natalie.shine's Personal Name List

Akamatsu
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 赤松(Japanese Kanji) あかまつ(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: A-KA-MA-TSOO
Rating: 5% based on 2 votes
From Japanese (aka) meaning "red" and (matsu) meaning "pine tree, fir tree".
Amami
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 天美, 天海, 天実(Japanese Kanji)
Rating: 37% based on 3 votes
amami is a surname which can mean heavenly beauty, heavenly truth, or heavenly ocean. the first meaning is made up of the kanji 天 (ama) meaning heaven and 美 (mi) meaning beauty. the second meaning consists of 天 (ama) and 実 (mi) meaning truth. the final meaning consists of 天(ama) and 海 (umi, mi) meaning ocean.
Ando
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 安藤(Japanese Kanji)
Pronounced: AN-DOH
Rating: 5% based on 2 votes
From the Japanese 安 (an or yasu) "relax," "inexpensive," "low," and 藤 (to or fuji) "wisteria." The second character may indicate historical or familial links to the formerly powerful Fujiwara (藤原) clan.
Asahina
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 朝比奈, 朝日奈(Japanese Kanji)
Pronounced: A-SA-KHEE-NA
Rating: 55% based on 2 votes
From Japanese 朝 (asa) meaning "morning", 比 (hi) meaning "comparison, match, equal" or 日 (hi) meaning "sun, day", and 奈 (na), a phonetic character.
Chabashira
Usage: Japanese (Rare)
Other Scripts: 茶柱(Japanese Kanji)
Pronounced: CHA-BA-SHEE-RA
Rating: 5% based on 2 votes
From 茶 (cha) literally meaning "green tea" and 柱 (hashira) meaning "pillar". A tea pillar is considered good luck in Japanese culture.
Daimon
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 大門(Japanese Kanji)
Pronounced: DA-EE-MON
Rating: 5% based on 2 votes
From Japanese 大 (dai) meaning "big, great" and 門 (mon) meaning "gate, door".
Fujisaki
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 藤崎(Japanese Kanji)
Pronounced: FOO-ZHEE-SA-KYEE
Rating: 55% based on 2 votes
From Japanese 藤 (fuji) meaning "wisteria" and 崎 (saki) meaning "peninsula, cape".
Hagakure
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 葉隠(Japanese Kanji)
Rating: 55% based on 2 votes
From Japanese 葉 (ha) meaning "leaf" and 隠 (gakure) meaning "to disappear"
Hanamura
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 花村(Japanese Kanji) はなむら(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: HA-NA-MOO-RA
Rating: 55% based on 2 votes
From Japanese 花 (hana) meaning "flower" and 村 (mura) meaning "town, village".
Harukawa
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 春河, 春川(Japanese Kanji)
Rating: 55% based on 2 votes
harukawa means "spring river". the kanji used are 春(haru) meaning "spring (the season)" and 河 (kawa) meaning "river" . you could also use 川 (kawa) as the second kanji, but using 河 looks better.
Hinata
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 日向, 陽向(Japanese Kanji)
Rating: 55% based on 2 votes
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.
Hoshi
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: (Japanese Kanji)
Pronounced: HO-SHEE
Rating: 55% based on 2 votes
From Japanese 星 (hoshi) meaning "star".
Kimura
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 木村(Japanese Kanji) きむら(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: KYEE-MOO-RA
Rating: 55% based on 2 votes
From Japanese (ki) meaning "tree, wood" and (mura) meaning "town, village".
Kirigiri
Usage: Popular Culture
Other Scripts: 霧切(Japanese Kanji) きりぎり(Japanese Hiragana) キリギリ(Japanese Katakana)
Pronounced: KEE-ṘEE-GEE-ṘEE(Japanese)
Rating: 55% based on 2 votes
This surname is used as 霧切 with 霧 (bu, bou, mu, kiri) meaning "fog, mist" and 切 (sai, setsu, ki.ri, -ki.ri, ki.ru, -ki.ru, ki.re, -ki.re, ki.reru, -ki.reru, -gi.ri, -gi.re) meaning "be sharp, cut(off)."

One bearer of this name is Kyōko Kirigiri (霧切 響子) from the video game Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc.

This surname is not given in Japan.

Koizumi
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 小泉(Japanese Kanji) こいずみ(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: KO-EE-ZOO-MEE
Rating: 55% based on 2 votes
From Japanese (ko) meaning "small" and (izumi) meaning "spring, fountain". A notable bearer of this name is Junichiro Koizumi (1942-), who was Prime Minister of Japan.
Komaeda
Usage: Japanese (Rare)
Other Scripts: 小前田, 古前田(Japanese Kanji) こまえだ(Japanese Hiragana) コマエダ(Japanese Katakana)
Pronounced: KO-MA-EH-DA
Rating: 55% based on 2 votes
From 小 (ko) meaning "small, little" or 古 (ko) meaning "old" combined with Maeda.

