Japanese Character Names List

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Aiko - "beloved child"
Pronunciation: ah-ee-ko
Gender: Female
Origin: Japanese

Aimi - unknown meaning
Gender: Female
Origin: Japanese

Aki - "born in the autumn, ancestor"
Gender: Male
Origin: Japanese, Finnish

Akio - unknown meaning
Gender: Male
Origin: Japanese

Akira - "bright, intelligent"
Gender: Unisex
Origin: Japanese

Amarante - unknown meaning
Gender: Female
Origin: Japanese

Amaya - "night rain"
Gender: Female
Origin: Spanish version of Amaia or Japanese

Aya - "colourful or bird"
Gender: Female
Origin: Japanese or Hebrew

Chiyo - "thousand generations"
Gender: Female
Origin: Japanese

Gen - "spring"
Gender: Female
Origin: Japanese

Hanako - "flower child"
Gender: Female
Origin: Japanese

Haruki - "spring child"
Gender: Male
Origin: Japanese

Ishi - "stone"
Gender: Female
Origin: Japanese

Issey - "first-born"
Gender: Male
Origin: Japanese

Kai - "sea"
Pronunciation: kye
Gender: Unisex
Origin: Hawaiian

Kairi - "sea"
Gender: Female
Origin: Japanese

Kane - "warrior"
Gender: Male
Origin: Celtic

Kaori - "smell, fragrance"
Gender: Female
Origin: Japanese

Katana - "honourable or sword"
Gender: Female
Origin: Persian or Japanese

Kazuo - "first son or harmonious man"
Gender: Male
Origin: Japanese

Keiko - "happy child"
Pronunciation: keh-ee-ko
Gender: Female
Origin: Japanese

Kimi - "righteous"
Gender: Unisex
Origin: Japanese

Manzo - "third son"
Gender: Male
Origin: Japanese

Maro - "from Mars; bitter; or, myself"
Pronunciation: mah-ro
Gender: Male
Origin: Latin, Hebrew, or Japanese

Midori - "green"
Gender: Female
Origin: Japanese

Mika - "beautiful fragrance"
Pronunciation: mee-ka
Gender: Unisex
Origin: Japanese

Miki - "flower stem"
Pronunciation: mee-kee
Gender: Female
Origin: Japanese

Miya - "palace, shrine, temple"
Gender: Female
Origin: Variation of Mia and Maya; Japanese

Nomi - "beautiful, pleasant, delightful"
Gender: Female
Origin: Hebrew and Japanese

Nori - "doctrine or seaweed"
Gender: Unisex
Origin: Japanese

Raiden - "thunder and lighting"
Gender: Male
Origin: Japanese

Rio - "river"
Gender: Unisex
Origin: Spanish

Ronin - unknown meaning
Pronunciation: ROW-nun
Gender: Male
Origin: Spelling variation of Ronan

Rumi - "beauty, flow, lapis lazuli"
Gender: Female
Origin: Japanese

Sen - unknown meaning
Gender: Female
Origin: Japanese mythology name

Suzu - "little bell"
Gender: Female
Origin: Japanese

Tama - unknown meaning
Gender: Female
Origin: Japanese

Yoshi - "good, respectful"
Gender: Unisex
Origin: Japanese

Yuki - "snow"
Gender: Unisex
Origin: Japanese

Zen - unknown meaning
Gender: Unisex
Origin: Japanese, form of Buddhism

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