natalie.shine's Personal Name List

From Japanese 優 (yū) meaning "excellence, superiority, gentleness", 悠 (yū) meaning "permanence" or 勇 (yū) meaning "brave" combined with 太 (ta) meaning "thick, big, great". Other combinations of kanji are possible.

From Japanese 安 (yasu) meaning "peace, quiet" combined with 央 (hiro) meaning "centre, middle". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Famous bearers are Yasuhiro Kobayashi, a Japanese musician, accordionist, composer and arranger, Yasuhiro Nightow, a Japanese manga artist, Yasuhiro Yoshiura, a Japanese writer and director of animated short films, Yasuhiro Matsuda, a Japanese professor of international politics at the University of Tokyo, Yasuhiro Fueki, a Japanese track and field athlete who competes in the 400 metres hurdles, Yasuhiro Nakasone, a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 27 November 1982 to 6 November 1987, Yasuhiro Kido, a Japanese welterweight kickboxer competing in K-1 MAX, Yasuhiro Morinaga, a sound designer, music director and independent filmmaker, based in Tokyo, Yasuhiro Sato, a Japanese baseball player and Yasuhiro Kato, a Japanese football player.

Most commonly spelled as 紬 deriving from (tsumugu) meaning "pongee", a knotted silk cloth. It can also be spelled as 紡 (tsumugu) or 績 (tsumugu) meaning "to spin". Other kanji combinations are possible.

This name combines 塔 (tou) meaning "pagoda, steeple, tower," 憧 (shou, tou, dou, akoga.reru) meaning "admire, adore, aspire to, long for, yearn after," 東 (tou, higashi) meaning "east," 桃 (tou, momo) meaning "peach tree," 桐 (tou, dou, kiri) meaning "paulownia," 灯 (tou, akari, tomoshibi, tomo.su, hi, ho-) meaning "(a) light, lamp," 登 (shou, chou, to, tou, dou, a.garu, nobo.ru) meaning "ascend, climb up," 瞳 (tou, dou, hitomi) meaning "pupil," 藤 (tou, dou, fuji) meaning "wisteria," 透 (tou, su.kasu, su.ku, su.keru, tou.su, tou.ru) meaning "filter, penetrate, permeate, transparent" or 陶 (tou) meaning "porcelain, pottery" with 子 (shi, su, tsu, ko, -ko, -ne) meaning "child, sign of the rat (1st sign of the Chinese zodiac)."

From Japanese 典 (ten) meaning "ceremony, rule", 天 (ten) meaning "heavens, sky" or 展 (ten) meaning "exhibition" combined with 子 (ko) meaning "child", 恋 (ko) meaning "love" (for females) or 鼓 (ko) meaning "drum" (for males). Other kanji combinations are possible.

From Japanese 太 (ta) meaning "thick, big, great" and 一 (ichi) meaning "one", in addition to other combinations of kanji that are pronounced the same way.

From Japanese 多 (ta) meaning "many", 恵 (e) meaning "favour, benefit" and 子 (ko) meaning "child". Other kanji combinations are also possible.

惣 (so) means "distressed"

Variant of Sonya.

means "excellent one"

From Japanese 聖 (sei) meaning "holy, sacred" combined with 子 (ko) meaning "child". Other kanji combinations can also form this name.

From Japanese 沙 (sa) meaning "sand" or 紗 (sa) meaning "thread, silk" with 也 (ya) meaning "also" or 耶 (ya), an interjection, combined with 香 (ka) meaning "fragrance" or 加 (ka) meaning "increase". This name can also be composed of other kanji combinations. It is often written using the hiragana writing system.

From Japanese 郷 (sato) meaning "hometown", 慧 (sato) meaning "bright; intelligent", 賢 (sato) meaning "intelligence", 悟 (sato) meaning "enlightenment", 識 (sato) meaning "acquaintanceship", 聡 (sato) meaning "intelligent, clever, bright", 智 (sato) meaning "knowledge, wisdom", 都 (sato) meaning "capital (city)", 里 (sato) meaning "village" or 惺 (sato) meaning "intelligent, clever, astute". Other kanji or kanji combinations can form this name as well.

