Japanese Submitted Names

Japanese names are used in Japan and in Japanese communities throughout the world. Note that depending on the Japanese characters used these names can have many other meanings besides those listed here. See also about Japanese names.
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Yuusuke 勇介, 雄介, 雄輔, 友介, ゆうすけ m Japanese
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 勇介 or 雄介 or 雄輔 or 友介 (see Yūsuke).
Yuutai 勇諦 m Japanese
From Japanese 勇 (yuu) meaning "brave" combined with 諦 (tai) meaning "truth, clarity, abandon, give up". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Yuutarou 祐太郎 m Japanese
From Japanese 祐 (yuu) meaning "divine intervention, protection", 太 (ta) meaning "thick, big" combined with 郎 (rou) meaning "son". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Yuuya 有哉, 柚哉 m Japanese
From Japanese 尤 (yu) meaning "plausible, reasonable, natural, just, superb, outstanding" and 哉 (ya), an exclamation. Other kanji combinations are possible.
Yuuyu ゆうゆ, 結佑, 結有由, 優結, 優唯 f Japanese
From Japanese 結 (yuu) meaning "tie, fasten, join, organize" combined with 佑 (yu) meaning "to assist; to help; to protect". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Yuuzan 有山, 遊山, 雄山, 友山, 勇山 m Japanese
From Japanese 有 (yuu) meaning "exist" combined with 山 (zan) meaning "mountain". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Yuuzo m Japanese
Variant transcription of Yūzō.
Yuuzou m Japanese
Variant transcription of Yūzō.
Yuwa 結和, 優和, 夕羽 f Japanese
From Japanese 結 (yu) meaning "tie, fasten, join, organize" combined with 和 (wa) meaning "peace, harmony". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Yuwako f Japanese
From 結 (yu) meaning "to bind, to tie", 和 (wa) meaning "peace, harmony", and 子 (ko) meaning "child". Other kanji combinations can be used.
Yuwi ユヰ f Japanese (Rare)
Rare variant of Yui.
Yuwika f Japanese
Variant spelling of YUI
Yuwiko f Japanese
Rare variant of Yuiko.
Yuya 勇也 m Japanese
Variant transcription of Yuuya.
Yuyako 結也子, 友哉子, 友弥子 f Japanese
From Japanese 結 (yu) meaning "tie, bind, contract, join, organize, do up hair, fasten" or 友 (yu) meaning "friend", 也 (ya) meaning "also", 哉 (ya), an exclamation or 弥 (ya) meaning "all the more, increasingly" combined with 子 (ko) meaning "child"... [more]
Yuyu 結々, 夢々, 優々, 友々, 柚々 f Japanese
From Japanese 結 (yu) meaning "tie, fasten, join, organize", 夢 (yu) meaning "dream", 優 (yu) meaning "gentleness, lithe, superior", 友 (yu) meaning "friend", 柚 (yu) meaning "grapefruit, pomelo, citrus fruit" or 由 (yu) meaning "cause, reason" combined with 々, a phonetic character indicting a duplication of the beginning kanji... [more]
Yuyuka 結々花, 柚々香 f Japanese
From Japanese 結 (yu) meaning "tie, fasten, join, organize" or 柚 (yu) meaning "grapefruit, pomelo, citrus fruit" duplicated and combined with 花 (ka) meaning "flower" or 香 (ka) meaning "fragrance"... [more]
Yuyuki 優々貴, 友々貴, 優雪 f Japanese
From Japanese 優 (yu, masaru) meaning "gentleness, lithe, superior", 友 (yu, tomo) meaning "friend", or 由 (yu) meaning "cause, reason", with 喜 (ki) meaning "joy", 紀 (ki) meaning "chronicle" or 貴 (ki) meaning "valuable", and then combined with 々, a phonetic character indicting a duplication of the beginning kanji... [more]
Yuyuko 結由子, 優由子, 幽々子 f Japanese
From Japanese 結 (yu) meaning "tie, fasten, join, organize", 優 (yu) meaning "gentleness, lithe, superior" or 幽 (yu) meaning "dark", 由 (yu) meaning "cause, reason" or duplicated using 々 combined with 子 (ko) meaning "child"... [more]
Yuzari f & m Japanese
Yuz(柚)meaning yuzu shortened for adding ari. Ari(有)meaning exist.
