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Aine f Japanese
From Japanese 愛 (ai) "love" and 音 (ne) "sound". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Aka f Japanese
Directly taken from Japanese 赤 (aka) meaning "red". Red is the color of youth and celebration in Japan. This name was popular in the Edo Era, nowadays it's more popular as a name element as, for example, in Akari.

Akeno m & f Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 明 (ake) meaning "bright" and 乃 (no), a possessive particle. Other kanji combinations are also possible.

Akiyoshi m Japanese
From the Japanese kanji 昭 (aki) meaning "shining" or 章 (aki) meaning "chapter; section" combined with 良 (yoshi) meaning "good". It can also derive from 明 (aki) meaning "clear; bright; tomorrow" and 義 (yoshi) meaning "justice" or 好 (yoshi) meaning "fondness; what one likes"... [more]

Ameko f Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 雨 (ame) "rain" and 子 (ko) "child".... [more]

Arashi m Japanese
Means "storm" in Japanese.

Boruto m Popular Culture
The Japanese pronunciation of the English word bolt.... [more]

Chermin m Judeo-Anglo-Norman

Dai m Japanese
Means "large, great" in Japanese.

Dobbe m English
Medieval diminutive of Robert.

Eikichi m Japanese
From Japanese 永 (ei) meaning "perpetual, eternal" or 栄, 榮 (ei) meaning "glory, honour" combined with 吉 (kichi) meaning "good luck".

Fonso m Spanish, Galician
Diminutive of Alfonso or Ildefonso.

Futoshi m Japanese
From classical adjective 太し (futoshi) meaning "fat, thick; daring, shameless."... [more]

Fuuka f Japanese
From Japanese 風 (fuu) meaning "wind" combined with 花 (ka) meaning "flower, blossom", 香 (ka) meaning "fragrance" or 夏 (ka) meaning "summer". Other kanji combinations can be used.

Fuyumi f Japanese
From Japanese 冬 (fuyu) meaning "winter" and 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Gennaru m Corsican
Corsican form of Gennaro.

Hachi f Japanese (Rare)
Means "bee" in Japanese.

Himeko f Japanese
From Japanese 姫 (hime) meaning "princess" and 子 (ko) meaning "child, first sign of the Chinese zodiac, sign of the rat". Other kanji combinations can be used.

Inu f Japanese (Rare)
Means "dog" in Japanese.

Izanaki m Japanese Mythology
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 伊邪那岐 (see Izanagi).

Jinnosuke m Japanese
From Jin combined with the genitive particle の (no), written as 之 or 乃, and suke, originally denoting a kokushi (provincial governor) with the 2nd-highest level of suke (介), also written with other kanji like 助.

Jun'ichirou m Japanese
From Japanese 純 (jun) meaning "pure, clean, simple" or 潤 (jun) meaning "moisture" combined with 一 (ichi) meaning "one" and 郎 (rou) meaning "son". Other kanji combinations are also possible.

Junji m Japanese
From Japanese 順 (jun) meaning "obey, submit" or 淳 (jun) meaning "pure" combined with 二 (ji) meaning "two". Other kanji combinations are also possible.

Jun'ya m Japanese
From Japanese 順 (jun) meaning "obey, submit", 純 (jun) meaning "pure, clean, simple" or 淳 (jun) meaning "pure" combined with 也 (ya) meaning "also". Other combinations of kanji characters can also form this name.

Kagutsuchi m Japanese Mythology
From Japanese 迦 (ka), a phonetic character, 具 (gu) meaning "tool, means" and 土 (tsuchi) meaning "ground, earth, soil". In Japanese mythology, Kagutsuchi was the god of fire, as well as the son of Izanagi and Izanami... [more]

Karasu m Popular Culture
From Japanese 鴉 or 烏 which both mean "crow".... [more]

Katsuya m Japanese
From Japanese 勝 (katsu) meaning "victory" combined with 也 (ya) meaning "also" or 哉 (ya), an exclamation. This name can also be formed with other kanji combinations.

