The best Japanese female names and their meaning: list in Russian and English with translation. Anime: Japanese names for girls


Japanese female names

Women's names differ from men's names in that they have a clearer translation and are quite easy to read. This is due to the fact that the most common reading for them is kun, and also their structure looks much simpler. However, exceptions to the rules are very rare. Also, only in female names can one find borrowings from other languages, with the exception of Chinese.

  • Azumi is a safe place to live
  • Azemi - thistle flower
  • Ai - love
  • Ayano - silk colors
  • Akemi - bright beauty
  • Aki - autumn, bright
  • Akiko - autumn child or smart child
  • Akira - bright, clear, dawn
  • Akane - shiny, red
  • Amaterezu - bright in the skies
  • Amaya - evening rain
  • Aoi - blue
  • Arizu - noble appearance
  • Asuka - fragrance
  • Asemi - morning beauty
  • Atsuko is a hardworking, warm child.
  • Aya - colorful or woven silk
  • Ayaka - colorful flower, fragrant summer
  • Ayako is an academic child
  • Ayam - iris
  • Banquo - a literary child
  • Janko is a pure child
  • June - obedient
  • Zhina – silver
  • Izumi - fountain
  • Izenemi - a woman who invites
  • Yoko is an ocean child, a confident child.
  • Yoshi - fragrant branch, good bay
  • Yoshiko - fragrant, good, noble child
  • Yoshshi - good
  • Kam - turtle (symbol of long life)
  • Kayao - beautiful generation, generation of increase
  • Keiko is a happy, respectful child
  • Kay - respectful
  • Kiku - chrysanthemum
  • Kimi - short for names starting with "Kimi"
  • Kimiko - history's beautiful child, dear child, reigning child
  • Kin - gold
  • Kyoko - child of the capital
  • Kotoun - the sound of a harp
  • Koheku - amber
  • Kumiko is a beautiful, long-lasting child
  • Kaed - maple
  • Kezu - branch, blessed, harmonious
  • Kazuko is a harmonious child
  • Kazumi - harmonious beauty
  • Kemeko - turtle (symbol of long life)
  • Keori - fragrance
  • Keoru - fragrance
  • Katsumi - victorious beauty
  • Marie - beloved
  • Megumi - blessed one
  • Miwa - beautiful harmony, three rings
  • Midori - green
  • Mizuki - beautiful moon
  • Mizeki - flower of beauty
  • Miyoko is a beautiful generation child, the third generation child
  • Mika - first sound
  • Miki - beautiful tree, three trees
  • Miko is a beautiful child of blessing
  • Minori - a beautiful harbor, a village of beautiful areas
  • Mineko is a beautiful child
  • Mitsuko - full child (blessings), bright child
  • Miho - a beautiful bay
  • Michi - trail
  • Michiko - a child on the right path, a thousand beauties of a child
  • Miyuki - beautiful happiness
  • Miyako is a beautiful child in March
  • Mommo - peach
  • Momo - a hundred blessings, a hundred rivers
  • Momoko - baby peach
  • Moriko - forest child
  • Madoka - calm
  • Mezumi - increased beauty, true purity
  • Maseko - correct, manage the child
  • Mazami - correct, graceful beauty
  • May - dance
  • Meiko - child's dance
  • Meyumi - true bow, true absorbed beauty
  • Maki - true report, tree
  • Maine is true
  • Menami - the beauty of love
  • Mariko is the true reason child
  • Mesa - short for names starting with "Masa"
  • Nana - seven
  • Naoki - an honest tree
  • Naomi is beauty first and foremost
  • Nobuko - a devoted child
  • Nori - short for names starting with "Nori"
  • Noriko - a child of principles
  • Neo - honest
  • Neoko is an honest child
  • Natsuko - year old child
  • Natsumi - summer beauty
  • Ran - water lily
  • Reiko is a beautiful, polite child
  • Rey is polite
  • Ren - water lily
  • Rika - appreciated fragrance
  • Rico - Jasmine's child
  • Ryoko is a good child
  • Sake - Cape
  • Setsuko is a moderate child
  • Sora - sky
  • Suzu - call
  • Suzumu - progressive
  • Suzyum - sparrow
  • Sumiko is a clear, thinking child, a pure child
  • Sayeri - small lily
  • Sekera - cherry blossom
  • Sekiko - blooming child, earlier child
  • Sengo - coral
  • Sechiko is a happy child
  • Teruko is a bright child
  • Tomiko - the child who preserved beauty
  • Tomoko - friendly, wise child
  • Toshi - emergency
  • Toshiko is a child of many years, a priceless child
  • Tsukiko - moon child
  • Takeko - tall, noble child
  • Tekera - treasure
  • Tamiko - Child of Abundance
  • Uzeji - rabbit
  • Umeko - child of the plum blossom
  • Ume-elv - plum blossom
  • Fuji - wisteria
  • Fumiko - the child who kept beauty
  • Hana - favorite or flower
  • Hideko is a gorgeous child
  • Hizeko - long-lived child
  • Hikeri - light or shining
  • Hikeru - light or bright
  • Hiro - widespread
  • Hiroko is a generous child
  • Hiromi - widespread beauty
  • Hitomi is a name usually given to girls with especially beautiful eyes.
  • Hoteru - firefly, lightning bug
  • Hoshi is a star
  • Heneko - loafer
  • Haruka is far away
  • Heruki - tree of springtime
  • Haruko - child of springtime
  • Harumi - the beauty of springtime
  • Chi - wisdom, thousand blessings
  • Chiyo - a thousand generations
  • Chiyoko - child of a thousand generations
  • Chika - wisdom
  • Chico is a wise child, a thousand blessings of a child
  • Chikeko - child of wisdom
  • Chinatsu is a thousand years old
  • Chiharu - one thousand springs
  • Chiesa - morning repeated a thousand times
  • Cho - butterfly
  • Shayori - bookmark, guide
  • Shig is an abbreviation for names starting with "Shij"
  • Shijeko - abundant child
  • Shizuka - quiet
  • Shizuko - calm the child down
  • Shika - a gentle deer
  • Shinju - a pearl
  • Eiko - long-lasting child, luxurious child
  • Eika - love song
  • Eiko - beloved child, child of love
  • Amy - the beauty of love
  • Eyumi - walk
  • Amy - smile
  • Emiko - smiling child
  • Eri is a lucky prize
  • Etsuko - a joyful child
  • Yuca - fragrant, friendly blossom
  • Yuki - happiness, snow
  • Yukiko - snow child or happy child
  • Yuko is a useful, superior child
  • Yumi - bow, useful beauty
  • Yumiko is a beautiful, helpful child
  • Yuri - lily
  • Yuriko - lily's child, dear child
  • Yayoi - spring
  • Yasu - calm
  • Yasuko - an honest child, a peaceful child