From Japanese 桜 (sakura) meaning "cherry blossom", though it is often written using the hiragana writing system. It can also come from 咲 (saku) meaning "blossom" and 良 (ra) meaning "good, virtuous, respectable" as well as other kanji combinations.

Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 涼太 or 亮太 or 良太 (see Ryōta).

From Ryō (also 龍/竜 meaning "dragon") combined with a ma kanji, such as 真 meaning "truth," 馬 meaning "horse," 磨 meaning "polish, shine" 雅 meaning "elegance, grace."

One bearer of this name was Ryōma Sakamoto (坂本 龍馬) (1836-1867), a prominent Bakumatsu period (around 1853-1867) figure in the movement to overthrow the Tokugawa shogunate.

From Japanese 星 (ru) meaning "star" or 瑠 (ru) meaning "lapis lazuli" duplicated and combined with 花 (ka) or 華 (ka) which both mean "flower". Other kanji combinations are possible.

蘭 (ran): 蘭 is an orchid.
太郎 (taro): It actually means the taro plant, but another meaning is "man" (basically).

Diminutive of Petar.

From Japanese 夏 (natsu) meaning "summer" and 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful". It can also come from 菜 (na) meaning "vegetables, greens" and 摘 (tsumi) meaning "pick, pluck". Other kanji combinations are possible.

From Japanese 凪 (nagi) meaning "calm", 和 (nagi) meaning "harmony, Japanese style, peace, soften, Japan", 渚 (nagi) meaning "strand, beach, shore" or 成 (na) meaning "turn into, become, get, grow, elapse, reach", 銀 (gi) meaning "silver" combined with 人 (to) meaning "person", 冬 (to) meaning "winter", 叶 (to) meaning "grant, answer", 斗 (to), which refers to a Chinese constellation, 杜 (to) meaning "woods, grove", 翔 (to) meaning "soar, fly", 音 (to) meaning "sound", 十 (to) meaning "ten", 仁 (to) meaning "humanity, virtue, benevolence, charity, man, kernel" or 士 (to) meaning "samurai". Other kanji combinations are also possible.

This name can be used for both sexes as 渚 (sho, nagisa) meaning "beach, shore."
With an extra kanji (that case being mainly occurring on females), 渚 or 凪 (see Nagi) can be combined with 沙/砂 (sa, sha, suna) meaning "sand," 紗 (sa, sha, usuginu) meaning "gauze, gossamer," 佐 (sa) meaning "help," 彩 (sai, irodo.ru, sa) meaning "colouring, paint" or 咲 (shou, sa.ku) meaning "bloom, blossom."

Bearers of this name include (female) actress Nagisa Katahira (片平 なぎさ) (1959-) and (male) director and screenwriter Nagisa Ōshima (大島 渚) (1932-2013).

Means "dark dream". the kanji used are 夢 (mu, yume) meaning "dream" and 黎 (kuro, ri) meaning "dark".

This name is used as 主水 with 主 (shu, shuu, su, aruji, omo, neshi, mon) meaning "chief, lord, master, principal" and 水 (sui, mizu, do) meaning "water."

It is classified as a hyakkanna (百官名), a court rank-style name that samurai used to announce oneself and give himself authority, since it comes from the name of a ministry of the Imperial Household under the Ritsuryō system (主水司/Shusuishi or Moitori no tsukasa).

One fictional bearer of this name is Mondo Nakamura (中村 主水), one of the main characters in the Hissatsu (必殺) jidaigeki TV series.

From Japanese 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful" and 羽 (u) meaning "feather". Other kanji combinations are possible.

From Japanese 蜜柑 (mikan) meaning "Mandarin orange". Other kanji or kanji combinations can form this name as well. Olivine City Gym Leader Jasmine from Pokémon Gold, Silver, Crystal, Heartgold, and Soulsilver, who is also known as Mikan (ミカン) in the Japanese versions is a fictional bearer of this name.