Kazuhisa m Japanese
From Japanese 一 (kazu) meaning "one" or 和 (kazu) meaning "harmony, peace" combined with 久 (hisa) meaning "long time ago"... [more]

Kazuma m Japanese
From Japanese 一 (kazu) meaning "one" or 和 (kazu) meaning "harmony, peace" combined with 真 (ma) meaning "real, genuine" or 馬 (ma) meaning "horse"... [more]

Kentarou m Japanese
From Japanese 健 (ken) meaning "healthy, strong", 太 (ta) meaning "thick, big" and 郎 (rou) meaning "son". Many different combinations of kanji characters can also form this name.

Kento m Japanese
From Japanese 健 (ken) "healthy, strong" and 人 (to) "person".

Kitsune f & m Japanese (Rare), Popular Culture
Means "fox" in Japanese.... [more]

Kotori f Japanese
Directly taken from Japanese 小鳥 (kotori) meaning "small bird". It can also be formed from Japanese 琴 (koto) meaning "harp" combined with 梨 (ri) meaning "pear tree", 莉 (ri) meaning "white jasmine" or 里 (ri) meaning "village"... [more]

Kou m & f Japanese
This name can be used as 幸 (kou, saiwa.i, sachi, shiawa.se) meaning "blessing, fortune, happiness," 光 (kou, hikari, hika.ru) meaning "light, ray," 康 (kou) meaning "ease, peace," 興 (kyou, kou, oko.su, oko.ru) meaning "entertain, interest, pleasure, retrieve, revive," 亘 (kan, kou, moto.meru, wata.ru) meaning "request, span," 孝 (kyou, kou) meaning "child's respect, filial piety," 幸 (kou, saiwa.i, shiawa.se) meaning "happiness, luck," 候 (kou, sourou) meaning "climate, weather, season," 功 (ku, kou, isao) meaning "achievement, credit, honour, merits, success," 好 (kou, i.i, kono.mu, su.ku, yo.i) meaning "fond, like something, pleasing," 鴻 (kou, gou, oogari, ootori, hishikui) meaning "great, large (bird), powerful, prosperous, wild goose" or 浩 (kou, ooki.i, hiro.i) meaning "abundance, vigorous, wide expanse."... [more]

Kouichi m Japanese
Alternate transcription of Kōichi.

Kurenai f Japanese (Rare)
Means "crimson" in Japanese, originally deriving as a contraction of 呉の藍 (kure no ai), made up of 呉 (kure), referring originally to the ancient Chinese state of Wu and later China as a whole, the possessive particle の (no) and 藍 (ai) meaning "indigo." The safflower plant (or 紅花/benibana in Japanese), from which the kurenai colour dye was extracted, was brought over from China to Japan.... [more]

Mamoru m Japanese
From Japanese 守 (mamoru) meaning "defend, protect". It can also come from 真 (ma) meaning "real, genuine" combined with an alternate reading of 守 (moru). Other kanji or kanji combinations are possible.

Marce m & f English, Spanish, Spanish (Latin American), Portuguese (Brazilian), Indonesian
Short form of names that derive from the name Marcellus.

Misora f Japanese
From Japanese 美 (mi) meaning "beauty, beautiful" and 空 (sora) meaning "sky". Other kanji combinations can spell this name.

Mitsuhiko m Japanese
From Japanese 光 (mitsu) meaning "light" and 彦 (hiko) meaning "boy, prince".

Natsu m & f Japanese
Means "summer" in Japanese.

Niji f & m Japanese (Rare)
From 虹 (niji) meaning "rainbow". Other spellings can be used.

Nobuhiko m Japanese
From Japanese 信 (nobu) meaning "trust" or 伸 (nobu) meaning "extend, stretch, open" combined with 彦 (hiko) meaning "boy, prince". Other kanji combinations are also possible.

Nobukazu m Japanese
From Japanese 延 (nobu) meaning "prolong, stretch" or 伸 (nobu) meaning "extend, stretch, open" combined with 和 (kazu) meaning "harmony, peace". Other kanji combinations are also possible.

Pitusa f Galician
Diminutive of Pilar.