Beautiful Japanese female names have undergone the most significant changes over the past 100 years. These changes affected not only their meanings, but also dramatic changes occurred in the spelling of names. It was allowed to use new signs and hieroglyphs. Modern Japanese female names and their meanings clearly demonstrate the changing attitude of the Japanese towards their traditions. For example, recently in Japan they have increasingly begun to give children the names of anime or manga characters. However, this phenomenon is already spreading beyond the country and spreading throughout the world.

Japanese girl names are divided into several groups depending on the component they contain. This may be a component that has an abstract meaning, that is, showing the desire to possess some qualities in a future life. It could also be animal ingredients that have now fallen out of favor and are now considered old-fashioned. One of the most popular components in the name is the plant component. However, in addition to the listed components, you can find Japanese names for girls with numerals or even with seasons and natural phenomena.

Names that contain more than two components have an exponential component in their structure, which is usually located at the end. For example, the most common indicator is the ending -ko, which literally translates as “child”. But nowadays it has become considered unfashionable, so in most cases this component is discarded.

Ichigo (Ichigo)

This name is most likely associated with the name of the male protagonist "Bleach", but this name can also be female. When used in relation to a girl, Ichigo means strawberry, which is what the berry is called in Japanese. The main character of The Great Pastry Chef is Amano Ichigo, a kind girl who loves to bake and eat a lot of sweets. Her dishes mainly contain fruits and berries, especially strawberries. In Tokyo Meow Meow, the main character is a girl named Momomiya Ichigo. She transforms into a catwoman with distinctive pink hair. Both heroines are as sweet and tender as a strawberry. Unfortunately, in Russian there is a slight difficulty with this name. It can be pronounced either Ichigo or Ichigo.

Japanese male names

Male names in Japan are one of the most difficult parts of the Japanese language, since non-standard and rare readings, as well as unusual modifications of some components, are very popular in male names. There are even cases when the pronunciation of a name is not related to its spelling, and only the bearer himself can read it. Japanese male names and their meaning, as well as female ones, have undergone quite significant changes due to changes in Japanese traditions.