Yuzi 祐二, 雄二, 右二, 有二, 優司 m Japanese (Rare)
Rare variant transcription of Yūji.
Yūzō 雄三, 雄蔵, 有三, 有造, 祐三 m Japanese
Yuzou m Japanese
Variant transcription of Yūzō.
Yuzu 柚, 柚子, 柚寿, 柚朱, 由子 f Japanese
This name can be used as 柚 or 柚子 with 柚 (jiku, yu, yuu, yuzu) meaning "citron" and 子 (shi, su, tsu, ko, ne) meaning "child, sign of the rat (1st sign of Chinese zodiac)."... [more]
Yuzue 柚江 f Japanese
From Japanese 柚 (yuzu) meaning "grapefruit, pomelo, citrus fruit" combined with 江 (e) meaning "creek, bay". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Yuzuha ユズハ, 柚葉 f Japanese
From 柚 (yuzu) meaning "citrus, citron" and 葉 (ha) meaning "leaf". Other kanji combinations can be used.
Yuzuka f Japanese
From Japanese 柚 (yuzu) meaning "grapefruit, pomelo, citrus fruit" combined with 伽 (ka) meaning "nursing or taking care of a person", 佳 (ka) meaning "beautiful, good", 夏 (ka) meaning "summer", 歌 (ka) meaning "song, poetry", 花 (ka) or 華 (ka) which both mean "flower", 圭 (ka) meaning "jade pointed at top" or 香 (ka) meaning "fragrance"... [more]
Yuzuko 優月子, 柚子, 柚木 f Japanese
From Japanese 優 (yu) meaning "gentleness, lithe, superior", 月 (zu) meaning "moon" or 柚 (yuzu) meaning "grapefruit, pomelo, citrus fruit" combined with 子 (ko) meaning "child" or 木 (ko) meaning "tree"... [more]
Yuzuky f Japanese
Submitted variant of Yuzuki
Yuzuma 雄図馬 m Japanese
From Japanese 雄 (yu) meaning "hero, manly", 図 (zu) meaning "map, drawing, plan, extraordinary, audacious" combined with 馬 (ma) meaning "horse". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Yuzumi ゆずみ, 柚美, 柚実, 友寿美, 柚心 f Japanese
From Japanese 柚 (yuzu) meaning "grapefruit, pomelo, citrus fruit" combined with 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful" or 実 (mi) meaning "fruit". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Yuzuna ゆずな, 柚奈, 柚子奈, 柚菜, 優津奈 f Japanese
From Japanese 柚 (yuzu) meaning "grapefruit, pomelo, citrus fruit" combined with 奈 (na) meaning "apple tree". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Yuzune 柚音, 柚子音, 柚寧 f Japanese
From Japanese 柚 (yuzu) meaning "grapefruit, pomelo, citrus fruit" combined with 音 (ne) meaning "sound". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Yuzuno ゆずの, 柚乃, 由子乃 f Japanese
From Japanese 柚 (yuzu) meaning "citron" combined with 乃 (no), a possessive particle. Other kanji combinations are possible.
Yuzuriko 譲子, 柚里子, 柚李子 f Japanese (Rare)
From 譲 (yuzuri) meaning "allow, permit, concede, yield" and 子 (ko) meaning "child". Other kanji combinations can be used.
Yuzuto 柚人, 柚斗, 柚翔, 柚都 m Japanese
From Japanese 柚 (yuzu) meaning "grapefruit, pomelo, citrus fruit" combined with 人 (to) meaning "person", 斗 (to), which refers to a Chinese constellation, 翔 (to) meaning "soar, fly" or 都 (to) meaning "metropolis, capital, all, everything"... [more]
Yuzuyu ゆずゆ, ゆず柚, 柚結, 柚子憂 f Japanese (Modern)
From 柚 (yuzu) meaning "citrus" and 憂 (yu) meaning "excellence, superiority, gentleness". Other kanji combinations are possible.... [more]
Zaijirō 在二郎 m Japanese
Japanese masculine name derived from 在 (zai) "be at, consist in", 二 (ji) "two" and #郎 (rou) "son".
