Japanese Name Generator

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

Romaji Hiragana Kanji Name meaning
Fujisaki
Nanka
ふじさき なんか 藤崎 南佳 藤 - wisteria
崎 - cape, promontory, spit
南 - south
佳 - beautiful, excellent, good, pleasing, skilled
Shigihara
Neon
しぎはら ねおん 鴫原 願愛 鴫 - (kokuji), snipe
原 - field, meadow, original, plain, prairie, primitive, tundra, wilderness
願 - hope, petition, request, vow, wish
愛 - affection, favourite, love
Takino
Yumari
たきの ゆまり 滝野 由鞠 滝 - cascade, rapids, waterfall
野 - civilian life, field, plains, rustic
由 - a reason, wherefore
鞠 - ball
Wakairo
Itarou
わかいろ いたろう 若色 偉太郎 若 - if, immature, low number, perhaps, possibly, young
色 - color
偉 - admirable, conceited, excellent, famous, greatness, remarkable
太 - big around, plump, thick
郎 - counter for sons, son
Futawatari
Bunnosuke
ふたわたり ぶんのすけ 二渡 文之介 二 - two, two radical (no. 7)
渡 - cross, deliver, diameter, ferry, ford, import, migrate, transit
文 - art, decoration, figures, literary radical (no. 67), literature, plan, sentence, style
之 - of, this
介 - concern oneself with, jammed in, mediate, shellfish
Sera
Masatomi
せら まさとみ 世羅 政富 世 - generation, public, society, world
羅 - Rome, arrange, gauze, spread out, thin silk
政 - government, politics
富 - abundant, enrich, wealth
Arase
Chichi
あらせ ちち 荒瀬 千智 荒 - laid waste, rough, rude, wild
瀬 - current, rapids, shallows, shoal, torrent
千 - thousand
智 - intellect, reason, wisdom
Tomochika
Yoriyuki
ともちか よりゆき 友近 階之 友 - friend
近 - akin, early, near, tantamount
階 - counter for storeys of a building, stair, storey
之 - of, this
Mizunashi
Doremi
みずなし どれみ 水梨 七音 水 - water
梨 - pear tree
七 - seven
音 - noise, sound
Orii
Sumaho
おりい すまほ 折井 笑顔 折 - bend, break, fold, fracture, submit, yield
井 - community, town, well, well crib
笑 - laugh
顔 - expression, face

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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.