  • Akayo is a smart person
  • Aki - autumn, bright
  • Akio - handsome, handsome
  • Akira - bright, clear, dawn
  • Akihiko - the bright prince
  • Akihiro - smart, scientist, bright
  • Aretha is new
  • Atsushi - warm-hearted, hardworking
  • Goro - fifth son
  • Jero - tenth son
  • Jiro - second son
  • June - obedient
  • Junichi - obedient, purity, first
  • Deiki - of great value
  • Daysyuk is a great helper
  • Deichi - Great First Son or Great Land
  • Izamu - brave, warrior
  • Izao - honor, merit
  • Izaneji - a man who invites
  • Yoichi - male, first (son)
  • Iori - addiction
  • Yoshayo is a good man
  • Yoshi is good
  • Yoshikezu - good and harmonious, fair, first (son)
  • Yoshinori - noble virtue, fair principles
  • Yoshiro is a good son
  • Yoshito is a good, lucky person
  • Yoshihiro - Widespread Perfection
  • Yoshieki - fair fame, bright fortune
  • Yoshiyuki - fair happiness
  • Iuoo - stone man
  • Ichiro - first son
  • Kayoshi - quiet
  • Keiji - respectful, second (son)
  • Keiichi - respectful, first (son)
  • Ken - healthy and strong
  • Kenji - intellectual ruler
  • Kenichi - first builder, governor
  • Kenta - healthy, strong
  • Kenshin - the humble truth
  • Kero - ninth son
  • Kiyoshi - pure, holy
  • Kyo - approvals, ginger, or greater
  • Kichiro - lucky son
  • Koji - filial ruler, happy, second (son)
  • Koichi - bright, widespread, first (son)
  • Koheku - amber
  • Kunayo - compatriot
  • Kazuki - the beginning of a new generation, a pleasant world, or radiance
  • Kezuo is a harmonious person
  • Kazuhiko - the first, harmonious prince
  • Kazuhiro - harmony, widespread
  • Keitashi - hardness
  • Catsero - victorious son
  • Katsu - victory
  • Katsuo - the victorious child
  • Makoto is true
  • Masashi - correct, luxurious official
  • Mikayo - tree trunk man
  • Minori - a beautiful harbor, a village of beautiful people
  • Minoru - fruitful
  • Mitseru - full height
  • Mitsuo - bright man, third man (son)
  • Michayo is a man on the (right) path
  • Michi - trail
  • Madoka - calm
  • Mazuio - increasing the world
  • Mazeki - correct report, graceful tree
  • Mazenory - correct principles, successful government
  • Maseo - correct the person
  • Mazeru - intellectual, victorious
  • Matheto is a correct, graceful person
  • Mazahiko - Fix the Prince
  • Mazahiro - control widely
  • Mazaeki - correct brightness
  • Memoru - protect
  • Menebu - diligent
  • Mesa - short for names starting with "Masa"
  • Maseyoshi - managing fairly, shining perfection
  • Maseyuki - proper happiness
  • Naoki - an honest tree
  • Noboru - rise up, rise, virtuous
  • Nobu - faith
  • Nobuo is a loyal person
  • Nobuyuki - devoted happiness
  • Norayo is a man of principles
  • Nori - short for names starting with "Nori"
  • Neo - honest
  • Ozemu - ruler
  • Rio is excellent
  • Ryota - strong, strong
  • Rokero - sixth son
  • Raiden - thunder and lightning
  • Ryuu - dragon
  • Seiji - warning, second (son)
  • Seiichi - warning, pure, first (son)
  • Suzumu - progressive
  • Sabero - third son
  • Sedeo is the deciding man
  • Setoru - enlightened
  • Setoshi - clear thinker, quick-witted, wise
  • Takashi is a filial official worthy of praise
  • Takayuki - filial happiness, noble
  • Taro - to the great son (this name is given only to the first son)
  • Teruo is a bright person
  • Tetsuo - clear (thinking) man, iron man
  • Tetsuya - iron that becomes, clear evening
  • Tomayo - the guardian
  • Toru - penetration, wanderer
  • Toshayo - man of anxiety, genius
  • Toshi - emergency
  • Toshieki - emergency and bright, mature brightness
  • Toshiyuki - emergency and happy
  • Tsuyoshi - strong
  • Tsuneo is a common man
  • Tsutomu - worker
  • Tedeo is a loyal person
  • Tedashi - correct, loyal, fair
  • Takeo - warrior
  • Takehiko - Soldier's Prince
  • Takeshi - cruel, warrior
  • Tekumi - artisan
  • Teko - a tall, noble man
  • Takehiro - widespread nobility
  • Temotsu - full, protective
  • Tetsuo - Dragon Man
  • Tetsuya is the dragon one becomes (and has his wisdom and longevity)
  • Fumayo - literary, academic child
  • Hideki - a luxury opportunity
  • Hideo is a luxurious person
  • Hidiki - flamboyant excellence, luxurious brightness
  • Hizoka - saved
  • Hizeo - long-lived person
  • Hizeshi - durable
  • Hikeru - light or shining
  • Hiro - wide, widespread
  • Hiroaki - widespread brightness
  • Hiroyuki - Widespread Happiness
  • Hiroki - rich joy, strength
  • Hiromi - Widespread Observation, Widespread Beauty
  • Hiroshi - abundant, widespread
  • Hitoshi - balanced, level
  • Hoteka - step by step
  • Headheim - the beginning
  • Haruo - the man of springtime
  • Hechiro - eighth son
  • Shig is an abbreviation for names starting with "Shij"
  • Shijeru - excellent, plentiful
  • Shijo - rich person
  • Shin is true
  • Shinji - devotee, second (son)
  • Shinichi - devoted, first (son)
  • Shiro - fourth son
  • Shichiro - seventh son
  • Shoji - corrective, shining, second (son)
  • Shoichi - correct, successful, first (son)
  • Shuji - excellent, second (son)
  • Shuichi - excellent, manager, first (son)
  • Eiji - excellent second son, luxurious ruler
  • Yuichi - brave, friendly, first (son)
  • Yukayo is a happy person
  • Yuki - happiness, snow
  • Yutaka - abundant, prosperous
  • Yuu - superior
  • Yuudai is a great hero
  • Yuchi - brave, second, son
  • Yasuo is an honest, peaceful person
  • Yasuhiro - Rich Honesty, Widespread Peace
  • Yasushi - honest and peaceful