From Japanese 海 (mi) meaning "sea, ocean", 三 (mi) meaning "three", 充 (mi) meaning "fill, be full, supply", 翠 (mi) meaning "green", 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful" or 御 (mi) meaning "imperial" combined with 彩 (aya) meaning "colour" or 文 (aya) meaning "sentence". Other kanji combinations are also possible.

From Japanese 勝 (masaru) meaning "victory" or 優 (masaru) meaning "excellence". Other kanji or kanji combinations can also form this name.

From Japanese 誠 (makoto) meaning "sincerity", as well as other kanji or kanji combinations.

A nickname for "Miyako".

From Japanese 真昼, meaning "broad daylight" or "midday".

Derived from Greek λέων (leon) meaning "lion". During the Christian era this Greek name was merged with the Latin cognate Leo, with the result that the two forms are used somewhat interchangeably across European languages. In England during the Middle Ages this was a common name among Jews. A famous bearer was the communist revolutionary Leon Trotsky (1879-1940), whose name is Лев in Russian.

Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 京子 or 恭子 (see Kyōko).

From Japanese 琴 (koto), which refers to a type of musical instrument similar to a harp, combined with 子 (ko) meaning "child". Other kanji combinations are possible.

是 means "just", and 清 means "pure".

komaru means "divided current". the kanji used are 齣(koma) meaning "divided" and 流(ru) meaning "current".

From Japanese 幸 (kō) meaning "good luck, happiness", 小 (ko) meaning "small, little", 浩 (kō) meaning "prosperous", or 鋼 (kō) meaning "steel" combined with 吉 (kichi) meaning "good luck". Other combinations of kanji characters can form this name as well.

Alternate transcription of Kōichi.

From Japanese 喜 (ki) meaning "rejoice", 代 (yo) meaning "generation" combined with 隆 (taka) meaning "noble". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Famous bearers are Kiyotaka Tsurisaki, a Japanese photographer who specializes in photographing dead bodies and Kiyotaka Kanai, a Japanese amateur astronomer.

Borne by character Kirumi Tojo (東条 斬美) in the visual novel adventure game 'Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony', made up of the verb 斬る (kiru) meaning "to kill, cut/slice (off)" and 美 (mi) meaning "beauty."
It is not used as a given name in Japan.

From Japanese 一 (kazu) meaning "one" or 和 (kazu) meaning "harmony, peace" combined with 男 (o) meaning "male, man" or 夫 (o) meaning "husband, man". Other kanji combinations can also form this name.

From Japanese 一 (kazu) meaning "one" combined with 一 (ichi) meaning "one". Other kanji combinations are possible.

From Japanese 海 (kai) meaning "sea, ocean" combined with 斗 (to), which refers to a Chinese constellation, or 翔 (to) meaning "soar, fly". Other kanji combinations are also possible.

From Japanese 楓 (kaede) meaning "maple" or other kanji that are pronounced the same way.

From Japanese 順 (jun) meaning "obedience" or 純 (jun) meaning "pure" combined with 子 (ko) meaning "child". Other combinations of kanji characters are also possible.

From Chinese 金 (jīn) meaning "gold, metal, money", 锦 (jǐn) meaning "tapestry, brocade, embroidered" or 津 (jīn) meaning "ferry". Other Chinese characters can form this name as well.

蛇 (Ja) means "snake",
and 太郎 (Taro) means "man" (basically).

Derived from the Japanese kanji 出 (izuru) meaning "(something that) comes out" or also 出 (izu) combined with 琉 (ru) meaning "precious stone, gem, lapis lazuli".

Other kanji combinations are also possible.

From Japanese 勇 (ibu) meaning "brave", 唯 (ibu) meaning "ordinary, usual", 美 (ibu) meaning "beautiful", 息 (ibu) meaning "breath", 聖 (ibu) meaning "holy, sacred" or 雪 (ibu) meaning "snow" combined with 吹 (ki) meaning "to blow (such as an instrument)". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Famous bearer of this name is Japanese voice actress Ibuki Kido, She voiced the mascotte of the vacuum cleaner COCOROBO by SHARP, which was later revealed as a "Musical A.I." robot vacuum with an accompanying Vocaloid voice.

