Felie's Personal Name List

Aiko
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 愛子, etc.(Japanese Kanji) あいこ(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: A-EE-KO
Personal remark: 愛子
Rating: 53% based on 12 votes
From Japanese (ai) meaning "love, affection" and (ko) meaning "child", as well as other character combinations.
Akiko
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 晶子, 明子, 秋子, etc.(Japanese Kanji) あきこ(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: A-KYEE-KO
Personal remark: 秋子
From Japanese (aki) meaning "clear, crystal", (aki) meaning "bright, light, clear" or (aki) meaning "autumn" combined with (ko) meaning "child". Other combinations of kanji characters are possible.
Aoba
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Japanese (Modern)
Other Scripts: 青葉, 蒼葉, 蒼波, 蒼羽, 青波, 青羽, 碧葉, 碧波, 碧羽, 葵葉, 葵波, 葵羽(Japanese Kanji) あお葉(Kanji/Hiragana) あおば(Japanese Hiragana) アオバ(Japanese Katakana)
Pronounced: A-O-BA
Personal remark: 青葉
Derived from the Japanese kanji 青葉 (aoba) referred to "fresh, green/blue leaves". For a long time, the distinction between "blue" and "green" in Japanese was not made. This name can be also written 蒼 / 碧 (ao) meaning "green, blue" as well or 葵 (ao) meaning "hollyhock, mallow" combined with 葉 (ba) meaning "leaf, blade, needle" or 波 (ba) meaning "wave, billow, ripple" or 羽 (ba) meaning "feather, wing". This name is more often used as surname or given name for fictional characters.

Other kanji combinations are also possible.

Aoi
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 葵, 碧, etc.(Japanese Kanji) あおい(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: A-O-EE
Personal remark:
Rating: 38% based on 6 votes
From Japanese (aoi) meaning "hollyhock, althea" or an adjectival form of (ao) meaning "green, blue". Other kanji with the same reading can form this name as well.
Ayaka
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 彩花, 彩華, 彩香, etc.(Japanese Kanji) あやか(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: A-YA-KA
Personal remark: 彩霞 🌐
From Japanese (aya) meaning "colour" combined with (ka) or (ka) both meaning "flower". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Ayako
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 彩子, 綾子, 絢子, etc.(Japanese Kanji) あやこ(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: A-YA-KO
Personal remark: 彩子 & 絢子
From Japanese (aya) meaning "colour", (aya) meaning "design" or (aya) meaning "brilliant fabric design, kimono design" combined with (ko) meaning "child". Other combinations of kanji characters are also possible.
Ayano
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 彩乃, 綾乃, etc.(Japanese Kanji) あやの(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: A-YA-NO
Personal remark: 綾乃 🌐
From Japanese (aya) meaning "colour" or (aya) meaning "design" combined with (no), a possessive particle. Other combinations of kanji characters can also form this name.
Ayumu
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 歩夢, 歩, etc.(Japanese Kanji) あゆむ(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: A-YOO-MOO
Personal remark: 歩夢 🌐
From Japanese (ayu) meaning "walk, step" and (mu) meaning "dream, vision". It can also be written with alone, or with other combinations of kanji.
Bao
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Chinese
Other Scripts: 宝, 褒, 苞, etc.(Chinese) 寶, 褒, 苞, etc.(Traditional Chinese)
Pronounced: POW
Personal remark: 宝 & 苞
Rating: 34% based on 5 votes
From Chinese (bǎo) meaning "treasure, jewel, precious, rare", (bāo) meaning "praise, honour" or (bāo) meaning "bud" (which is usually only feminine). Other Chinese characters are possible as well.
Bin
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Chinese
Other Scripts: 斌, 彬, 滨, 宾, etc.(Chinese)
Pronounced: PEEN
Personal remark: 빈 / 斌
From Chinese 斌 or 彬 (bīn) meaning "refined", 滨 (bīn) meaning "beach, seashore" or 宾 (bīn) meaning "visitor, guest", as well as other characters that are pronounced similarly.
Chae-Won
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Korean
Other Scripts: 채원(Korean Hangul) 采原, 采元, 彩原, 彩媛, etc.(Korean Hanja)
Pronounced: CHEH-WUN
From Sino-Korean (chae) meaning "collect, gather, pluck" or (chae) meaning "colour" combined with (won) meaning "source, origin, beginning". Other hanja combinations can also form this name.
Chinami
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 千奈美, 智奈美, 知那美(Japanese Kanji) ちなみ (Japanese Hiragana)
Personal remark: 千奈美 🌐
Derived from the Japanese kanji 千 (chi) meaning "a thousand" or 智 (chi) meaning "knowledge, wisdom" or 知 (chi) meaning "to know, wisdom" combined with 奈 (na) meaning "apple tree, what, Nara (city)" or 那 (na) meaning "what" and 美 (mi) meaning "beauty, beautiful".

Other kanji combinations are also possible.

Cho
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese (Rare)
Other Scripts: (Japanese Kanji) ちょう(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: CHO
Rating: 48% based on 4 votes
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji (see Chō).
Eiko
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 栄子, 英子, 永子, etc.(Japanese Kanji) えいこ(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: EH-KO
Rating: 47% based on 9 votes
From Japanese (ei) meaning "glory, honour, flourish, prosper" or (ei) meaning "excellent, fine" combined with (ko) meaning "child". Other kanji combinations can also form this name.
Emi
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 恵美, 絵美, etc.(Japanese Kanji) えみ(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: EH-MEE
Rating: 44% based on 8 votes
From Japanese (e) meaning "favour, benefit" or (e) meaning "picture, painting" combined with (mi) meaning "beautiful". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Eniko
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: えにこ(Japanese Hiragana) 栄仁子, etc.(Japanese Kanji)
Pronounced: E-NEE-KO
Rating: 55% based on 11 votes
From Japanese 栄 (e) meaning "flourish, prosperity, honor, glory, splendor", 仁 (ni) meaning "humanity, virtue, benevolence, charity, man, kernel" combined with 子 (ko) meaning "child". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Eun
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Korean
Other Scripts: (Korean Hangul) 恩, 銀, etc.(Korean Hanja)
Pronounced: UN
From Sino-Korean (eun) meaning "kindness, mercy, charity" or (eun) meaning "silver, money", as well as other hanja characters that are pronounced in the same way. It usually occurs in combination with another character, though it is sometimes used as a stand-alone name.
Ginko
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 銀子, 吟子(Japanese Kanji) ぎんこ (Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: GYEENG-KO
Personal remark: 銀子
Derived from the Japanese kanji 銀 (gin) meaning "silver" or 吟 (gin) meaning "to sing, to recite" combined with 子 (ko) meaning "child".

