LegendaryMyth's Personal Name List

Yuu
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 優, 悠, 勇, etc.(Japanese Kanji) ゆう(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: YOO
Personal remark: From Japanese 優 (yuu) meaning "excellence, superiority, gentleness", 悠 (yuu) meaning "distant, leisurely", 勇 (yuu) meaning "brave", or other kanji which are pronounced the same way.
Rating: 55% based on 8 votes
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji or or (see ).
Yūto
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 優斗, 悠斗, 悠人, 悠翔, 優翔, 柚翔, 祐翔, 勇人, etc.(Japanese Kanji) ゆうと(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: YOO-TO
Personal remark: From Japanese (yū) meaning "excellence, superiority, gentleness" and (to) "person"
Rating: 90% based on 2 votes
From Japanese () meaning "excellence, superiority, gentleness" or () meaning "permanence" combined with (to), which refers to a Chinese constellation, (to) meaning "person" or (to) meaning "soar, fly". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Yulan
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Chinese
Other Scripts: 玉兰, 雨兰, etc.(Chinese)
Pronounced: UY-LAHN
Personal remark: From Chinese meaning "precious stone" or "rain", combined with a character meaning "orchid, elegant".
From Chinese 玉 () meaning "jade, precious stone, gem" or 雨 () meaning "rain" combined with 兰 (lán) meaning "orchid, elegant". Other character combinations can form this name as well.
Yūichi
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Personal remark: Yuichi can be traced back to feudal Japan, and carries the meaning of Kind One.
Yu
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Chinese
Other Scripts: 玉, 愉, 雨, 宇, 裕, etc.(Chinese)
Pronounced: UY
Personal remark: From Chinese 玉 (yù) meaning "jade, precious stone, gem", 愉 (yú) meaning "pleasant, delightful" or 雨 (yǔ) meaning "rain". Other characters can form this name as well.
Rating: 58% based on 6 votes
From Chinese () meaning "jade, precious stone, gem", () meaning "pleasant, delightful" or () meaning "rain". Other characters can form this name as well.
Xinling
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Chinese
Other Scripts: 馨铃, 欣铃, 欣泠, 心聆, 心凌(Chinese)
Personal remark: From the Chinese meaning "pure, virtuous", "heart, mind, soul", "fragrant", and "delighted".
From the Chinese 馨 (xīn) meaning "fragrant, aromatic, distant fragrance", 欣 (xīn) meaning "happy, joyous, delighted" or 心 (xīn) meaning "heart, mind, soul" and 铃 (líng) meaning "bell", 泠 (líng) meaning "nice and cool", 聆 (líng) meaning "hear, listen" or 凌 (líng) meaning "pure, virtuous".
Wataru
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 渉, 亘, 渡, 航, 亘琉, 航瑠, 和多留(Japanese Kanji) わたる(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: WA-TA-ROO
Personal remark: Derived from Japanese.
Derived from the Japanese kanji 渉 (wataru) meaning "to ford or to cross a body of water" or 亘 (wataru) meaning "span, request" or 渡 (wataru) meaning "transit, ford, ferry, cross" or 航 (wataru) meaning "navigate".

This name can also be written with two or three kanji for example 亘 (wata) and 航 (wata), read differently than above, combined with 琉 or 瑠 (ru) meaning "precious stone, lapis lazuli" or also 和 (wa) meaning "peace, harmony, Japan" combined with 多 (ta) meaning "many, much" and 留 (ru) meaning "detain, fasten, halt, stop".

Other kanji combinations are also possible.