Zakuro 石榴, ザクロ f & m Japanese
From Japanese 石榴 (zakuro) meaning "pomegranate". Other combinations of kanji can form this name as well. A fictional bearer of this name is Zakuro Fujiwara (藤原 ざくろ) from Tokyo Mew Mew.
Zaruyoshi f Japanese (Rare)
From Japanese ざる (zaru) "not" combined with 善 (yoshi) "good, virtuous, charitable, kind".
Zen 然, 善, 禅, ゼン m Japanese
This name can be used as 然 (zen, nen, sa, shika, shika.shi, shika.ri) meaning "if so, in that case, so, sort of thing, well," 善 (zen, i.i, yo.i, yo.ku, yoshi.tosuru) meaning "good(ness), virtuous" or 禅 (sen, zen, shizuka, yuzu.ru) meaning "silent meditation, Zen," the latter being the Japanese on'yomi/reading of the Chinese word chán (禅), which is derived from the Sanskrit word dhyāna, meaning 'absorption, meditative state.'... [more]
Zenitsu m Japanese
Overall, Zenitsu can mean "goodness" or "run fast", but "善ぜん"("zen") and "逸いつ"("itsu") can mean different things individually. "善ぜん"("zen") often has good meanings like "goodness", "right thing" or "improve", while "逸いつ"("itsu") has both good and bad meanings... [more]
Zenji 泉二, 泉時, 泉司 m Japanese
From 泉 (zen) meaning "natural spring, wellspring" or 善 (zen) meaning "good, virtue" combined with 時 (ji) meaning "time, moment, chance, occasion" or 二 (ji) meaning "two"... [more]
Zenjiro 泉二郎, 善時郎, 泉司郎 m Japanese
From 泉 (zen) meaning "natural spring, wellspring" or 善 (zen) meaning "good, virtue" combined with 時 (ji) meaning "time, moment, chance, occasion" or 二 (ji) meaning "two", and then combined with 郎 () meaning "son".
Zenjirou 泉二郎, 善時郎, 泉司郎 m Japanese
Variant transcription of Zenjiro.
Zenki ゼンキ, 前記, 善希 m Japanese
From 善 (zen) meaning "virtue, good, goodness" and 生 (ki) meaning "living". Other combinations of kanji can form this name as well.
Zenkichi 然吉, 善吉, 禅吉 m Japanese
From 善 (zen) meaning "good" and 吉 (kichi) meaning "fortune, luck." Other kanji combinations can be used.
Zenko 善子, 然子 f Japanese
From Japanese 善 (zen) meaning "good, virtuous, charitable, kind" or 然 (zen), a suffix after nouns to express likeness combined with 子 (ko) meaning "child". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Zenmi ぜんみ f & m Japanese
Another unisex name? Look at the details for more information.... [more]
Zennosuke 善之助 m Japanese
"virtuous"; "of"; "rescue" (aid)... [more]
Zenpo 善保 m Japanese
From the kanji 善 (zen) meaning “good” and 保 (ho) meaning “protection”.... [more]
Zensuke 善助, 前記 m Japanese
From 前 (zen) meaning "in front of, before" and 記 (suke) meaning "mark, describe, statement, inscription, mention, the Kojiki". Other kanji combinations can be used.
Zentarou m Japanese
Variant transcription of Zentaro.
Zenzō 禅僧, 善僧 m Japanese
It is from the Kanji characters "禅" (zen) meaning "ritual" and "僧" () meaning "monk".
Zenzoh 禅僧, 善僧 m Japanese (Modern, Rare)
It is a variant transcription of Zenzō.
Zerone 零音 f Japanese
From Japanese 零 (zero) meaning "zero" combined with 音 (ne) meaning "sound". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Zeroyo 零夜 f Japanese
From Japanese 零 (zero) meaning "zero" combined with 夜 (yo) meaning "night". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Zoro 空月, 造路 m Japanese
From Japanese 空 (zo) meaning "sky" or 造 (zo) meaning "create, make, structure, physique" combined with 月 (ro) meaning "moon" or 路 (ro) meaning "path, route, road, distance"... [more]