase + gift
Mawata
Japanese
silk floss, real cotton
Mayu
Japanese
genuine excellence; cocoon
Mayura
Sanskrit, Japanese
peacock; celestial, heavenly + cherry blossom
Megumi
Japanese
blessing
Michi
Japanese, German
path, road; who is like God?
Michiaki
Japanese
bright path, autumn path
Michika
Japanese
multiple
Michiko
Japanese
the righteous way
Michiru
Japanese
fulfill; complete; mature
Midori
Japanese
green; beautiful bird
Midoriya
Japanese
green valley
Mie
Danish, Norwegian diminutive of Marie, Japanese
bitter; beauty; three
Mieko
Japanese
prosperous
Miini
Japanese
beauty
Mika
Japanese, Slovene, Hebrew, English, Greek
beautiful fragrance; who is like God?; follower of Demeter
Mikasa
Japanese
three bamboo hats
Miki
Japanese
flower stem
Mikio
Japanese
tree trunk man, tree trunk husband
Mimiko
Japanese
beautiful child
Minako
Japanese
beautiful child
Minato
Japanese
harbor
Minto
Japanese
mint
Mio
Japanese
beautiful, or, cherry
Mira
Latin, Slavic, Arabic, Sanskrit, Japanese
admirable; peace; female ruler; ocean; mirror
Mirai
Japanese or Shona
future or wait
Misa
Japanese
beautiful happiness; sea and sand
Mitsu
Japanese
light; honey, nectar, sweetness; beautiful haven, beautiful harbor; three
Mitsuki
Japanese
full moon; beautiful moon; moonlight; snake vessel
Miu
Japanese
better heart; beautiful feather
Miya
Variation of Mia or Maya; Japanese
palace, shrine, temple
Miyabi
Japanese
elegance; beautiful night fire
Miyako
Japanese
beautiful night child
Miyori
Japanese
beautiful generation
Miyu
Japanese
beautfiul evening
Miyuki
Japanese
beautiful snow / beautiful happiness
Mizuki
Japanese
good luck, auspicious, hope; water, mist
Moe
English, Hebrew, Japanese
beloved, bitter; delivered; bud, sprout
Moegi
Japanese
budding sprout
Momiji
Japanese
autumn colors
Momo
Japanese
peach
Momoe
Japanese
one hundred blessings
Momoko
Japanese
peach child
Mori
Japanese
forest
Morita
Japanese, Filipino
forest + rice paddy, field; Moorish, North African
Motoki
Japanese
submerged rock
Motoko
Japanese
resourceful child
Murasaki
Japanese
purple gromwell, purple flower; violet colour; cluster of blooms
Naemi
German and Nordic form of Naomi, Hebrew; Japanese
pleasantness; sapling, seed + beautful
Nagato
Japanese
long-lasting gate
Nahomi
Japanese, variation of Naomi
straight and beautiful
Nai
Japanese
vegetables, green; clothing
Nakano
Japanese surname
mid-field, middle of the wilderness
Nami
Japanese
ocean wave
Namida
Japanese
tear