Other kanji combinations are also possible.

Haku
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Japanese, Popular Culture
Other Scripts: 白, 伯, 魄(Japanese Kanji) はく(Japanese Hiragana) ハク(Japanese Katakana)
Pronounced: HA-KOO(Japanese)
Rating: 55% based on 8 votes
From the Japanese kanji 白 (haku) meaning "white" or 伯 (haku) meaning "count; eldest brother; chief official" or 魄 (haku) meaning "soul".

Other kanji combinations are possible.

Famous bearers are fictional characters Haku in 'Naruto' and 'Haku' (a.k.a. Kohaku) in 'Spirited Away'.

Hana 3
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 花, 華, etc.(Japanese Kanji) はな(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: HA-NA
Rating: 55% based on 6 votes
From Japanese (hana) or (hana) both meaning "flower". Other kanji or kanji combinations can form this name as well.
Hanami
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 花見(Japanese Kanji) はなみ(Japanese Hiragana) ハナミ(Japanese Katakana)
Pronounced: HA-NAH-MEE
Rating: 43% based on 6 votes
From Japanese 花見 (hanami) meaning "flower view" or "blossom view" combining 花 (hana) meaning "flower" and 見 (mi) which actually means "view, see, viewing"

This might be a reference to a beautiful view of some cherry blossoms trees, Sakura, in Japan.

Haru
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 陽, 春, 晴, etc.(Japanese Kanji) はる(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: HA-ROO
Rating: 49% based on 7 votes
From Japanese (haru) meaning "light, sun, male", (haru) meaning "spring" or (haru) meaning "clear weather". Other kanji or kanji combinations can form this name as well.
Hasumi
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: はすみ(Japanese Hiragana) 聾, 麓, 録, 波純, 波澄, 蓮海, 蓮見, 蓮実, 蓮水, 蓮美, 蓮未, 蓮實, etc.(Japanese Kanji)
Pronounced: HAH-SUU-MEE
Rating: 42% based on 5 votes
From Japanese 聾 (hasumi) meaning "deaf", 麓 (hasumi) meaning "base or foot of a hill or mountain", 録 (hasumi) meaning "copy" (for males) or 波 (ha) meaning "wave" or 蓮 (hasu) meaning "lotus" combined with 純 (sumi) meaning "pure, innocent", 澄 (sumi) meaning "clear, pure", 海 (mi) meaning "sea, ocean", 見 (mi) meaning "to see", 実 (mi) meaning "fruit, good result, truth", 水 (mi) meaning "water", 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful", 未 (mi) referring to the Sheep, the eighth of the twelve Earthly Branches or 實 (mi) meaning "reality, truth" (for females). Other kanji or kanji combinations can also form this name.
Hideaki
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 英明, etc.(Japanese Kanji) ひであき(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: KHEE-DEH-A-KYEE
Personal remark: 秀昭 🌐
From Japanese (hide) meaning "excellent, fine" and (aki) meaning "bright, light, clear", as well as other combinations of kanji.
Hideyoshi
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 秀良, 秀吉, etc.(Japanese Kanji) ひでよし(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: KHEE-DEH-YO-SHEE
Rating: 40% based on 5 votes
From Japanese (hide) meaning "excellent, outstanding" combined with (yoshi) meaning "good, virtuous, respectable" or (yoshi) meaning "good luck". Other kanji combinations are possible. Toyotomi Hideyoshi (Hideyoshi being his given name) was a 16th-century daimyo who unified Japan and attempted to conquer Korea. He also banned the ownership of weapons by the peasantry, and banished Christian missionaries.
Himawari
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Japanese (Modern)
Other Scripts: 向日葵, 向日花, 日向咲, 向夏花, 陽葵, 陽周, 葵, etc.(Japanese Kanji) ひまわり(Japanese Hiragana) ヒマワリ(Japanese Katakana)
Pronounced: KHEE-MA-WA-RYEE
Rating: 46% based on 5 votes
From 向日葵 (himawari) which refers to the sunflower, originally deriving from 日 (hi) meaning "sun" combined with 回り (mawari) meaning "rotation, circulation," from the misconception that the sunflowers follow the direction of the sun, the behaviour only occuring in immature flower buds and not in fully grown sunflowers (which faces east).
Other ways to write this name include 向日花, 日向咲, 向夏花, 陽葵, 陽周 and 葵 with 花 meaning "flower," 咲 meaning "blossom," 夏 meaning "summer" and 周, related to 回.
Hiyomi
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 日与美(Japanese Kanji) ひよみ(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: HEE-YO-ME
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
From the Japanese kanji 日 (hi) meaning "sun; sunlight; daylight" combined with 与 (yo) meaning "to give; to provide" and 美 (mi) meaning "beauty".

Other kanji combinations are possible.

Hong
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Chinese
Other Scripts: 虹, 红, 弘, 鸿, 宏, etc.(Chinese) 虹, 紅, 弘, 鴻, 宏, etc.(Traditional Chinese)
Pronounced: KHUWNG
Rating: 8% based on 5 votes
From Chinese (hóng) meaning "rainbow", (hóng) meaning "enlarge, expand, great" (which is usually only masculine) or 鸿 (hóng) meaning "wild swan, great, vast" (also usually only masculine). Other characters can also form this name.
Honoka
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 和花, 穂香, etc.(Japanese Kanji) ほのか(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: HO-NO-KA
Rating: 46% based on 7 votes
From Japanese (hono) meaning "harmony" (using an obscure nanori reading) and (ka) meaning "flower", as well as other combinations of kanji that have the same pronunciation. Very often it is written using the hiragana writing system.
Hoshi
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: , etc.(Japanese Kanji) ほし(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: HO-SHEE
Rating: 38% based on 6 votes
From Japanese (hoshi) meaning "star" or other kanji with the same pronunciation.
Hoshiko
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 星子, etc.(Japanese Kanji) ほしこ(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: HO-SHEE-KO, HO-SHKO
Rating: 40% based on 5 votes
From Japanese (hoshi) meaning "star" and (ko) meaning "child". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Hua
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Chinese
Other Scripts: 华, 花, etc.(Chinese) 華, 花, etc.(Traditional Chinese)
Pronounced: KHWAH
Rating: 36% based on 5 votes
From Chinese (huá) meaning "splendid, illustrious, Chinese" or (huā) meaning "flower, blossom" (which is usually only feminine). Other Chinese characters can form this name as well.
Ikuma
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Personal remark: 生馬 🌐
Derived from the Japanese kanji 生 (iku) meaning "purity, pure, unrefined, unmixed" or 行 (iku) meaning "vertical row, line, verify" or 伊 (i) meaning "this, he" and 玖 (ku) meaning "nine, black jewel" combined with 馬 (ma) meaning "horse" or 真 (ma) meaning "truth, reality, genuine, excellent" or 磨 (ma) meaning "to polish, to grind, to brush (teeth)".

