Japanese Submitted Names

This is a list of submitted names in which the language is Japanese.
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Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.
Yuriyo f Japanese
From Japanese 百合 (yuri) meaning "lily" combined with 代 (yo) meaning "world, society". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Yusa f Japanese
From Japanese 結 (yu) meaning "tie, fasten, join, organize" combined with 沙 (sa) meaning "sand". Other kanji combinations are also possible.
Yusaka f Japanese
From Japanese 柚 (yu) meaning "grapefruit, pomelo, citrus fruit", 早 (sa) meaning "already, now" combined with 佳 (ka) meaning "beautiful, good". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Yūsaku m Japanese
From Japanese 勇 () meaning "brave" combined with 作 (saku) meaning "work". Other kanji combinations are possible. ... [more]
Yusano f Japanese
From Japanese 由 (yu) meaning "cause, reason", 紗 (sa) meaning "gauze, thin silk" combined with 乃 (no), a possessive particle. Other combinations of kanji characters can also form this name.
Yusei m Japanese
The name Yusei means "planetary." In the hit anime, Yu-Gi-Oh 5ds, the main protagonist Yusei Fudo, is named after his father's scientific "planetary" discovery
Yūshi m Japanese
From Japanese 有 (yuu) meaning "exist" combined with 志 (shi) meaning "purpose, will, determination, aspiration, ambition". Other combinations of kanji characters can also form this name.... [more]
Yushin m Japanese
It's most popular reading is made from 優 Yuu meaning "Friendly, Superior, Excellence" and 心 Shin meaning "Heart". It can be written in tons of different ways, however... [more]
Yushkep-kamuy f Ainu, Far Eastern Mythology, Japanese Mythology
Ainu goddess (Kamuy) of spiders. She often assists Nusa-kor-kamuy in his tasks.
Yūsuke m Japanese
From Japanese 祐 () meaning "assistant" combined with 介 (suke) meaning "shell, shellfish" or 輔 (suke) meaning "help". Other kanji combinations are possible.... [more]
Yusuke m Japanese
Variant transcription of Yūsuke.
Yusumi f Japanese
From Japanese 優 (Yū) meaning "excellence, superiority, gentleness", 澄 (sumi) meaning clear, pure. Other kanji combinations are also possible.
Yusurako f Japanese
From Japanese 桜桃 (yusura) meaning "cherry" combined with 子 (ko) meaning "child". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Yutaro m Japanese
Variant transcription of Yuutarou.
Yutsuki f & m Japanese
Most commonly spelled as 結月 for girls, combining Japanese 結 (yu) meaning "tie, bind" with Japanese 月 (tsuki) meaning "moon". Another popular combination is 優月 combining Japanese 優 (yu) meaning "gentleness, superiority" with Japanese 月 (tsuki) meaning "moon".
Yuua m & f Japanese
From Japanese 杏 (yu) meaning "apricot", 結 (yuu) meaning "tie, bind, contract, join, organize, do up hair, fasten", 優 (yuu, yu) meaning "tenderness, excel, surpass, actor, superiority, gentleness", 友 (yuu) meaning "friend", 悠 (yuu) meaning "permanence, distant, long time, leisure", 有 (yuu) meaning "exist", 由 (yuu) meaning "wherefore, a reason", 祐 (yuu) meaning "help", 裕 (yuu) meaning "abundant, rich", 夕 (yuu) meaning "evening" or 侑 (yuu) meaning "urge to eat", 優 (u) meaning "tenderness, excel, surpass, actor, superiority, gentleness" or 羽 (u) meaning "feathers" combined with 杏 (a) meaning "apricot", 愛 (a) meaning "love, affection", 空 (a) meaning "sky", 亜 (a) meaning "second, Asia", 綾 (a) meaning "design, figured cloth, twill", 明 (a) meaning "bright, light", 有 (a) meaning "exist" or 阿 (a) meaning "flatter, fawn upon, corner, nook, recess"... [more]
Yuugao f Japanese
Means "moonflower". Was used for a female ANBU in the NARUTO series (Uzuki Yuugao).
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]
Yuuha f Japanese
From Japanese 優 (yuu) meaning "excellence, gentleness" combined with 羽 (ha) meaning "feathers". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Yuuhi m & f Japanese
From Japanese 夕日 (yuuhi) meaning "setting sun" or from 優 (yuu) meaning "gentleness, lithe, superior" combined with 陽 (hi) meaning "light, sun, male". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Yuuho f & m Japanese
From Japanese 勇 (yuu) meaning "brave", 有 (yuu) meaning "exist" or 由 (yuu) meaning "cause, reason" combined with 星 (ho) meaning "star", 歩 (ho) meaning "walk" or 帆 (ho) meaning "sail". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Yuuichi m Japanese
From Japanese 優 (yuu) "gentleness, superiority", 悠 (yuu) "distant, leisurely" or 勇 (yuu) "brave" combined with 一 (ichi) "one".
