Aisho's Personal Name List

Boruto
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Popular Culture
Other Scripts: ぼると(Japanese Hiragana) ボルト(Japanese Katakana)
Pronounced: bo-ṙuy-to(Popular Culture) BO-LUY-TO(Japanese)
The Japanese pronunciation of the English word bolt.

A fictional bearer of this name is Boruto Uzumaki (うずまき ボルト), the first son of Naruto Uzumaki and Hinata Hyuga from the manga and anime franchise Naruto.

This name is not given in Japan.

Elizabeth
Gender: Feminine
Usage: English, Biblical
Pronounced: i-LIZ-ə-bəth(English)
From Ἐλισάβετ (Elisabet), the Greek form of the Hebrew name אֱלִישֶׁבַע (ʾElishevaʿ) meaning "my God is an oath", derived from the roots אֵל (ʾel) referring to the Hebrew God and שָׁבַע (shavaʿ) meaning "oath". The Hebrew form appears in the Old Testament where Elisheba is the wife of Aaron, while the Greek form appears in the New Testament where Elizabeth is the mother of John the Baptist.

Among Christians, this name was originally more common in Eastern Europe. It was borne in the 12th century by Saint Elizabeth of Hungary, a daughter of King Andrew II who used her wealth to help the poor. In medieval England it was occasionally used in honour of the saint, though the form Isabel (from Occitan and Spanish) was more common. It has been very popular in England since the reign of Queen Elizabeth I in the 16th century. In American name statistics (as recorded since 1880) it has never ranked lower than 30, making it the most consistently popular name for girls in the United States.

Besides Elizabeth I, this name has been borne (in various spellings) by many other European royals, including a ruling empress of Russia in the 18th century. Famous modern bearers include the British queen Elizabeth II (1926-2022) and actress Elizabeth Taylor (1932-2011).

Hinata
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 日向, 陽向, 向日葵, etc.(Japanese Kanji) ひなた(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: KHEE-NA-TA
From Japanese 日向 (hinata) meaning "sunny place", 陽向 (hinata) meaning "toward the sun", or a non-standard reading of 向日葵 (himawari) meaning "sunflower". Other kanji compounds are also possible. Because of the irregular readings, this name is often written using the hiragana writing system.
Ino
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Greek, Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Ινώ(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: EE-NO(Classical Greek) IE-NO(Classical Greek) EE-no(Greek Mythology) IE-no(Greek Mythology)
In Greek mythology, she was the second wife of Athamas, a Theban maenad who raised her dead sister Semele's son Dionysos and who was apotheosized into the sea goddess Leucothea.
Io
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Ἰώ(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: EE-AW(Classical Greek) IE-o(English)
Meaning unknown. In Greek mythology Io was a princess loved by Zeus, who changed her into a heifer in order to hide her from Hera. A moon of Jupiter bears this name in her honour.
Kagome
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Japanese, Popular Culture
Other Scripts: 籠目, 香籠(Japanese Kanji) かごめ(Japanese Hiragana)
From Japanese kanji 籠目 (kagome) that indicates the shape of the holes in a traditional basket (hexagon), the woven material and the basket itself which was often used as a birdcage. Kagome can derive also from 香籠 (kagome) an obsolete combination meaning "fragrance; incense".

Other kanji combinations are possible.

Kagome Kagome (かごめかごめ, or 籠目籠目) is a Japanese children's game and the song associated with it.

Kagome Higurashi is the main character in the famous franchise 'Inuyasha'. Her name was referred to the caged bird in the traditional song.

Kiba
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Pronounced: Key-buh, Keye-buh, Key-BAH, KEE-BUH
Fang.

Not known for sure if it is Feminine or Masculine. I am fairly sure it is both.

Please correct and add to this.
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Fang.
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Name of a character in the anime series Wolf's Rain
Meaning “Fang”
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Means "fang" or "protected"

Name of a character from popular Anime "Naruto"; Kiba is a young shinobi who is very fond of his dog.