Other kanji combinations are also possible.

Ino
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 偉野, 偉埜, 猪(Japanese Kanji) いの (Japanese Hiragana)
Personal remark: いの
Derived from the Japanese kanji 偉 (i) meaning "admirable, great, excellent" combined with 野 or 埜 (no) both meaning "field, area". In the Naruto franchise there is a female character called Ino written with Japanese Hiragana いの (Ino). This name refers to the kanji 猪 (inoshishi) meaning "wild boar" and Ino is named this because of a wordplay with her surname (山中 yamanaka meaning "among the mountains") as well as a combination in the traditional Japanese playing cards Hanafuda (which is Ino-Shika-Chō meaning "boar-deer-butterflies").
Izumi
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: , etc.(Japanese Kanji) いずみ(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: EE-ZOO-MEE
Rating: 50% based on 7 votes
From Japanese (izumi) meaning "fountain, spring". This name can also be constructed from other combinations of kanji.
Izuru
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 出, 出琉(Japanese Kanji) いづる (Japanese Hiragana)
Personal remark: 出琉
Derived from the Japanese kanji 出 (izuru) meaning "(something that) comes out" or also 出 (izu) combined with 琉 (ru) meaning "precious stone, gem, lapis lazuli".

Other kanji combinations are also possible.

Jae-Seong
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Korean
Other Scripts: 재성(Korean Hangul) 在成, 宰誠, etc.(Korean Hanja)
Pronounced: CHEH-SUNG
From Sino-Korean (jae) meaning "located at, exist" or (jae) meaning "kill, rule" combined with (seong) meaning "completed, finished, succeeded" or (seong) meaning "sincere, honest, true". Other hanja combinations are possible.
Jan-di
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Korean
Rating: 26% based on 5 votes
Jan-di (surname is Geum) is one of the main characters of well-known 2009 South-Korean drama Boys Over Flowers. She is the main character's love interest.
Je-hsin
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Chinese
Rating: 35% based on 6 votes
It means "enthusiast" in Chinese.
Jiaoyue
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Chinese
Other Scripts: 月娇, 月皎, etc.(Chinese)
Rating: 40% based on 6 votes
From Chinese 月 (yuè) meaning "moon" combined with 娇 (jiāo) meaning "charming, tender, delicate" or 皎 (jiǎo) "bright, brilliant", as well as other character combinations that can form this name.
Ji-hoo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Korean
Rating: 24% based on 5 votes
Ji-hoo (surname is Yoon) is one of the main characters of well-known 2009 South-Korean drama Boys Over Flowers. Along with Jun-pyo, Yi-Jung and Woo-bin is part of F4.
Ji-Hye
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Korean
Other Scripts: 지혜(Korean Hangul) 智慧, etc.(Korean Hanja)
Pronounced: CHEE-YEH
From a Sino-Korean compound meaning "wisdom", formed of the hanja characters (ji) meaning "wisdom, intellect" and (hye) meaning "bright, intelligent". This name can also be formed from other character combinations.
Jun 1
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Chinese, Korean
Other Scripts: 君, 俊, 军, etc.(Chinese) 君, 俊, 軍, etc.(Traditional Chinese) (Korean Hangul) , etc.(Korean Hanja)
Pronounced: CHUYN(Chinese) CHOON(Korean)
From Chinese (jūn) meaning "king, ruler", (jùn) meaning "talented, handsome" (which is usually only masculine) or (jūn) meaning "army" (also usually only masculine) [1]. This is also a single-character Korean name, often from the hanja meaning "talented, handsome". This name can be formed by other characters besides those shown here.
Jung
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Chinese
Rating: 37% based on 6 votes
It means "army" in Chinese refered to a traditional and ancient type of war. This is the name of famous writer Jung Chang who wrote Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China edited in 1991.
Jun-pyo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Korean
Rating: 35% based on 6 votes
Jun-pyo (surname is Gu) is one of the main characters of well-known 2009 South-Korean drama Boys Over Flowers. He is the leader of F4. This character is played by famous actor Lee Min-ho.
Junta
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Personal remark: 惇太
Derived from the Japanese kanji 惇 (jun) meaning "kind, sincere" or 純 (jun) meaning "innocent, pure" combined with 太 (ta) meaning "big, fat, great".

Other kanji combinations are also possible.

Kaede
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: , etc.(Japanese Kanji) かえで(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: KA-EH-DEH
Rating: 50% based on 5 votes
From Japanese (kaede) meaning "maple" or other kanji that are pronounced the same way.
Kajiko
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 楫子(Japanese Kanji) かじこ (Japanese Hiragana)
Personal remark: 楫子
Derived from the Japanese Kanji 楫 (kaji) meaning "rudder, helm, sculling oar" and 子 (ko) meaning "child".

Other kanji combinations are also possible.

Kan
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 寛, 和, 完(Japanese Kanji) かん (Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: KAN
Derived from the Japanese kanji 寛 (kan) meaning "tolerant; generous; leniency, gentleness" or 和 (kan) meaning "peace, harmony, tranquillity, serenity" or 完 (kan) meaning "complete, perfect, infallible, conclusion".

Other kanji are also possibile.

