Save Gender Feminine Usage Japanese Scripts そらの(Japanese Hiragana) 空乃, 天乃, etc.(Japanese Kanji) Pronounced Pron. SO-ṘAH-NO [key] Meaning & History From Japanese 空 (sora) meaning "sky" or 天 (sora) meaning "heavens, sky" combined with 乃 (no), a possessive particle. Other combinations of kanji characters can also form this name.