Primavera f Italian (Rare), Medieval Italian, Spanish (Latin American, Rare)
Derived from Vulgar Latin prīmavēra "spring". The descendant word primavera is used in Asturian, Catalan, Galician, Italian, Portuguese (and Old Portuguese), Sicilian, and Spanish.

Ryuichi m Japanese
Variant transcription of Ryuuichi.

Ryūta m Japanese
From Japanese 隆 (ryuu) "noble, prosperous" and 太 (ta) "thick, big".

Ryuuichi m Japanese
From Japanese 隆 (ryuu) meaning "noble, prosperous" or 竜, 龍 (ryuu) meaning "dragon" combined with 一 (ichi) meaning "one".

Ryuusuke m Japanese
From Japanese 竜, 龍 (ryuu) meaning "dragon" combined with 介 (suke) meaning "forerunner, herald". Other kanji combinations are also possible.

Ryuuya m Japanese
From Japanese 柳 (ryuu) meaning "willow (tree)" combined with 哉 (ya) meaning "how, what". From Japanese 竜, 龍 (ryuu) meaning "dragon" combined with 也 (ya) meaning "also". Other kanji combinations are possible.... [more]

Sasori m Popular Culture
Means "scorpion" in Japanese.... [more]

Sasuke m Japanese, Popular Culture
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".... [more]

Sayoko f Japanese
From Japanese 小 (sa) meaning "small", 夜 (yo) meaning "night" and 子 (ko) meaning "child". Other combinations of kanji characters are possible.

Shika f Japanese
This name can be used as 鹿, 史可, 志佳, 紫花 or 詩夏 with 鹿 (roku, shika, ka) meaning "deer," 史 (shi) meaning "chronicle, history," 志 (shi, kokorozashi, kokoroza.su, shiringu) meaning "aspire, hopes, intention, motive, plan, resolve, shilling," 紫 (shi, murasaki) meaning "purple, violet," 詩 (shi, uta) meaning "poem, poetry," 可 (ka, kou, -be.ki, -be.shi) meaning "can, do not, mustn't, passable, should not," 佳 (ka, kei) meaning "beautiful, excellent, good, pleasing, skilled," 花 (ka, ke, hana) meaning "flower" and 夏 (ka, ga, ge, natsu) meaning "summer."

Shunsuke m Japanese
From Japanese 俊 (shun) meaning "talented" or 駿 (shun) meaning "fast" combined with 輔 (suke) meaning "help" or 介 (suke) meaning "forerunner, herald". Other kanji combinations can also form this name.

Shuu m Japanese
From Japanese 秀 (shuu) meaning "excellent, outstanding" or 修 (shuu) meaning "discipline, study", as well as other kanji with the same pronunciation.

Suguru m Japanese
From Japanese 傑 (suguru) meaning "outstanding". Other kanji or kanji combinations can form this name.

Susanowo m Japanese Mythology
Alternate historical transcription of Japanese Kanji 須佐之男 (see Susanoo).

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

Taichirou m Japanese
From Japanese 太 (ta) meaning "thick, big", 一 (ichi) meaning "one" and 郎 (rou) meaning "son". Other combinations of kanji characters can also form this name.

Takamaru m Japanese (Rare)
This name combines 隆 (ryuu, taka) meaning "high, hump, noble, prosperity," 孝 (kyou, kou, taka) meaning "child's respect, filial piety," 高 (kou, taka.i, taka, -daka, taka.maru, taka.meru) meaning "expensive, high, tall," 尭 (gyou, taka.i) meaning "far, high" or 鷹 (ou, you, taka) meaning "hawk" with 丸 (gan, maru, maru.i, maru.meru) meaning "curl up, explain away, full, make round, month, perfection, pills, roll up, round, seduce".... [more]

Taki f Japanese
From Japanese kanji 滝 (taki) or 瀧 (taki) both meaning "waterfall". It can be also the combination of 多 (ta) meaning "much; many" combined with 希 (ki) meaning "hope" or 樹 (ki) meaning "tree"... [more]

Tama f Japanese
Means "gem, jewel" in Japanese.

Teruhiko m Japanese
From Japanese 輝 (teru) meaning "brightness" and 彦 (hiko) meaning "boy, prince".