Kaori
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 香, 香織, etc.(Japanese Kanji) かおり(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: KA-O-REE
Personal remark: 花織 🌐
From Japanese (kaori) meaning "fragrance". It can also come from an alternate reading of (ka) combined with (ori) meaning "weaving". Other kanji combinations are possible. It is often written using the hiragana writing system.
Kayoko
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 加代子, 佳代子, 加余子, etc.(Japanese Kanji) かよこ(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: KA-YO-KO
Rating: 50% based on 6 votes
From Japanese (ka) meaning "add, increase" or (ka) meaning "good, auspicious, beautiful" combined with (yo) meaning "generation, era" or (yo) meaning "surplus" and finishing with (ko) meaning "child". This name can also be formed from other combinations of kanji characters.
Kazue
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 和枝, 一恵, 一枝, etc.(Japanese Kanji) かずえ(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: KA-ZOO-EH
Rating: 44% based on 5 votes
From Japanese (kazu) meaning "harmony, peace" or (kazu) meaning "one" combined with (e) meaning "branch" or (e) meaning "favour, benefit". Other combinations of kanji characters can potentially form this name.
Kazuhiko
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 和彦, 一彦, etc.(Japanese Kanji) かずひこ(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: KA-ZOO-KHEE-KO
Personal remark: 和彦
From Japanese (kazu) meaning "harmony, peace" or (kazu) meaning "one" combined with (hiko) meaning "boy, prince". Other kanji combinations can also form this name.
Kenzaburō
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 健三郎(Japanese Kanji)
Rating: 18% based on 4 votes
From Japanese kanji 健 (ken) meaning "strong; healthy" combined with 三 (zabu) meaning "three; third" and 郎 () meaning "son".

Kenzaburō Ōe (1935-) is a Japanese writer and the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1994.

Kikuya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Pronounced: kyeekooya
Personal remark: 菊弥
Derived from the Japanese kanji 菊 (kiku) meaning "chrysanthemum flower" combined with 弥 (ya) meaning "widely, increasingly, more and more, for a long time".

Other kanji combinations are also possible.

Kiyoe
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 聖恵(Japanese Kanji) きよえ(Japanese Hiragana)
Derived from the Japanese kanji 聖 (kiyo) meaning "holy; sacred" combined with 恵 (e) meaning "blessing; grace; favor".

Other kanji combinations are also possible.

A famous bearer is Kiyoe Yoshioka (b. 1984), a Japanese singer and vocalist best known for being the lead vocalist of the band Ikimonogakari.

Kiyoko
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 清子, 聖子, etc.(Japanese Kanji) きよこ(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: KYEE-YO-KO
Rating: 48% based on 6 votes
From Japanese (kiyo) meaning "clear, pure, clean" or (kiyo) meaning "holy" and (ko) meaning "child". This name can also be formed from other combinations of kanji characters.
Kōji
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 浩司, 浩二, 康二, 幸次, 光司, etc.(Japanese Kanji) こうじ(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: KO-ZHEE
Personal remark: 広司
From Japanese () meaning "prosperous", () meaning "happiness, good luck" or () meaning "peace" combined with (ji) meaning "officer, boss", (ji) meaning "two" or (ji) meaning "next". This name can also be formed from many other combinations of kanji characters.
Kokomo
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 心椛, 心々桃, 心々萌(Japanese Kanji) ここも (Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: KO-KO-MO
Personal remark: 心椛 🌐
Derived from the Japanese kanji 心 (koko) meaning "mind, heart, spirit, soul; thoughts, ideas" or 心 (ko) and 々 a Kanji used when the previous kanji is repeated, combined with 桃 (mo) meaning "peach" or 椛 (mo) meaning "birch" or 萌 (mo) meaning "bud, sprout".

Other kanji combinations are possible.

Konomi
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 楽, 好美, 小之美, 木乃実(Japanese Kanji) このみ (Japanese Hiragana) この実, 好み(mixed script)
Personal remark: 木の美
Derived from the Japanese kanji 楽 (konomi) meaning "music; comfort, ease" or a combination of 好 (kono) meaning "fondness, what one likes" and 美 (mi) meaning "beauty". Further combinations with three kanji can be 小之美 (konomi) made of 小 (ko) meaning "infant, baby", 之 (no) meaning "of" and 美 (mi) meaning "beauty" or 木乃実 (konomi) a combination of 木 (ko) meaning "tree, wood", 乃 (no) meaning "of" and 実 (mi) meaning "truth".

Except for 美 (mi) that is read with the Go-On Reading, all the other kanji are read with the Kun Reading. However It's not rare that Konomi is written with Hiragana script as このみ (Konomi) or a mixed Kanji and Hiragana way such as この実 (Konomi) and 好み (Konomi).

Other Kanji combinations are also possible.

Kotomi
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 琴美, 寿美, 寿弥, 壽美(Japanese Kanji) ことみ (Japanese Hiragana)
Personal remark: 琴美 / 寿弥 🌐
Derived from the Japanese kanji 琴 (koto) meaning "koto (a Japanese zither)" or 寿 / 壽 (koto) both meaning "(something worthy of) congratulations, longevity" combined with 美 (mi) meaning "beauty, beautiful" or 弥 (mi) meaning "widely, increasingly, for a long time".

Other kanji combinations are also possible.

Kunichika
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 邦親, 国周(Japanese Kanji) くにちか (Japanese Hiragana)
Personal remark: 邦親 🌐
Derived from the Japanese kanji 邦 (kuni) meaning "home country (usually refers to Japan)" or 国 (kuni) meaning "land, country, region" combined with 親 (chika) meaning "parent, elder" or 周 (chika) meaning "laps, circuits".

Other kanji combinations are also possible.

Kyōichi
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 恭一, 京一, 教一(Japanese Kanji) きょういち(Japanese Hiragana)
Rating: 26% based on 5 votes
From the Japanese kanji 恭 (kyō) meaning "respect" or 京 (kyō) meaning "capital city" or 教 (kyō) meaning "teaching" combined with 一 (ichi) meaning "one".

Other kanji combinations are possible.

Li 1
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Chinese
Other Scripts: 理, 立, 黎, 力, 丽, etc.(Chinese) 理, 立, 黎, 力, 麗, etc.(Traditional Chinese)
Pronounced: LEE
Personal remark:
Rating: 57% based on 3 votes
From Chinese () meaning "reason, logic", () meaning "stand, establish", () meaning "black, dawn", () meaning "power, capability, influence" (which is usually only masculine) or () meaning "beautiful" (usually only feminine). Other Chinese characters are also possible.
Masayoshi
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 正由, 正義, 正喜, 昌良, 昌義, 優好, 政義, 正吉, 雅宜, 正芳, 昌義, 正慶, 雅祥, 将義, 匡良, etc.(Japanese Kanji) まさよし(Japanese Hiragana) マサヨシ(Japanese Katakana)
Pronounced: MA-SA-YO-SHEE
Personal remark: 正練 🌐
Combination of Masa and Yoshi.

Bearers of this name include actor Masayoshi Haneda (羽田 昌義) (1976-), mathematician Masayoshi Nagata (永田 雅宜) (1927-2008) and video game composer and sound editor Masayoshi Soken (祖堅 正慶) (1975-).