Kurama
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Japanese (Rare)
Other Scripts: 蔵真, 蔵馬(Japanese Kanji) くらま(Japanese Hiragana) クラマ(Japanese Katakana)
Pronounced: KUU-ṘAH-MAH
This name combines 蔵 (sou, zou, osa.meru, kaku.reru, kura) meaning "have, hide, own, possess, storehouse" with 真 (shin, ma, ma-, makoto) meaning "Buddhist sect, reality, true" or 馬 (ba, uma, -uma, ma) meaning "horse."

This name is rarely given to boys, if given at all.

Kurama is also used as a surname.

Kushina
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: クシナ(Japanese Katakana)
Pronounced: Ku-Shi-Na
Personal remark: Ku (ク) shi (シ) na (ナ)
Nine goods
Minato
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Japanese (Rare)
Other Scripts: , etc.(Japanese Kanji) みなと(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: MEE-NA-TO
Personal remark: Mi (ミ) na (ナ) to (ト)
From Japanese (minato) meaning "harbour", as well as other combinations of kanji having the same pronunciation.
Naruto
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Japanese, Popular Culture
Other Scripts: 鳴門(Japanese Kanji) なると(Japanese Hiragana) ナルト(Japanese Katakana)
Personal remark: Na (ナ) ru (ル) to (ト)
Could mean "roaring gate" from Old Japanese 鳴 (naru) meaning “to ring; to roar; to sound” combined with 門 (to) meaning “gate, door”. This name is used to describe both a narrow between Awaji Island and Shikoku in Japan and the strong whirlpools that occur there.

A fictional bearer is Naruto (ナルト) Uzumaki (うずまき), the main character of the manga and anime franchise 'Naruto'. In this case the name could be inspired by narutomaki (鳴門巻き), a cured fish surimi often used to cook ramen.

Neji
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Popular Culture
Other Scripts: ねじ(Japanese Hiragana) ネジ(Japanese Katakana)
Pronounced: NE-JEE(Japanese)
This is the name of a character in the popular manga and anime series Naruto. In his case, the name may come from the word (written as 捩子, 捻子, 螺子 or 螺旋) meaning "screw," which can be referred to his Eight Trigrams Palms Revolving Heaven.

Though it's not given as a first name, Neji is being used as a surname.

Rin
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: , etc.(Japanese Kanji) りん(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: REEN
From Japanese (rin) meaning "dignified, severe, cold" or other kanji that are pronounced the same way.
Sai
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Indian, Pakistani
Other Scripts: साई, साईं(Hindi)
Pronounced: SAH-yee, SAH-yeen
It means "saint", "master", or "lord" in Sindhi and Marathi, from the Dari Persian "sāyæ"

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.

Sakura
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 桜, 咲良, etc.(Japanese Kanji) さくら(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: SA-KOO-RA
From Japanese (sakura) meaning "cherry blossom", though it is often written using the hiragana writing system. It can also come from (saku) meaning "blossom" and (ra) meaning "good, virtuous, respectable" as well as other kanji combinations.
Sasuke
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Japanese, Popular Culture
Other Scripts: 佐介, 佐助, 佐輔, 佐祐, 佐亮(Japanese Kanji) さすけ(Japanese Hiragana) サスケ(Japanese Katakana)
Pronounced: SAH-SKE(Japanese)
From Japanese 佐 (sa) "assistant, help" combined with 介 (suke) "concern oneself with, jammed in, mediate, shellfish", 助 (suke) "assistant, help, rescue", 輔 (suke) "help", 祐 (suke) "help" or 亮 (suke) "clear, help".

Fictional bearers of this name include Sasuke Sarutobi (猿飛 佐助), a ninja who appears in narrative art and fictional writings, and Sasuke Uchiha (うちは サスケ) from 'Naruto'.

Tsume
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Japanese (Rare), Popular Culture
Other Scripts: (Japanese Kanji) つめ(Japanese Hiragana) ツメ(Japanese Katakana)
Pronounced: TSUU-ME(Japanese)
Means "claw" in Japanese.

One fictional bearer of this name is Tsume (ツメ) from the manga and anime franchise 'Wolf's Rain'.

There has been evidence that it was (uncommonly) used as a feminine name as far back as the mid 19th century, but it's far unlikely that they were given the name because of the meaning since most of them would have their names written in kana. Nowadays, it's very rarely given to girls, if given at all, and it is not given to boys as of yet.

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