This surname is rarely used.

Ludenberg
Usage: German
Pronounced: LOO-DEN-BURG
Rating: 5% based on 2 votes
From Latin ludere meaning "to play" and German berg meaning "mountain".
Maizono
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 舞園(Japanese Kanji)
Rating: 55% based on 2 votes
maizono means "dance park". the kanji used are 舞(mai) meaning "dance" and 園 (sono) meaning "park".
a bearer of this name is Sayaka Maizono from Danganronpa 1.
Mioda
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 澪田(Japanese Kanji)
Rating: 55% based on 2 votes
mioda means "water route field". the kanji used for this name are 澪(mio,rei) meaning " water route" and 田(ta) meaning "field". a bearer of this name is Ibuki Mioda from Danganronpa 2.
Momota
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 百田(Japanese Kanji)
Rating: 10% based on 1 vote
momota means "a hundred rice fields". the kanji used are 百(momo) meaning " hundred" and 田(ta) meaning "rice field".
Naegi
Usage: Japanese (Rare)
Other Scripts: 苗木(Japanese Kanji) なえぎ(Japanese Hiragana) ナエギ(Japanese Katakana)
Pronounced: NAH-E-GEE
Rating: 10% based on 1 vote
This surname is used as 苗木 with 苗 (byou, myou, nae, nawa-) meaning "sapling, seedling, shoot" and 木 (boku, moku, ki, ko-) meaning "tree, wood."

As a word, naegi refers to a seedling, sapling or young tree.

One bearer of this name is Makoto Naegi (苗木 誠) from the video game Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc.

Nanami
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 七海(Japanese Kanji)
Pronounced: NAH-NAH-MEE
Rating: 10% based on 1 vote
From Japanese 七海 (nanami) meaning "seven seas".
Ogami
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 拝, 小上, 小神, 尾上, 尾神, 男神(Japanese Kanji) おがみ(Japanese Hiragana) オガミ(Japanese Katakana)
Pronounced: O-GAH-MEE
Rating: 10% based on 1 vote
This surname is used as 拝, 小上, 小神, 尾上, 尾神, 男神 with 拝 (hai, oga.mu, oroga.mu) meaning "adore, pray to, worship," 小 (shou, o-, ko-, sa-, chii.sai) meaning "little, small," 尾 (bi, o) meaning "end, tail," 男 (dan, nan, o, otoko) meaning "male," 上 (shan, shou, jou, a.gari, a.garu, a.geru, ue, -ue, uwa-, kami, nobo.su, nobo.seru, nobo.ri, nobo.ru, yo.su) meaning "above, up" and 神 (shin, jin, kami, kan-, kou-) meaning "gods, mind, soul."
Ouma
Usage: Japanese (Modern)
Rating: 10% based on 1 vote
Owari
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 終里(Japanese Kanji)
Pronounced: O-WA-REE
Rating: 10% based on 1 vote
From Japanese 終 (owa) meaning “last, to finish” and 里 (ri) meaning “village, the home of one’s parents, hometown”. The latter character is also an archaic Japanese unit of area.
Saihara
Usage: Japanese
Prime field, Conspicuous wilderness

Saihara is the surname for Shuichi Saihara, a character in New Danganronpa V3.

Saionji
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 西園寺(Japanese Kanji)
Japanese surname derived from the kanji for "west", "park, garden" and "Buddhist temple".
Shirogane
Usage: Japanese (Rare)
Pronounced: Shi-ro-ga-ne
Shirogane typically spelt "白銀"
"白" is white. "銀" is silver. Although put together it can mean something similar to platinum or silver.
Tanaka
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 田中(Japanese Kanji) たなか(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: TA-NA-KA
Means "dweller in the rice fields", from Japanese (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy" and (naka) meaning "middle".
Togami
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 十神(Japanese Kanji)
Pronounced: TO-GAH-MEE
From Japanese 十神 (togami) meaning "ten gods".
Tojo
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 東條, 東条(Japanese Kanji)
Pronounced: TO-JO
Variant transcription of Toujou.
Yamada
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 山田(Japanese Kanji) やまだ(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: YA-MA-DA
From Japanese (yama) meaning "mountain" and (ta) meaning "field, rice paddy".
Yasuhiro
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 安央, 安拡, 安寛, 安啓, etc.(Japanese Kanji)
Pronounced: YAH-SOO-HEE-ṘO
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.

Yonaga
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 夜長(Japanese Kanji)
Pronounced: YO-NAH-GAH
From Japanese 夜長 (yonaga) meaning "a long night".
Yukizome
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 雪染(Japanese Kanji)
Pronounced: YOO-KEE-ZO-ME
From Japanese 雪染 (yukizome) meaning "snow prints, dyed snow".
Yumeno
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 夢野(Japanese Kanji)
yumeno means "dream field" the kanji used for this name are 夢 (yume) meaning " dream" and 野 (no) meaning "field".
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