From Japanese 日 (hi) meaning "day, sun", 曜 (yo) meaning "weekday" combined with 子 (ko) meaning "child". Other combinations of kanji characters can also form this name.

From Japanese 寛 (hiro) meaning "tolerant, generous", 裕 (hiro) meaning "abundant" or 浩 (hiro) meaning "prosperous" combined with 子 (ko) meaning "child". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Meaning "sun daughter" or "sun child" or possibly "princess" in archaic Japanese. This is from Old Japanese hime (姫) meaning 'young noblewoman, princess', or from hi (日) 'sun' and me (女) 'woman' or miko (覡 or 巫女) 'shamaness, shrine maiden, priestess'. Some sources posit that Himiko (Pimiko) is from an archaic Japanese title, himeko, which means 'princess', from hime with the female name suffix -ko (子) 'child'.

A famous bearer of the name is the Empress Himiko (Pimiko), a shaman queen also known as Yamtohime No Mikoto, the Sun Queen or Sun Goddess of Japanese legend. She is alleged to be the first known ruler of Wa (Japan), and of the legendary land of Yamatai, believed by some to be the same as Wa. She is the supposed originator of the Grand Shrine of Ise, which is considered one of the most important Shintō sanctuaries in Japan to this day.

From Japanese 一 (hi) meaning "one", 二 (fu) meaning "two" and 三 (mi) meaning "three".

Means "beginning" in Japanese, written with kanji having the same or similar meanings, such as 肇, 一 or 元, as well as others.

灰 (Hai) means "grey",
慈 (ji) means "kind".

From Japanese 冬 (fuyu) meaning "winter" combined with 彦 (hiko) meaning "boy, prince". Other kanji combinations are also possible.

A famous bearer of this name is Fuyuhiko Kitagawa, he was a Japanese poet and film critic. His real name was Tadahiko Taguro.

From Japanese 大 (dai) meaning "big, great" combined with 也 (ya) meaning "also". Other kanji combinations are possible.
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From japanese katakana ダイヤ, meaning ''Diamond''.

From Japanese 大 (dai) meaning "big, large" combined with 作 (saku) meaning "work". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Chisa is a common given name in Japan. Like any other Japanese names, Chisa has written in many ways using different Kanji. These differences have different meaning to the name. However, the pronunciation is the same. Popular Kanji for Chisa is 智佐 which means 'Intellect'.

Other common Kanji use for Chisa are: 愛桜 means 'Cherry Blossom Love'; 知佐 means 'Chief'; 知冴 means 'Intelligence'; 千紗 means 'A Thousand Soft Silk' (rough translation); 千佐 means 'A Thousand Helps'; or 千茶 means 'A Thousand Teas' or 'Dry Leaves' (rough translation, could be translated as 'Born when Leaves are Falling').

From Japanese 千 (chi) meaning "thousand" and 尋 (hiro) meaning "fathom, armspan", as well as other kanji combinations. This is the name of the main character in the Japanese animated movie Spirited Away (2001).

From Japanese 千 (chi) meaning "thousand" combined with 秋 (aki) meaning "autumn", 晶 (aki) meaning "clear, crystal" or 明 (aki) meaning "bright, light, clear". This name can also be formed from other kanji combinations.

Feminine form of Caelestius.

Means "white night" or "arctic night" in Japanese. It is the name of a character in the popular Japanese manga and anime, "Bleach"

From Japanese 葵 (aoi) meaning "hollyhock, althea" or an adjectival form of 碧 (ao) meaning "green, blue". Other kanji with the same reading can form this name as well.

Diminutive of Angela. The 1973 Rolling Stones song Angie caused this name to jump in popularity.

From Japanese 茜 (akane) meaning "deep red, dye from the rubia plant". Other kanji or combinations of kanji can form this name as well.