Japanese Name Generator

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Random names generated especially for you (surname and given name):

Romaji Hiragana Kanji Name meaning
Marume
Hidai
まるめ ひだい 丸目 肥大 丸 - -ship, curl up, explain away, full (month), make round, perfection, pills, roll up, round, seduce
目 - care, class, experience, eye, favor, insight, look
肥 - fertile, fertilizer, get fat, manure, pamper
大 - big, large
Toma
Yasuna
とま やすな 當真 安那 當 - accept, bear, just, undertake
真 - Buddhist sect, reality, true
安 - cheap, contented, low, peaceful, quiet, relax, rested
那 - what?
Ido
Takemaru
いど たけまる 井戸 武丸 井 - community, town, well, well crib
戸 - counter for houses, door, door radical (no. 63)
武 - arms, chivalry, military, warrior
丸 - -ship, curl up, explain away, full (month), make round, perfection, pills, roll up, round, seduce
Omine
Kimifumi
おみね きみふみ 大嶺 公史 大 - big, large
嶺 - peak, summit
公 - governmental, official, prince, public
史 - chronicle, history
Yoneya
Minami
よねや みなみ 米屋 南 米 - USA, metre, rice
屋 - dealer, house, roof, seller, shop
南 - south
Itayama
Itoku
いたやま いとく 板山 以徳 板 - board, plank, plate, stage
山 - mountain
以 - because, by means of, compared with, in view of
徳 - benevolence, commanding respect, goodness, virtue
Yokoka
Satoharu
よこか さとはる 横岡 智遥 横 - horizontal, perverse, side, sideways, unreasonable, width, woof
岡 - hill, knoll, mount
智 - intellect, reason, wisdom
遥 - distant, far off, long ago
Emoto
Teresa
えもと てれさ 柄本 照礼沙 柄 - build, character, crank, design, grip, handle, knob, nature, pattern, shaft
本 - book, counter for long cylindrical things, main, origin, present, real, true
照 - bashful, compare, illuminate, shine
礼 - bow, ceremony, remuneration, salute, thanks
沙 - sand
Nakaji
Rauru
なかじ らうる 中路 羅臼 中 - center, in, inside, mean, middle
路 - distance, path, road, route
羅 - Rome, arrange, gauze, spread out, thin silk
臼 - mortar
Kawarasaki
Kikuma
かわらさき きくま 河原崎 掬摩 河 - river
原 - field, meadow, original, plain, prairie, primitive, tundra, wilderness
崎 - cape, promontory, spit
掬 - scoop up water with the hand
摩 - chafe, grind, polish, rub, scrape

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Our tool can help you select a Japanese name for a boy, a girl, or a unisex variant. Each name is written in English letters (romaji) for easy reading and duplicated in Hiragana and Kanji, complete with the meaning of each character.

When creating this Japanese name generator, we took into account all the peculiarities of Japanese culture:

  • In Japan, parents have the freedom to choose any name for their children, but they must adhere to authorized characters and respect cultural traditions.
  • Traditional Japanese surnames often derive from geographic locations.
  • Furthermore, in this country, surnames always come before given names.

In our database, you can find over 20,000 personal names and approximately 10,000 authentic surnames.

How to use the generator?

  1. First, select the gender (male, female) or choose a random selection.
  2. Then, you can specify the letters the first and last name should start or end with.
  3. If you want to create a Japanese name based on your real name, type it into the separate field.
  4. Press the button, and the system will generate a list of 30 random Japanese names.

What to do with the generated names?

These ideas for female, male, and unisex names are perfect for novelists, anime artists, manga authors, and any other creative personalities. If you are a gamer looking for a cool Japanese nickname for your profile, you can choose a variant based on the deep meaning behind the kanji or just a beautiful combination of syllables.