Yuuichirou m Japanese
From Japanese 優 (yuu) meaning "gentleness, lithe, superior", 一 (ichi) meaning "one" combined with 郎 (rou) meaning "son". Other kanji combinations are possible as well. ... [more]
Yuujiro m Japanese
Variant transcription of Yujiro.
Yuukata m & f Japanese
From Japanese 夕方 (yuutaka) meaning "early evening".
Yuuken m Japanese
From Japanese 勇 (yuu) meaning "brave" or 有 (yuu) meaning "exist" combined with 健 (ken) meaning "healthy, strong". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Yuukichi m Japanese
From Japanese 勇 (yuu) meaning "brave" combined with 吉 (kichi) meaning "good luck". Other kanji combinations are possible. ... [more]
Yuukou m Japanese
From Japanese 侑 (yuu) meaning "help, assist, repay kindness" combined with 広 (kou) meaning "vast, wide". Other kanji combinations are possible. ... [more]
Yuukyuu m Japanese
From Japanese 勇 (yuu) meaning "brave", 悠 (yuu) meaning "permanence", 祐 (yuu) meaning "divine intervention, protection" or 雄 (yuu) meaning "hero, manly" combined with 久 (kyuu) meaning "long time"... [more]
Yuumiko f Japanese
Variant transcription of Yumiko.
Yuuna f Japanese, Okinawan, Popular Culture
The Okinawan name for ‘sea hibiscus’. Also known as the Ryukyuan form of Yuna and Yūna.
Yuuno f Japanese
From Japanese 柚 (yuu) meaning "citron", 由 (yuu) meaning "cause, reason" or 有 (yuu) meaning "exist" combined with 乃 (no), a possessive particle. Other combinations of kanji characters can also form this name.
Yuunosuke m Japanese
Variant transcription of Yunosuke.
Yuura f & m Japanese
From Japanese 夕 (yuu) meaning "evening" or 優 (yuu) meaning "gentleness, lithe, superior" combined with 空 (ra) meaning "sky". Other kanji combinations are also possible.
Yuurou m Japanese
From Japanese 尤 (yuu) meaning "especially, particularly", 佑 (yuu) meaning "assist, help, protect", 勇 (yuu) meaning "brave", 祐 (yuu) meaning "divine intervention, protection" or 雄 (yuu) meaning "hero, manly" combined with 郎 (rou) meaning "son", 朗 (rou) meaning "bright, clear" or 老 (rou) meaning "old age, an elderly person, the aged, the elderly"... [more]
Yuuryou m Japanese
From Japanese 勇 (yuu) meaning "brave", 友 (yuu) meaning "friend", 裕 (yuu) meaning "abundant, rich, plentiful" or 雄 (yuu) meaning "hero, manly" combined with 亮 (ryou) meaning "clear" or 綾 (ryou) meaning "thin type of silk fabric resembling satin, damask silk"... [more]
Yuusei m Japanese
From Japanese 勇 (yuu) meaning "brave" combined with 星 (sei) meaning "star". Other kanji combinations are possible.... [more]
Yuushichi m Japanese
From Japanese 勇 (yuu) meaning "brave" combined with 七 (shichi) meaning "seven". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Yuushichirou m Japanese
From Japanese 勇 (yuu) meaning "courage", 七 (shichi) meaning "seven" combined with 郎 (rou) meaning "son". Other kanji combinations can be possible.
Yuushin m Japanese
From Japanese 勇 (yuu) meaning "brave" combined with 心 (shin) meaning "heart, mind, soul". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Yuushirou m Japanese
From Japanese 勇 (yuu) meaning "brave", 祐 (yuu) meaning "divine intervention, protection", 郁 (yuu) meaning "fragrance, perfume" or 優 (yuu) meaning "gentleness, lithe, superior", 四 (shi) meaning "four" combined with 郎 (rou) meaning "son"... [more]
Yuushun m Japanese
From Japanese 祐 (yuu) meaning "to protect" combined with 俊 (shun) meaning "excellence". Other combinations of kanji are possible.
Yuusuke m Japanese
Variant transcription of Yūsuke.