Tsubaki
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 椿, etc.(Japanese Kanji) つばき(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: TSOO-BA-KYEE
Personal remark: From Japanese 椿 (tsubaki) meaning "camellia flower".
Rating: 59% based on 7 votes
From Japanese 椿 (tsubaki) meaning "camellia (flower)", as well as other combinations of kanji that are pronounced the same way.
Tomoe
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Pronounced: TO-MO-E
Personal remark: Means "earth" or "death" in Japanese.
Rating: 64% based on 7 votes
Means "earth" or "death" in Japanese.
Tolui
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Mongolian (Rare), Medieval Mongolian
Other Scripts: Тулуй, Толуй(Mongolian Cyrillic) ᠲᠤᠯᠤᠢ(Traditional Mongolian)
Pronounced: tuw-zhuw-ee(Mongolian) to-ZHUY-eh(Mongolian)
Personal remark: Tolui (c. 1191–1232) was the youngest son of Genghis Khan
Derived from Mongolian толь (toli) meaning "mirror".
Temür
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Medieval Turkic
Personal remark: Old Turkic and Mongol name meaning "iron".
Old Turkic form of Timur.
Tandin
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Bhutanese
Other Scripts: རྟ་མགྲིན(Tibetan)
Personal remark: Bhutanese form of Damdrin, Tibetan name for Hayagriva, the name of a Hindu god of knowledge.
Bhutanese form of Damdrin.
Sương
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Vietnamese
Pronounced: SWUNG, SHWUNG
Personal remark: From Sino-Vietnamese 霜 (sương) meaning "frost, dew".
Rating: 85% based on 2 votes
From Sino-Vietnamese 霜 (sương) meaning "frost, dew".
Suiko
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Personal remark: Means "water fox" or "water child" in Japanese. This is also the name of the first ruling empress in Japan.
Means "water fox" or "water child" in Japanese. This is also the name of the first ruling empress in Japan. She was the wife of emperor Bidatsu.
Sovanna
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Khmer
Other Scripts: សុវណ្ណា(Khmer)
Personal remark: Variant of Sovann, meaning "gold" in Khmer, ultimately from Sanskrit 'suvarna', Sanskrit word meaning "good colour, bright, gold"
Variant of Sovann.
Song
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Chinese
Other Scripts: 嵩, 松, 颂, 宋(Chinese)
Personal remark: Derived from the Chinese characters of "highty; lofty (literarian term referred to a mountain)" or "pine tree", or meaning "to acclaim; hymn; ode".
Derived from the Chinese character 嵩 (sōng) meaning "highty; lofty (literarian term referred to a mountain)" or 松 (sōng) meaning "pine tree" or 颂 (sòng) meaning "to acclaim; hymn; ode". More often used as a surname is 宋 (sòng) that was the name of the Imperial Dynasty reigning in China in years 960-1279 AC.

Other characters combinations are also possible.

Singye
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Bhutanese
Other Scripts: སེང་གེ(Tibetan)
Personal remark: Means "lion" in Tibetan.
Bhutanese variant of Sangay.
Shusheng
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Chinese
Other Scripts: 淑胜, 淑圣(Chinese)
Personal remark: From Chinese meaning "kind, victory, sacred". This was the posthumous name of Empress Gi (1340–1370)
From the Chinese 淑 (shū) meaning "kind and gentle" and 胜 (shèng) meaning "victory, excel" or 圣 (shèng) meaning "holy, sacred, sage".
Sen
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 亘, 仙, 千(Japanese Kanji) せん(Japanese Hiragana) セン(Japanese Katakana)
Pronounced: SEHN
Personal remark: This name was most commonly used in Japan, as a feminine name, from the Edo period (1602-1868) to the first half of the 20th century, but nowadays, it's very rarely given to girls, if at all.
Rating: 55% based on 2 votes
Derived from the Japanese kanji 亘 (sen) meaning "span; request" or 仙 (sen) referred to a sage, a hermit or an enlightened person or 千 (sen) meaning "thousand".

Other characters combinations are also possible.