Teruhisa m Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese 輝 (teru) meaning "brightness" and 久 (hisa) meaning "long time". Other kanji combinations are also possible.

Teruo m Japanese
This name combines 輝 (ki, kagaya.ku, teru) meaning "gleam, radiance, shine, sparkle, twinkle," 昭 (shou, teru) meaning "bright, shining," 照 (shou, te.rasu, te.ru, te.reru) meaning "bashful, compare, illuminate, shine," 光 (kou, hikari, hika.ru, teru) meaning "light, ray" or 瑛 (ei, teru) meaning "sparkle of jewelry, crystal" with 雄 (yuu, o-, osu, on) meaning "excellent, hero, leader, male, masculine, superiority," 男 (dan, nan, o, otoko) meaning "male" or 夫 (fu, fuu, bu, otto, sore, o) meaning "husband, man."... [more]

Tetsuo m Japanese
From Japanese 哲 (tetsu) meaning "clear, philosophy" combined with 男 (o) meaning "male, man", 夫 (o) meaning "husband, man". Other combinations of kanji can form this name as well.

Tomasita f Spanish
Diminutive of Tomasa.

Tomokazu m Japanese
From Japanese 智 (tomo) meaning "wisdom, intellect" or 友 (tomo) meaning "friend" combined with 一 (kazu) meaning "one" or 和 (kazu) meaning "harmony, peace". It can also be written with the hiragana writing system.

Tori f & m Japanese
Means "bird" in Japanese.

Tsuki f Japanese
From 月 (tsuki) meaning "moon, month". Other spellings are possible.

Tsume f & m Japanese (Rare), Popular Culture
Means "claw" in Japanese.... [more]

Tsurugi m Japanese
Means "sword" in Japanese.

Uta f Japanese
Means "song" in Japanese.

Wen m English
Short form of Wendell.

Wendee f English (Rare)
Variant of Wendy. One notable bearer is American voice actress and director Wendee Lee (1960-).

Xuanzang m History
From Chinese 玄 (xuán) meaning "black, deep, profound, mysterious" and 奘 (zàng) meaning "fat, stout, great, huge". Xuanzang (c. 602–664) was a Chinese Buddhist monk, scholar, traveler, and translator who traveled to India in the seventh century and described the interaction between Chinese Buddhism and Indian Buddhism during the early Tang dynasty.

Yoru m & f Japanese (Rare)
Means "night" in Japanese.

Yoshitsune m History
From Japanese 義 (yoshi) meaning "righteous" and 経 (tsune) meaning "elapse, pass through". Minamoto no Yoshitsune (1159–1188), or simply Minamoto Yoshitsune, was a military commander of the Minamoto clan of Japan in the late Heian and early Kamakura periods.

Yota m Japanese
Variant transcription of Youta.

Youichi m Japanese
From Japanese 陽 (you) "sun, sunlight" and 一 (ichi) "one".

Youji m Japanese
From Japanese 陽 (you) "sun, sunlight" and 二 (ji) "two".

Yukari f Japanese
From Japanese 由 (yu) meaning "reason, cause", 香 (ka) meaning "fragrance" and 里 (ri) meaning "village". Other kanji combinations can also form this name.

Yuugo m Japanese
From Japanese 優 (yuu) meaning "excellence, superiority, gentleness", 勇 (yuu) meaning "brave" or 裕 (yuu) meaning "abundant" combined with 吾 (go) meaning "I (pronoun), me"... [more]

Yuuichi m Japanese
From Japanese 優 (yuu) "gentleness, superiority", 悠 (yuu) "distant, leisurely" or 勇 (yuu) "brave" combined with 一 (ichi) "one".

Zephyrine f English (Rare)
Anglicized form of Zéphyrine.

Zero m & f Various
Derived from the Italian zero itself from Medieval Latin zèphyrum, Arabic صفر (ṣifr) and Sanskrit शून्य (śūnyá), ultimately meaning "empty".... [more]

Zhuque m Chinese Mythology
From Chinese 朱 (zhū) meaning "vermilion red, cinnabar" and 雀 (què) meaning "sparrow"... [more]