Midori
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: , etc.(Japanese Kanji) みどり(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: MEE-DO-REE
Rating: 54% based on 10 votes
From Japanese (midori) meaning "green", as well as other kanji or kanji combinations that have the same pronunciation.
Miho 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 美穂, 美保, etc.(Japanese Kanji) みほ(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: MEE-HO
Personal remark: 美帆 🌐
From Japanese (mi) meaning "beautiful" and (ho) meaning "grain" or (ho) meaning "protect, maintain". Other kanji combinations are also possible.
Mika 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 美香, 美加, etc.(Japanese Kanji) みか(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: MEE-KA
Rating: 48% based on 8 votes
From Japanese (mi) meaning "beautiful" combined with (ka) meaning "fragrance" or (ka) meaning "increase". Other kanji combinations are also possible.
Minamoto
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Japanese (Rare)
Other Scripts: (Japanese Kanji) みなもと(Japanese Hiragana) ミナモト(Japanese Katakana)
Pronounced: MYEE-NA-MO-TO
Personal remark:
From 源 (minamoto) meaning "fountainhead, river source; source, origin," derived from a combination of 水 (mi), the combining form of mizu meaning "water," and 元/本 (moto) meaning "source, origin" with the addition of the Old Japanese possessive particle na.

This name is very rarely used.

Misato
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Personal remark: 美里 🌐
Derived from the Japanese kanji 美 (mi) meaning "beauty, beautiful" combined with 郷 (sato) meaning "village" or 里 (sato) meaning "village, hometown, country".

Other kanji combinations are also possible.

Mitsuki
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 美月, 光希, etc.(Japanese Kanji) みつき(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: MEE-TSOO-KYEE, MEETS-KYEE
Rating: 50% based on 9 votes
From Japanese (mi) meaning "beautiful" and (tsuki) meaning "moon". It can also come from (mitsu) meaning "light" and (ki) meaning "hope", as well as several other kanji combinations.
Momoka
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 百花, 桃花, 桃香(Japanese Kanji) ももか(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: MO-MO-KA
Rating: 49% based on 7 votes
From Japanese (momo) meaning "hundred" or (momo) meaning "peach" combined with (ka) meaning "flower" or (ka) meaning "fragrance". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Momoko
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 百子, 桃子, etc.(Japanese Kanji) ももこ(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: MO-MO-KO
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
From Japanese (momo) meaning "hundred" or (momo) meaning "peach" combined with (ko) meaning "child". This name can be constructed from other kanji combinations as well.
Motoie
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 基家(Japanese kanji) もといえ (Japanese Hiragana)
Personal remark: 基家
Derived from the Japanese kanji 基 (moto) meaning "base, be base on" and 家 (ie) meaning "house, home, family".

Other kanji combinations are also possible.

A famous bearer was Motoie (基家) Kujō (九条), 1203-1280, a waka poet and Japanese nobleman active in the early Kamakura period. He is designated as a member of the New Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry (新三十六歌仙, Shinsanjūrokkasen).

Myeong
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Korean
Other Scripts: (Korean Hangul) , etc.(Korean Hanja)
Pronounced: MYUNG
From Sino-Korean (myeong) meaning "bright, light, clear" or other hanja characters with the same pronunciation. Although it does appear rarely as a single-character name, it is more often used in combination with another character.
Nana 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 菜奈, 奈菜, 菜々, 奈々, etc.(Japanese Kanji) なな(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: NA-NA
Personal remark: なな 🌐
From Japanese (na) meaning "vegetables, greens" and/or (na), a phonetic character. The characters can be in either order or the same character can be duplicated, as indicated by the symbol . Other kanji with the same pronunciations can also be used to form this name.
Naomichi
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 直倫, 直道, 正道, 直通(Japanese kanji) なおみち (Japanese Hiragana)
Derived from the Japanese kanji 直 (nao) meaning "common, straight, ordinary" or 正 (nao) meaning "correct, justice" combined with 倫 (michi) meaning "ethics" or 道 (michi) meaning "road, way, path" or 通 (michi) meaning "pass through".

Other kanji combinations are also possible.

Nikki
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 新希, 肉桂, etc.(Japanese Kanji)
Pronounced: neek̚-kee
Personal remark: 肉桂
From Japanese 新 (ni) meaning "new" combined with 希 (ki) meaning "hope" or also 肉桂 (nikki) meaning "cinnamon". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Usage of this name is, most likely, influenced by the name Nikki.

Nobu
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 信, 延, etc.(Japanese Kanji) のぶ(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: NO-BOO
Rating: 32% based on 5 votes
From Japanese (nobu) meaning "trust", (nobu) meaning "prolong, stretch", or other kanji and kanji combinations. It is sometimes a short form of longer names beginning with this sound.
Onpu
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Rating: 30% based on 6 votes
It means "musical note" in Japanese.
Qiu
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Chinese
Other Scripts: 秋, 丘(Chinese)
Pronounced: CHYO
Rating: 40% based on 6 votes
From Chinese (qiū) meaning "autumn", (qiū) meaning "hill, mound", or other characters with a similar pronunciation. The given name of the philosopher Confucius was .
Ran
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: , etc.(Japanese Kanji) らん(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: RAN
Personal remark:
Rating: 50% based on 5 votes
From Japanese (ran) meaning "orchid" or other kanji pronounced in the same way.
Ranran
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 藍々, 蘭々, 爛々, 乱々(Japanese Kanji) らんらん (Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: ṘAHN-ṘAHN
Personal remark: 藍々
Derived from the Japanese kanji 藍 (ran) meaning "indigo" or 蘭 (ran) meaning "orchid" or 爛 (ran) meaning "be sore, inflamed, bleary, fester" or 乱 (ran) meaning "chaos, disorder, revolt, rebellion" combined with 々 an iteration mark denoting the repetition of the previous kanji.

Other kanji combinations are also possible.

Riku 2
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: , etc.(Japanese Kanji) りく(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: REE-KOO
Personal remark: 璃来 🌐
From Japanese (riku) meaning "land" or different kanji that are pronounced the same way.
Rin
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: , etc.(Japanese Kanji) りん(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: REEN
Rating: 58% based on 10 votes
From Japanese (rin) meaning "dignified, severe, cold" or other kanji that are pronounced the same way.
Ryō
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 涼, 遼, 諒, etc.(Japanese Kanji) りょう(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: RYO
Personal remark:
From Japanese (ryō) meaning "cool, refreshing", (ryō) meaning "distant" or (ryō) meaning "reality", as well as other kanji that have the same pronunciation.
Ryōta
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 涼太, 亮太, 良太, etc.(Japanese Kanji) りょうた(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: RYO-TA
Personal remark: 涼太 🌐
From Japanese (ryō) meaning "cool, refreshing", (ryō) meaning "clear" or (ryō) meaning "good" combined with (ta) meaning "thick, big, great". This name can also be formed of other kanji combinations.
Ryōyū
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 陵侑(Japanese kanji) りょうゆう (Japanese Hiragana)
Personal remark: 陵侑 🌐
Derived from the Japanese kanji 陵 (ryō) meaning "imperial tomb" combined with 侑 () meaning "help, assist".