Sen
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Vietnamese
Personal remark: Means "lotus flower" in Vietnamese.
Rating: 65% based on 2 votes
Means "lotus flower" in Vietnamese.
Sakurako
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 桜子, etc.(Japanese Kanji) さくらこ(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: SA-KOO-RA-KO
Personal remark: From Japanese meaning "cherry blossom child".
Rating: 90% based on 2 votes
From Japanese (sakura) meaning "cherry blossom" and (ko) meaning "child". Other kanji combinations are also possible.
Pye
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Burmese
Other Scripts: ပြေ(Burmese)
Pronounced: PYEH
Personal remark: Means "appeased, satisfied" in Burmese.
Means "appeased, satisfied" in Burmese.
Putri
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Indonesian
Pronounced: POOT-ree
Personal remark: Means "daughter" in Indonesian, ultimately from Sanskrit.
Means "daughter" in Indonesian, ultimately from Sanskrit पुत्री (putrī).
Phetmany
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Lao
Other Scripts: ເພັດມະນີ(Lao)
Pronounced: peht-ma-NEE
Personal remark: From Lao (phet) meaning "diamond" and (many) 'gem'
From Lao ເພັດ (phet) meaning "diamond" and ມະນີ (many) meaning "gem, jewel".
Ouka
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 桜花, 桜華, 桜叶, etc.(Japanese Kanji)
Pronounced: O:-KAH
Personal remark: From Japanese meaning "cherry tree, cherry blossom"
Rating: 85% based on 2 votes
From Japanese 桜 (ou) meaning "cherry tree, cherry blossom" combined with 花 (ka) or 華 (ka) both meaning "flower, blossom" or 叶 (ka) meaning "fulfill, come true". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Ögedei
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Medieval Mongolian
Other Scripts: Өгэдэй(Mongolian Cyrillic) ᠥᠭᠡᠳᠡᠢ, ᠣᠭᠡᠳᠡᠢ, ᠥᠭᠦᠳᠡᠢ(Traditional Mongolian)
Personal remark: Medieval Mongolian. This name was borne by Ögedei Khan (1186–1241).
Meaning unknown, possibly derived from Turkish ok "arrow" and tay "colt". This name was borne by Ögedei Khan (1186–1241), the second khagan of the Mongol Empire and a son of Genghis Khan.
Nomoko
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 野茂子, 野萌子, etc.(Japanese Kanji)
Pronounced: NO-MO-KO
Personal remark: From Japanese 野 (no) meaning "area, field", 茂 (mo) meaning "overgrown; luxuriant, thickly growing, lush" or 萌 (mo) meaning "bud, sprout" combined with 子 (ko) meaning "child".
Rating: 68% based on 6 votes
From Japanese 野 (no) meaning "area, field", 茂 (mo) meaning "overgrown; luxuriant, thickly growing, lush" or 萌 (mo) meaning "bud, sprout" combined with 子 (ko) meaning "child". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Nga
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Vietnamese
Pronounced: NGA
Personal remark: Part of the word "Tố Nga" which means "beautiful girl" in Vietnamese
Rating: 50% based on 6 votes
From Sino-Vietnamese 娥 (nga) meaning "beautiful, good".
Naoki
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 直樹, etc.(Japanese Kanji) なおき(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: NA-O-KYEE
Personal remark: From Japanese meaning "straight, direct" and "tree".
From Japanese (nao) meaning "straight, direct" and (ki) meaning "tree", as well as other combinations of different kanji with the same pronunciations.
Minye
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Chinese
Other Scripts: 敏烨(Chinese)
Personal remark: From the Chinese meaning "agile, nimble, clever" and "bright, glorious, firelight".
From the Chinese 敏 (mǐn) meaning "agile, nimble, quick, fast, clever" and 烨 (yè) meaning "bright, glorious, firelight".
Minae
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 美苗, etc.(Japanese Kanji)
Pronounced: MEE-NAH-E
Personal remark: From Japanese meaning "beautiful sprouts".
From Japanese 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful" combined with 苗 (nae) meaning "sprouts".

Famous bearers are Minae Mizumura, Japanese writer and literary critic and Minae Noji, Japanese-American actress.