Beautiful Japanese male names are usually divided into two types: single-component and multi-component. One-component names include a verb, as a result of which the name contains an ending - y, for example, Mamoru “protector”, or an adjective with the ending - si, for example, Hiroshi “broad”. In some cases, you can find names written with just one hieroglyph and having one reading. Names consisting of two hieroglyphs, as a rule, are indicators of masculinity. For example, man, husband, son, warrior, courageous, etc. Each of these indicators has its own ending. Such names usually contain a hieroglyph that shows how the name should be read.

There are also names consisting of three components. In this case, the indicator will be two-component. For example, “youngest son”, “eldest son”, etc. In rare cases, you can meet a person with a three-component name and a one-component indicator. It is very rare to find names that have four components and are written in Japanese alphabet rather than in hieroglyphs.

A little history

Japanese names consist of a surname and a given name, for example Kurono Kei, Nishi Juichiro, Kishimoto Kei. There is no such thing as a middle name in Japanese. When writing a name, the surname always comes first, i.e. Juichiro is the name, although a Russian person will almost certainly decide the opposite. When communicating simply by name, the Japanese rarely address each other by name, even if people are in very close, informal relationships - lovers, family members, very close friends, including in an informal setting. For the Japanese, a name is a very personal, intimate thing.

The suffix “-hime” was added to the end of the names of girls from noble families. It is often translated as "princess", but in fact it was used to refer to all noble ladies.

Haruka

Haruka is a common female name, less commonly used for men. This name can also be interpreted in different ways, but the main meanings are spring, fragility, sunny weather, distance, flower. You may remember Haruka Teno from the Sailor Moon anime series. She is known for her romantic relationship with Michuri, which was censored in the European anime adaptation. The heroine loves to flirt and tease other girls. Despite this, Haruka is always ready to defeat her enemies with her team.

Yumi

Yumi is a common female name not only in Japan, but also in Korea. The kanji used for Yumi usually mean beauty, but can also be translated as intelligence, abundance, evening, fruit, tenderness, God's blessing, constancy and friend. In the Chobits anime series, Yumi is important. She is one of the few who are disapproved of persocoms (humanoid robot assistants) and uses the most basic device that allows her to make phone calls. Relationships with Persocoms show that technology can be both beneficial and destructive, especially when it comes to human relationships.

Yuki

Yuki can be either a female or a male name. This name translates as snow. I would like to draw your attention to Yuki Cross from the anime “Vampire Knight”. When the girl first appears in the series, she is unremarkable except for the fact that she is the daughter of the school principal. Despite this, she has many secrets, for example, she cannot remember her own childhood. The only thing she can say is that the girl was born on a cold, snowy night. Whether this has anything to do with her name or not is up to you to decide.

Sakura

Sakura is perhaps the only name that is popular outside of Japan. It is associated with the sakura plant, which blooms beautifully in spring. Sakura in anime can be either a real name or a nickname. The most famous girl is Sakura Haruno from Naruto. The one who irritated many fans with her first appearance in the series was when she was with Sasuke. As the story progressed, she blossomed and was quite capable of lending a helping hand in any battle.

After reading this article, we hope that you have found a suitable name for your child, pet, game character or fan fiction character. Each name carries a hidden meaning. Do you have a favorite female anime name? Why do you like it? What does it mean to you?

The Japanese actually do not have a specific list of names, like we do or in Europe. Parents in Japan can take any word existing in the language (noun, verb, adjective) and give it as a name to the child. They may add a traditional root for names (for female ones, this is, for example, -ko (child) or -mi (beauty)), or they may not add it - as you like.

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