Other kanji combinations are also possible.

Ryuu
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 竜, 龍, etc.(Japanese Kanji) りゅう(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: RYOO
Rating: 41% based on 7 votes
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji or (see Ryū).
Sachiko
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 幸子, etc.(Japanese Kanji) さちこ(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: SA-CHEE-KO
Rating: 56% based on 10 votes
From Japanese (sachi) meaning "happiness, good luck" and (ko) meaning "child". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Sadaharu
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 貞治, 定治(Japanese kanji) さだはる (Japanese Hiragana)
Personal remark: 貞治
Derived from the Japanese kanji 貞 (sada) meaning "faithfulness, uprighteousness" or 定 (sada) meaning "determine, establish, decide" combined with 治 (haru) meaning "govern, regulate, administer, reign, cure".

Other kanji combinations are also possible.

Satsuki
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 皐, 皐月, 五月, 小月(Japanese Kanji) さつき(Japanese Hiragana) サツキ(Japanese Katakana)
Personal remark: 五月 🌐
From Japanese kanji 皐 (satsuki) meaning "shore" or 皐月/五月 (satsuki), the fifth month of the lunar calendar. It can be also the combination of 小 (sa) meaning "little; small" and 月 (tsuki) meaning "moon".

Other kanji combinations are possible.

Sena
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 瀬名, 聖奈, 瀬那, 瀬奈, 星奈(Japanese Kanji) せな(Japanese Hiragana) セナ(Japanese Katakana)
Personal remark: 世南 🌐
Derived from the Japanese kanji 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids, current" or 聖 (se) meaning "holy, sacred" or 星 (se) meaning "star, celestial body, one of the Twenty-Eight Mansions in the Chinese system of constellations" combined with 名 (na) meaning "name, reputation" or 奈 (na) meaning "apple tree, what, Nara (city)" or 那 (na) meaning "what, which".

Other kanji combinations are also possible.

Seo-Hyeon
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Korean
Other Scripts: 서현(Korean Hangul) 瑞賢, etc.(Korean Hanja)
Pronounced: SU-YUN
From Sino-Korean (seo) meaning "felicitous omen, auspicious" combined with (hyeon) meaning "virtuous, worthy, able". Other combinations of hanja characters can form this name as well.
Seong-Min
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Korean
Other Scripts: 성민(Korean Hangul) 成敏, 性旻, etc.(Korean Hanja)
Pronounced: SUNG-MEEN
From Sino-Korean (seong) meaning "completed, finished, succeeded" or (seong) meaning "nature, character, sex" combined with (min) meaning "quick, clever, sharp" or (min) meaning "quick, clever, sharp". Many other hanja character combinations are possible.
Shio
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 史生, 紫緒, 師王(Japanese Kanji) しお (Japanese Hiragana)
Personal remark: 紫緒
Derived from the Japanese Kanji 史 (shi) meaning "record, history" or 紫 (shi) meaning "purple" or 師 (shi) meaning "teacher" combined with 生 (o) meaning "pure, undefiled" or 緒 meaning "string; cord; thong" or 王 (o) meaning "king".

Other kanji combinations are also possible.

Shiomi
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 塩見, 汐見(Japanese kanji) しおみ (Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: SHEE-OH-MEE
Personal remark: 汐見
Derived from the Japanese kanji 塩 (shio) meaning "salt (a symbol of purification)" or 汐 (shio) meaning "eventide, salt water, opportunity" combined with 見 (mi) meaning "to see, the look or appearance of something".

Other kanji combinations are also possible.

Shiomi was used as a feminine given name in the Edo Period (1600-1868) but nowadays is more common as a surname or a fictional name.

Shisō
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 四三(Japanese Kanji) しそう (Japanese Hiragana)
Personal remark: 四三 🌐
Derived from the Japanese kanji 四 (shi) meaning "four, fourth" combined with 三 () meaning "three".

Other kanji combinations are also possible.

Shōma
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Personal remark: 昌磨 🌐
Derived from the Japanese kanji 祥 (shō) meaning "an omen of good fortune or happiness" or 昌 (shō) meaning "good, prosper" or 翔 (shō) meaning "soar" combined with 万 (ma) meaning "ten thousand, all" or 磨 (ma) meaning "to polish, to grind, to brush (teeth)" or 馬 (ma) meaning "horse".

Other kanji combinations are also possible.

Shu
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Chinese
Other Scripts: , etc.(Chinese)
Pronounced: SHOO
Rating: 46% based on 5 votes
From Chinese (shū) meaning "good, pure, virtuous, charming", besides other characters that are pronounced similarly.
Shū
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 修, 秋, 臭, etc.(Japanese Kanji)
Rating: 36% based on 5 votes
Japanese name meaning either "mastering" (修), "autumn" (秋) or "smell" (臭).

Bearers of this name are Shu Todoroki from Cars 2 and Drew (Shū in the Japanese version) from Pokemon.

Si-Woo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Korean
Other Scripts: 시우(Korean Hangul) 始祐, 始雨, etc.(Korean Hanja)
Pronounced: SHEE-OO
Alternate transcription of Korean Hangul 시우 (see Si-U).
Sōichirō
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 宗一郎, 總一郎, 總一朗(Japanese kanji) そういちろう (Japanese Hiragana)
Personal remark: 宗一郎
Derived from the Japanese kanji 宗 () meaning either "ancestor, clan" and "esteemed, respectful" or 總 () meaning "overall; altogether" combined with 一 (ichi) meaning "one" and 郎 () meaning "son" or 朗 () meaning "bright, clear, cheerful".

Other kanji combinations are also possible.

