Japanese Name Generator

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

Romaji Hiragana Kanji Name meaning
Sakasegawa
Ichine
さかせがわ いちね 逆瀬川 一寧 逆 - inverted, opposite, reverse, wicked
瀬 - current, rapids, shallows, shoal, torrent
川 - river, river or three-stroke river radical (no. 47), stream
一 - one, one radical (no.1)
寧 - peaceful, preferably, quiet, rather, tranquility
Osakabe
Narika
おさかべ なりか 刑部 柔佳 刑 - penalty, punish, punishment, sentence
部 - bureau, class, copy, counter for copies of a newspaper or magazine, dept, part, portion, section
柔 - gentleness, softness, tender, weakness
佳 - beautiful, excellent, good, pleasing, skilled
Nonomura
Kisaburou
ののむら きさぶろう 野々村 喜三郎 野 - civilian life, field, plains, rustic
々 - An iteration mark denoting the repetition of the previous hanzi
村 - town, village
喜 - rejoice, take pleasure in
三 - three
郎 - counter for sons, son
Mitake
Teruho
みたけ てるほ 三竹 照帆 三 - three
竹 - bamboo
照 - bashful, compare, illuminate, shine
帆 - sail
Uetsuki
Hiroto
うえつき ひろと 植月 仁乙 植 - plant
月 - month, moon
仁 - benevolence, charity, humanity, kernel, man, virtue
乙 - duplicate, fishhook radical (no. 5), strange, the latter, witty
Kitanaka
Wakuta
きたなか わくた 北中 湧太 北 - north
中 - center, in, inside, mean, middle
湧 - boil, breed, ferment, seethe, uproar
太 - big around, plump, thick
Oyakawa
Kunji
おやかわ くんじ 親川 薫児 親 - dealer (cards), familiarity, intimacy, parent, relative
川 - river, river or three-stroke river radical (no. 47), stream
薫 - be scented, fragrant, send forth fragrance, smoke (tobacco)
児 - child, newborn babe, young of animals
Sueoka
Syaku
すえおか しやく 末岡 勺 末 - close, end, posterity, powder, tip
岡 - hill, knoll, mount
勺 - dip, ladle, one tenth of a go
Kido
Sayomi
きど さよみ 木戸 小夜美 木 - tree, wood
戸 - counter for houses, door, door radical (no. 63)
小 - little, small
夜 - evening, night
美 - beautiful, beauty
Michiba
Fumihito
みちば ふみひと 道場 鎮偉 道 - course, district, journey, moral, road-way, street, teachings
場 - location, place
鎮 - ancient peace-preservation centers, tranquilize
偉 - admirable, conceited, excellent, famous, greatness, remarkable

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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.