Mei 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 芽依, 芽生, 芽衣, etc.(Japanese Kanji) めい(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: MEH-EE
Personal remark: From Japanese 芽 (me) meaning "bud, sprout" combined with 依 (i) meaning "rely on", and 生 (I) "life"
Rating: 95% based on 2 votes
From Japanese (me) meaning "bud, sprout" combined with (i) meaning "rely on", (i) meaning "life" or (i) meaning "clothing, garment". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Masako
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 雅子, 正子, etc.(Japanese Kanji) まさこ(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: MA-SA-KO
Personal remark: From Japanese meaning "elegant, graceful"
From Japanese (masa) meaning "elegant, graceful" or (masa) meaning "right, proper" combined with (ko) meaning "child". Masako (1963-) is the current empress consort of Japan. This name can also be formed from other combinations of kanji.
Khulan
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Mongolian
Other Scripts: Хулан(Mongolian Cyrillic)
Personal remark: Means "onager, wild donkey" in Mongolian. This was the name of a wife of Genghis Khan.
Rating: 67% based on 7 votes
Means "onager, wild donkey" in Mongolian. This was the name of a wife of Genghis Khan.
Ketut
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Balinese
Pronounced: kə-TUWT
Personal remark: Possibly from a Balinese word meaning "small banana". This name is traditionally given to the fourth child.
Rating: 57% based on 6 votes
Possibly from a Balinese word meaning "small banana". This name is traditionally given to the fourth child.
Kanako
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 加奈子, 香菜子, 香奈子, etc.(Japanese Kanji) かなこ(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: KA-NA-KO
Personal remark: From Japanese 加 (ka) meaning "increase" or 香 (ka) meaning "fragrance" combined with 奈 (na), a phonetic character, or 菜 (na) meaning "vegetables, greens" and finished with 子 (ko) meaning "chi
Rating: 80% based on 2 votes
From Japanese (ka) meaning "increase" or (ka) meaning "fragrance" combined with (na), a phonetic character, or (na) meaning "vegetables, greens" and finished with (ko) meaning "child". Other kanji combinations can form this name as well.
Kaguya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature
Other Scripts: 赫映(Japanese Kanji) かぐや(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: KA-GOO-YA(Japanese)
Personal remark: From a Japanese tale. Meaning "radiant night", it is often used in anime and other popular culture.
Means "bright, shining" in Japanese. It is spelled with the kanji (kagaya) meaning "bright" and (ya) meaning "reflect". The name originates from the old Japanese folktale The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter, about a bamboo cutter who finds a tiny baby in a bamboo stalk and names her Kaguya-hime "shining princess". When she grows up she rejects all proposals for marriage (including that from the Emperor) and eventually returns to her true home on the moon.

Many characters from Japanese anime and other popular culture bear this name, after her.

Jochi
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Medieval Mongolian
Other Scripts: Зүчи, Жочи(Mongolian Cyrillic) ᠵᠥᠴᠢ(Traditional Mongolian)
Personal remark: Medieval Mongolian meaning "guest". This was the name of a son of Genghis Khan (c. 1182-1227)
From Mongolian зочин (zochin) meaning "guest", indicating uncertainty about a child’s paternity. This was the name of a son of Mongol khagan Genghis Khan.
Ji-Min
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Korean
Other Scripts: 지민(Korean Hangul) 志旼, 智敏, 志珉, etc.(Korean Hanja)
Pronounced: CHEE-MEEN
Personal remark: From Sino-Korean 志 (ji) meaning "will, purpose, ambition" or 智 (ji) meaning "wisdom, intellect" combined with 旼 (min) meaning "gentle", 敏 (min) meaning "clever" or 珉 (min) meaning "jade"
Rating: 40% based on 6 votes
From Sino-Korean (ji) meaning "will, purpose, ambition" or (ji) meaning "wisdom, intellect" combined with (min) meaning "gentle, affable", (min) meaning "quick, clever, sharp" or (min) meaning "jade, stone resembling jade". Other hanja character combinations are possible.
Izayo
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 十六夜, etc.(Japanese Kanji)
Pronounced: EE-ZAH-YO
Personal remark: From Japanese meaning "night, evening". Other kanji combinations are possible.
From Japanese 十 (i) meaning "ten", 六 (za) meaning "six" combined with 夜 (yo) meaning "night, evening". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Iyo
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 以世, 伊世, 以夜, 以予, 伊余, 依世, 依予, 惟世, etc.(Japanese Kanji) イヨ(Japanese Katakana) ゐよ, いよ(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: EE-YO
Personal remark: From Japanese meaning "compared to the world.".
From Japanese 以 (i) meaning "compared to" combined with 世 (yo) meaning "world". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Inori
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 祈り(Japanese kanji and Hiragana) いのり (Japanese Hiragana)
Personal remark: Means "prayer" in Japanese.
Rating: 83% based on 8 votes
Derived from the Japanese word 祈り (inori) meaning "prayer".