Songlian
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Chinese
Rating: 40% based on 7 votes
It could mean "pine tree covered by snow" from 松 (song) wich means "pine tree" and (lian) wich means "snow". It is the protagonist's name in 1991 film "Raise the Red Lantern".
Sora
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 空, 昊, etc.(Japanese Kanji) そら(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: SO-RA
Rating: 56% based on 8 votes
From Japanese (sora) or (sora) both meaning "sky". Other kanji with the same pronunciations can also form this name.
Sorano
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: そらの(Japanese Hiragana) 空乃, 天乃, etc.(Japanese Kanji)
Pronounced: SO-ṘAH-NO
Rating: 43% based on 6 votes
From Japanese 空 (sora) meaning "sky" or 天 (sora) meaning "heavens, sky" combined with 乃 (no), a possessive particle.

Other combinations of kanji characters can also form this name.

Su-Bin
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Korean
Other Scripts: 수빈(Korean Hangul) 秀斌, etc.(Korean Hanja)
Pronounced: SOO-BEEN
From Sino-Korean (su) meaning "luxuriant, beautiful, elegant, outstanding" combined with (bin) meaning "refined". Other combinations of hanja characters can form this name as well.
Suma
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Personal remark: 寿万
Derived from the Japanese kanji 寿 (su) meaning "longevity; long life, congratulations" or 須 (su) meaning "necessary; moment, short while" combined with 万 (ma) meaning "ten thousand, many, all" or 磨 (ma) meaning "to polish".

Other kanji combinations are also possible.

Takeru
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Japanese, Japanese Mythology
Other Scripts: 尊, 健, 猛, 猛竜, 丈瑠(Japanese Kanji) たける(Japanese Hiragana) タケル(Japanese Katakana)
Personal remark: 尊, 猛竜 🌐
Derived from the Japanese kanji 尊 (takeru) meaning "excellent, noble, precious" or 健 (takeru) meaning "strong, healthy" or 猛 (takeru) meaning "fierce, ferocious". Takeru can also be written with two kanji, for example 猛 (take, read differently from above) or 丈 (take) meaning "height, mountain" combined with 竜 (ru) meaning "dragon, hero, imperial" or 瑠 (ru) meaning "precious stone, lapis lazuli".

Other kanji combinations are also possible.

Tomohiko
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 友彦, 知彦, 智彦, 朝彦(Japanese Kanji) ともひこ (Japanese Hiragana)
Personal remark: 友彦 🌐
Derived from the Japanese kanji 友 (tomo) meaning "friend, companion, comrade" or 知 (tomo) meaning "to know, wisdom" or 智 (tomo) meaning "intellect, knowledge, wisdom" or 朝 (tomo) meaning "morning, Imperial court, dynasty" combined with 彦 (hiko) meaning "accomplished young man; prince".

Other kanji combinations are also possible.

Tsubaki
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 椿, etc.(Japanese Kanji) つばき(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: TSOO-BA-KYEE
Personal remark: 椿
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
From Japanese 椿 (tsubaki) meaning "camellia (flower)", as well as other combinations of kanji that are pronounced the same way.
Tsukasa
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: , etc.(Japanese Kanji) つかさ(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: TSOO-KA-SA
Personal remark: 司 🌐
From Japanese (tsukasa) meaning "director, boss". This name can also be formed by other kanji or combinations of kanji.
Umeko
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 梅子, etc.(Japanese Kanji) うめこ(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: OO-MEH-KO
Personal remark: 梅子
Rating: 43% based on 6 votes
From Japanese (ume) meaning "apricot, plum" (referring to the species Prunus mume) and (ko) meaning "child". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Wakaba
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 若葉, 稚葉, 新葉, 若羽, 和佳葉, 和夏葉, 和香葉, etc.(Japanese Kanji) わか葉(Kanji/Hiragana) わかば(Japanese Hiragana) ワカバ(Japanese Katakana)
Pronounced: WA-KA-BA
Personal remark: 若葉 🌐
From 若葉 (wakaba) meaning "new leaves; fresh verdure," as a name, also written as 稚葉 or 新葉.
Any other kanji on the second element is used that can be read as ba, such as 羽 meaning "feather." The first element can also either be written phonetically or split into two, with a wa kanji like 和 "harmony, peace" and a ka kanji such as 佳 meaning "beautiful, good," 夏 meaning "summer" or 香 meaning "fragrance."
Wataru
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 渉, 亘, 渡, 航, 亘琉, 航瑠, 和多留(Japanese Kanji) わたる(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: WA-TA-ROO
Personal remark: 航 🌐
Derived from the Japanese kanji 渉 (wataru) meaning "to ford or to cross a body of water" or 亘 (wataru) meaning "span, request" or 渡 (wataru) meaning "transit, ford, ferry, cross" or 航 (wataru) meaning "navigate".

This name can also be written with two or three kanji for example 亘 (wata) and 航 (wata), read differently than above, combined with 琉 or 瑠 (ru) meaning "precious stone, lapis lazuli" or also 和 (wa) meaning "peace, harmony, Japan" combined with 多 (ta) meaning "many, much" and 留 (ru) meaning "detain, fasten, halt, stop".

Other kanji combinations are also possible.

Woo-bin
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Korean
Rating: 37% based on 6 votes
Woo-bin (surname is Song) is one of main characters of well-known 2009 South-Korean drama Boys Over Flowers. Along with Jun-pyo, Ji-hoo and Yi-jung he is part of F4.
Xing
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Chinese
Other Scripts: 兴, 行, 星, 惺, 杏, etc.(Chinese)
Pronounced: SHEENG
Personal remark:
From Chinese 兴 (xīng) meaning "rise, flourish, prosper", 行 (xíng) meaning "carry out, execute, perform", 星 (xīng) meaning "star, planet", 惺 (xīng) meaning "clever, intelligent" or 杏 (xìng) meaning "apricot". Other character combinations can form this name as well.
Yahiko
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 弥彦(Japanese Kanji) やひこ (Japanese Hiragana)
Personal remark: 弥彦 🌐
Derived from the Japanese kanji 弥 (ya) meaning "go across; widely; full; complete; increasingly; for a long time; forever" combined with 彦 (hiko) meaning "accomplished young man; prince".

Other kanji combinations are also possible.

Yama
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese (Archaic)
Other Scripts: (Japanese Kanji) やま(Japanese Hiragana) ヤマ(Japanese Katakana)
Pronounced: YAH-MAH
Personal remark:
Derived from the Japanese kanji 山 (yama) meaning "mountain".

Yama was used in the early part of the Edo period (1603-1868), but the popularity of it remains unanswered. In the Meiji period (1868-1912) though, it was a really rare name.

