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Kanae 1
Gender Feminine
Usage Japanese
Scripts かなえ, かなゑ(Japanese Hiragana) かな恵, かな枝(Kanji/Hiragana) 佳菜枝, 佳茄恵, 佳永, 伽名枝, 伽名江, 伽南枝, 伽那枝, 伽奈江, 伽奈栄, 佳那絵, 佳那慧, 佳南恵, 佳名恵, 加茄枝, 加菜江, 加奈惠, 加南江, 加苗, 可奈江, etc.(Japanese Kanji)
Pronounced Pron. KAH-NAH-E  [key]

Meaning & History

From Japanese 愛 (kanae) meaning "love, affection" or 佳 (ka) meaning "beautiful, good", 菜 (na) meaning "vegetables, greens" combined with 枝 (e) meaning "branch, limbs". Other kanji combinations are possible.

A famous bearer is Kanae Yamamoto, a Japanese politician of the New Komeito Party, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet (national legislature).
Added 3/25/2016 by cutenose
Edited 3/6/2020 by m4yb3_daijirou, Mike C and cutenose

Kanae 2
Gender Feminine & Masculine
Usage Japanese
Scripts 愛惠, 叶恵, 叶惠, 嘉苗, 叶, 夢, 鼎, 佳愛, etc.(Japanese Kanji) かなえ(Japanese Hiragana) カナエ(Japanese Katakana)
Pronounced Pron. KAH-NAH-E  [key]

Meaning & History

From Japanese 愛 (kana) meaning "love, affection", 叶 (kana) meaning "come true", 嘉 (ka) meaning "fine", 惠 (e) meaning "blessed", 苗 (nae) meaning "seedlings", 叶 (kanae) meaning "come true", 夢 (kanae) meaning "dream", and 鼎 (kanae) meaning "precisely". Other Kanji combinations are possible.

Kanae is a unisex name, can be used on males, but very rarely. Derived from the verb 叶える (Kanaeru) meaning "come true"; encouraging a person bearing this name to chase their dreams.
Added 5/19/2021 by Multilingual Chan
Edited 12/20/2022 by Mike C