Japanese Name Generator

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

Romaji Hiragana Kanji Name meaning
Idei
Syouji
いでい しようじ 出射 勝二 出 - come out, exit, go out, leave, protrude, put out
射 - archery, onto, shine into, shoot
勝 - excel, prevail, victory, win
二 - two, two radical (no. 7)
Sadamori
Sayoi
さだもり さよい 定森 采葉 定 - decide, determine, establish, fix
森 - forest, woods
采 - appearance, coloring, dice, form, gather, take
葉 - blade, counter for flat things, fragment, leaf, lobe, needle, piece, plane, spear
Chigira
Amisa
ちぎら あみさ 千木良 麻美子 千 - thousand
木 - tree, wood
良 - good, pleasing, skilled
麻 - flax, hemp, numb
美 - beautiful, beauty
子 - 11PM-1AM, child, first sign of Chinese zodiac, sign of the rat
Katsumata
Shirau
かつまた しらう 勝股 白羽 勝 - excel, prevail, victory, win
股 - crotch, thigh
白 - white
羽 - counter for birds, rabbits, feathers
Hanazawa
Arisu
はなざわ ありす 花澤 亜里寿 花 - flower
澤 - swamp
亜 - -ous, Asia, come after, rank next
里 - league, parent's home, ri, village
寿 - congratulations, longevity, one's natural life
Kibayashi
Mikoa
きばやし みこあ 木林 海心空 木 - tree, wood
林 - forest, grove
海 - ocean, sea
心 - heart, heart radical (no. 61), mind, spirit
空 - empty, sky, vacant, vacuum, void
Indo
Hidesumi
いんど ひですみ 犬童 秀住 犬 - dog
童 - child, juvenile
秀 - beauty, excel, excellence, surpass
住 - dwell, inhabit, live, reside
Manabe
Minamitsu
まなべ みなみつ 間部 水蜜 間 - interval, space
部 - bureau, class, copy, counter for copies of a newspaper or magazine, dept, part, portion, section
水 - water
蜜 - honey, molasses, nectar
Tokoi
Sarari
とこい さらり 床井 更莉 床 - bed, counter for beds, floor, padding, tatami
井 - community, town, well, well crib
更 - again, further, grow late, more and more, night watch, of course, renew, renovate, sit up late
莉 - jasmine
Taiji
Ieshi
たいじ いえし 泰地 家史 泰 - Thailand, calm, easy, excessive, extreme, great, peace, peaceful
地 - earth, ground
家 - expert, family, home, house, performer, professional
史 - chronicle, history

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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.