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.
The name has been born by Tongan kings and chiefs in antiquity. Baron Vaea, born Siaosi Tuʻihala ʻAlipate Vaea Tupou, was the Prime Minister of Tonga from 1991-2000. Mount Vaea is a mountain overlooking the Samoan capital of Apia on the island of Upolu, and is best known as the burial site of writer Robert Louis Stevenson. The name of the mountain comes from the Samoan myth of the giant Vaea who, in grieving for the loss of his son, petrified and became the mountain.
Famous bearer of this name is Japanese singer-songwriter and record producer Tatsuro Yamashita.
Sue was slightly popular to popular in the Edo Period (1603-1868), particularly in the latter part, and in the first 30 or so years of the Meiji Period (1868-1912) but by the 1900s, it dropped in popularity.
Sue is also used as a surname and place name.
This is not a traditional Japanese name but a name that was assigned kanji after it had become well known through Western sources. It was further popularized by several anime characters.
Originally, سایه (sāyeh) was a poetic way to refer to Sufi mystics in Persian. It literally means "shade" with the connotation of "protective" and "influential." Sayeh in of itself is a name among Iranians. With the Mughal conquest of India, it was loaned into many languages. Sindhi Sufis added the suffix ین ईं -ī(n) to the root word to make it the adjective سائیں साईं sāī(n) an honorific meaning "saint", "master", or "lord." In fact, Modern South Asian Sufis often refer to God as "Allāh sāī(n)". In the 19th century, a Sufi ascetic in Shirdi, now located in Maharashtra, India, with no name came to prominence as a preacher of religious tolerance and unity and drew both Muslim and Hindu devotees to him. His devotees referred to him as سائیں بابا साईं बाबा "sāī(n) bābā". Over time, the word became standard Marathi but it was corrupted so that the homorganic nasal was deleted and it became साई "sāī". Today, the name Sai is given to both boys and girls in India in reference to Sai Baba of Shirdi, however it is still relatively rare. It is often followed by a middle name which changes the overall meaning and avoids confusion with other people with the same name. It is most common among the people of Maharashtra, Andhra, Karnataka, Gujarat, and Goa.
It can also be used to combine 和, 温 (on, atata.ka(i), atata.ma/eru, nuku, nodo) meaning "warm," 悠 (yuu, nodo) meaning "permanence, leisure" or 望 (bou, mou, nozo.mu, mochi, nodo) meaning "ambition, hope, desire" with 花 or 華 (ka, ke, hana), both meaning "flower," 香 (kou, kyou, ka, kao.ri/u) meaning "incense, smell, perfume" or 佳 (ka) meaning "beautiful, good, excellent."
Fictional (female) bearers of this name include Nodoka Saotome (早乙女 のどか) from 'Ranma ½' and Nodoka Manabe (真鍋 和) from 'K-On!'.
Famous bearers are Naoto Watanabe, Japanese baseball player, Naoto Ohshima, Japanese artist and former Sega employee who is best known for his original character designs of Sonic the Hedgehog and Dr. Eggman and Naoto Fūga, the Japanese man who voices as the vocaloid KAITO.
Other kanji combinations are possible.
Other kanji combinations are also possible.
Matsu was one of the most popular girls' names in the Edo Period (1603-1868). It held on to its high popularity until the 1900s.
Matsu is also used as a surname.
Famous bearers are Masaya Kikawada, a Japanese actor, Masaya Kato, a Japanese actor and seiyū from Nara in the Kansai region, Masaya Matsuura, video game designer and musician based in Tokyo, Japan, Masaya Matsukaze, a Japanese actor, voice actor, and radio personality, Masaya Nishitani, a former Japanese football player who has recently played for Consadole Sapporo and Masaya Nakamura, the founder of Namco, the third largest video game developing entity in Japan.
As a verb, 翔 and 駆, added with る (ける for 駆), mainly means "to run, to dash." However, their second meanings are different for both, 翔る being "to fly, to soar" and 駆ける being "to canter, to gallop" (galloping as in galloping one's horse).
Hisa was moderately popular in the Edo period (1603-1868) and in the Meiji period (1868-1912). By the Taishō period (1912-1926), however, it became uncommon.
A notable bearer is Japanese Actor: Gen Hoshino (星野 源, Hoshino Gen, born January 28, 1981).
Usage of this name is, most likely, influenced by the name Erika.
Famous bearer of this name is Japanese actress, model and singer Erika Sawajiri.
Its use as a given name was most likely inspired by Western sources and further popularized by anime characters. It's not a traditional Japanese name.