Yayoi
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 弥生, 彌生, 八生, 也生, 弥代生, 彌代生, 八代生(Japanese Kanji) やよい(Japanese Hiragana) ヤヨイ(Japanese Katakana)
Pronounced: YA-YO-EE
Rating: 43% based on 6 votes
This name combines 弥/彌 (bi, mi, amaneshi, iya, iyoiyo, tooi, hisashi, hisa.shii, ya, wata.ru) meaning "increase," 八 (hachi, ya, ya(t).tsu, you) meaning "eight" or 也 (e, ya, ka, nari, mata), referring to nari, the classical form of "to be," with 生 (shou, sei, i.kiru, i.keru, -u, u.mare, o.u, ki, na.ru, ha.eru, yoi) meaning "birth, genuine, life."
The kanji 代 (tai, dai, ka.eru, ka.waru, kawa.ru, -gawa.ri, -ga.wari, shiro, yo), which means "age, generation," can be added in between 弥/彌 or 八.

As a word, Yayoi (弥生) is used as the traditional name for the month of March. It's also used as a name of a period of Japanese history going from around 300BC to 300AD, originally made up of 弥 (ya) and 生 (oi), which would literally mean "thick growth" when referring to, for example, grass.

Yeong
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Korean
Other Scripts: (Korean Hangul) 英, 榮, 永, 映, etc.(Korean Hanja)
Pronounced: YUNG
From Sino-Korean (yeong) meaning "flower, petal, brave, hero", as well as other hanja characters that are pronounced similarly. It usually occurs in combination with another character, though it is sometimes used as a stand-alone name. This name was borne by Jang Yeong-sil (where Jang is the surname), a 15th-century Korean scientist and inventor.
Yi-jung
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Korean
Rating: 38% based on 6 votes
Yi-jung (surname is So) is one of the main characters of well-known 2009 South-Korean drama Boys Over Flowers. Along with Jun-pyo, Ji-hoo and Woo-bin he is part of F4.
Yoshito
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 義人, 吉人, 良人, 善斗, 由人(Japanese kanji) よしと (Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: YO-SHEE-TO
Personal remark: 善斗 🌐
Derived from the Japanese kanji 義 (yoshi) meaning "righteous" or 吉 (yoshi) meaning "good luck" or 良 (yoshi) meaning "good, virtuous, respectable" or 善 (yoshi) meaning "virtue, goodness" or 由 (yoshi) meaning "cause, reason, from, arising from" combined with 人 (to) meaning "person" or 斗 (to) meaning "Big Dipper (the constellation Ursa Major)" or referred to an old unit of liquid measure.

Other kanji combinations are possible.

Young-Soo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Korean
Other Scripts: 영수(Korean Hangul) 永壽, etc.(Korean Hanja)
Pronounced: YUNG-SOO
Alternate transcription of Korean Hangul 영수 (see Yeong-Su).
Yui
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 結衣, 優衣, 結, etc.(Japanese Kanji) ゆい(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: YOO-EE
Rating: 47% based on 7 votes
From Japanese (yu) meaning "tie, bind" or (yu) meaning "excellence, superiority, gentleness" combined with (i) meaning "clothing, garment". It can also come from stand-alone (yui) using a different nanori reading. This name can be formed of other kanji or kanji combinations as well.
Yukimi
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 幸美, 雪美, 陽美, 侑美, 雪見, 幸実(Japanese Kanji) ゆきみ(Japanese Hiragana) ユキミ(Japanese Katakana)
Pronounced: YUU-KEE-MEE
Personal remark: 雪見 🌐
Derived from the Japanese kanji 幸 (yuki) meaning "happiness" or 雪 (yuki) meaning "snow" or 陽 (yuki) meaning "light, Yang polarity" or 侑 (yuki) meaning "help, assist, repay kindness" combined with 美 (mi) meaning "beauty, beautiful" or 見 (mi) meaning "to see; viewing" or 実 (mi) meaning "seed, fruit".

Other kanji combinations are also possible.

Yūma
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 悠真, 優真, etc.(Japanese Kanji) ゆうま(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: YOO-MA
Personal remark: 優真 🌐
From Japanese () meaning "permanence" or () meaning "excellence, superiority, gentleness" combined with (ma) meaning "real, genuine". Other combinations of kanji can form this name as well.
Yūmi
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Personal remark: 夕湖 🌐
Derived from the Japanese kanji 夕 () meaning "evening" combined with 湖 (mi) meaning "lake".

Other kanji combinations are also possible.

Yun
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Chinese
Other Scripts: 云, 允, etc.(Chinese) 雲, 允, etc.(Traditional Chinese)
Pronounced: UYN
Personal remark:
From Chinese (yún) meaning "cloud" or (yǔn) meaning "allow, consent", as well as other Chinese characters that are pronounced in a similar way.
Yurika
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Pronounced: YUU-ṘEE-KAH
Personal remark: 由梨花 🌐
Rating: 80% based on 1 vote
Derived from the Japanese kanji 百合 (yuri) meaning "lily" or 友 (yu) meaning "friend" or 由 (yu) meaning "cause, arise from" and 里 (ri) meaning "village, a unit of distance" or 梨 (ri) meaning "pear tree" combined with 花 (ka) meaning "flower" or 果 (ka) meaning "(piece of) fruit" or 香 (ka) meaning "fragrance, scent" or 加 (ka) meaning "add, increase". This name is often spelled with Japanese Hiragana and Japanese Katakana as well.

Other kanji combinations are also possible.

Yutaka
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 豊, 裕, etc.(Japanese Kanji) ゆたか(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: YOO-TA-KA
Personal remark:
From Japanese (yutaka) meaning "luxuriant, lush, bountiful" or (yutaka) meaning "abundant, rich, plentiful". Other kanji can also form this name.
Zhang
Usage: Chinese
Other Scripts: (Chinese) (Traditional Chinese)
Pronounced: CHAHNG
Personal remark:
Rating: 40% based on 1 vote
From Chinese (zhāng) meaning "stretch, extend". It may have denoted a bowmaker whose job it was to stretch bow wood.
Zhi
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Chinese
Other Scripts: 志, 智, etc.(Chinese)
Pronounced: CHEE
Personal remark:
Rating: 0% based on 1 vote
From Chinese (zhì) meaning "will, purpose, ambition" or (zhì) meaning "wisdom, intellect", as well as other characters that are pronounced similarly.
Zi
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Chinese
Other Scripts: 紫, 姿(Chinese)
Personal remark:
Rating: 30% based on 1 vote
Derived from the Chinese character 紫 () meaning "purple" or 姿 () meaning "appearence, gesture, presence, posture".

Other characters can form this name as well.

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