Yuutai m Japanese
From Japanese 勇 (yuu) meaning "brave" combined with 諦 (tai) meaning "truth, clarity, abandon, give up". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Yuutarou 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 m Japanese
From Japanese 宙 (yuu) meaning "mid-air", 佑 (yuu) meaning "help, assist", 優 (yuu) meaning "tenderness, excel, surpass, actor, superiority, gentleness", 勇 (yuu) meaning "brave", 友 (yuu) meaning "friend", 幽 (yuu) meaning "seclude, confine to a room, deep, profound, secluded, faint, dark, tranquil, calm", 悠 (yuu) meaning "permanence, distant, long time, leisure", 憂 (yuu) meaning "melancholy, grieve, lament, be anxious, sad, unhappy", 有 (yuu) meaning "exist", 湧 (yuu) meaning "boil, ferment, seethe, uproar, breed", 由 (yuu) meaning "wherefore, a reason", 祐 (yuu) meaning "help", 裕 (yuu) meaning "abundant, rich", 遊 (yuu) meaning "play", 雄 (yuu) meaning "hero, manly", 夕 (yuu) meaning "evening" or 侑 (yuu) meaning "help, assist, repay kindness" combined with 也 (ya) meaning "also", 耶 (ya), an interjection, 允 (ya) meaning "license, sincerity, permit", 伸 (ya) meaning "expand, stretch, extend, lengthen, increase", 夜 (ya) meaning "night", 雅 (ya) meaning "gracious, elegant, graceful, refined", 哉 (ya), an exclamation, 矢 (ya) meaning "dart, arrow", 野 (ya) meaning "area, field", 彌 (ya) meaning "extensive, full, fill, complete" or 弥 (ya) meaning "all the more, increasingly"... [more]
Yuuyu 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 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 f Japanese
From Japanese 結 (yu) meaning "tie, fasten, join, organize" combined with 和 (wa) meaning "peace, harmony". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Yuwi f Japanese (Rare)
Rare variant of Yui.
Yuwika f Japanese
Variant spelling of YUI
Yuwiko f Japanese
Rare variant of Yuiko.
Yuya m Japanese
Variant transcription of Yuuya.
Yuyako 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]
Yuyo f Japanese
Yu can mean "abundant", "reason", "strong, brave" and more. Yo can mean "generation, period", "world, society", or "sunlight".
Yuyu 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 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]
Yuyuko 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 m Japanese (Rare)
Rare variant transcription of Yūji.
Yuzou m Japanese
Variant transcription of Yūzō.
Yuzu 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 f Japanese
From Japanese 柚 (yuzu) meaning "grapefruit, pomelo, citrus fruit" combined with 江 (e) meaning "creek, bay". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Yuzuha f Japanese
"Leaf, spear, fragment"
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 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]
Yuzuma 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 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 f Japanese
From Japanese 柚 (yuzu) meaning "grapefruit, pomelo, citrus fruit" combined with 奈 (na) meaning "apple tree". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Yuzune f Japanese
From Japanese 柚 (yuzu) meaning "grapefruit, pomelo, citrus fruit" combined with 音 (ne) meaning "sound". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Yuzuno f Japanese
From Japanese 柚 (yuzu) meaning "citron" combined with 乃 (no), a possessive particle. Other kanji combinations are possible.
Yuzuto 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]
Zaijirō m Japanese
Japanese masculine name derived from 在 (zai) "be at, consist in", 二 (ji) "two" and #郎 (rou) "son".
Zakuro 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 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]
Zenjiro m Japanese
Zen is a name by itself that means "religious" ,while Jill means "two" and ro(u) means "son",so the name literally means "religious second son".The first and only time I've ever heard it,is from the old shoujo manga and anime Kodocha/Kodomo no Omocha or the English name for the series: Child's Toy... [more]
Zenjirou m Japanese
Variant transcription of Zenjiro.
Zenkichi m Japanese
善吉, 善 means "good." 吉 means "luck." 
Zenko 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.
Zennosuke m Japanese
"virtuous"; "of"; "rescue" (aid)... [more]
Zenpo m Japanese
From the kanji 善 (zen) meaning “good” and 保 (ho) meaning “protection”.... [more]
Zentarou m Japanese
Variant transcription of Zentaro.
Zenzō m Japanese
It is from the Kanji characters "禅" (zen) meaning "ritual" and "僧" () meaning "monk".
Zenzoh m Japanese (Modern, Rare)
It is a variant transcription of Zenzō.
Zerone f Japanese
From Japanese 零 (zero) meaning "zero" combined with 音 (ne) meaning "sound". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Zeroyo f Japanese
From Japanese 零 (zero) meaning "zero" combined with 夜 (yo) meaning "night". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Zoro 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]