Other kanji combinations are also possible.

Inoe
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Korean (Rare, ?)
Personal remark: Rare Archaic Korean.
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Hirari
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: ひらり(Japanese Hiragana) 桜舞, 蝶, 天空, 天舞, 日蘭莉, 妃蘭璃, 飛来里, 柊凜, 陽舞, etc.(Japanese Kanji)
Pronounced: HEE-ṘAH-ṘEE
Personal remark: From Japanese (hi) meaning "cherry blossom", (hirari) "butterfly", (hi) "heaven, sky", (hi) "empress", (hi) "to fly", (hira) "holly olive", and (ra) meaning "orchid" or (ri) meaning "white jasmine", a
Rating: 81% based on 7 votes
From Japanese 桜 (hi) meaning "cherry blossom", 蝶 (hirari) meaning "butterfly", 天 (hi) meaning "heaven, sky", 日 (hi) meaning "sun, day", 妃 (hi) meaning "empress", 飛 (hi) meaning "to fly", 柊 (hira) meaning "holly olive" or 陽 (hi) meaning "light, sun, male", 蘭 (ra) meaning "orchid" or 来 (ra) meaning "to come" combined with 莉 (ri) meaning "white jasmine", 璃 (ri) meaning "glassy" or 里 (ri) meaning "village", 舞 (rari) meaning "dance", 空 (rari) meaning "sky" or 凜 (ri) meaning "dignified, severe, cold". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Eniko
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: えにこ(Japanese Hiragana) 栄仁子, etc.(Japanese Kanji)
Pronounced: E-NEE-KO
Personal remark: From Japanese meaning "flourish, prosperity, honor, glory, splendor",
Rating: 60% based on 2 votes
From Japanese 栄 (e) meaning "flourish, prosperity, honor, glory, splendor", 仁 (ni) meaning "humanity, virtue, benevolence, charity, man, kernel" combined with 子 (ko) meaning "child". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Daigo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 大悟, 大吾, etc.(Japanese Kanji) だいご(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: DA-EE-GO
Personal remark: From Japanese meaning "great" combined with "enlightenment".
From Japanese (dai) meaning "big, great" combined with (go) meaning "enlightenment" or (go) meaning "I, me". Other kanji combinations can also form this name.
Chabi
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval Mongolian
Other Scripts: Чаби(Mongolian Cyrillic) ᠴᠠᠪᠢ(Traditional Mongolian)
Personal remark: Medieval Mongolian. Empress Chabi (1225–1281) was a Khongirad empress consort.
Empress Chabi (1225–1281) was a Khongirad empress consort of the Yuan dynasty in China, married to Kublai Khan. As such, she was the wife to the Mongol Khagan who had conquered all of China in the 1270s.
Atikah
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic, Indonesian, Malay
Other Scripts: عاتكة(Arabic) اتيكه(Malay Jawi)
Pronounced: ‘A-tee-kah(Arabic)
Personal remark: Arabic alternate transcription of Atika as well as the Indonesian and Malay form meaning "clean, pure".
Arabic alternate transcription of Atika as well as the Indonesian and Malay form.
Andia
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Albanian
Feminine form of Andi and Andis.
Akihiko
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 明彦, 昭彦, etc.(Japanese Kanji) あきひこ(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: A-KYEE-KHEE-KO
Personal remark: From Japanese meaning "brighht" & "boy, prince"
Rating: 90% based on 1 vote
From Japanese (aki) or (aki) both meaning "bright" combined with (hiko) meaning "boy, prince". Other combinations of kanji characters can also form this name.
Aiko
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 愛子, etc.(Japanese Kanji) あいこ(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: A-EE-KO
Personal remark: From Japanese meaning "love, affection" and "child"
From Japanese (ai) meaning "love, affection" and (ko) meaning "child", as well as other character combinations.
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