Japanese Girl Names and Their Meanings

Japanese girl names and their meanings.

Female Japanese Names Starting with A

1. Azumi – safe residence
2. Ayumi – stroll
3. Akasuki – bright helper
4. Ayaka – colorful flower
5. Azami – thistle flower
6. Ami – friend
7. Akira – bright and clear dawn
8. Ai – love
9. Amida – name of Buddha
10. Akako – red
11. Aika – love song
12. Aimi – love; beauty
13. Akane – brilliant red
14. Akiko – autumn child
15. Akina – spring flower
16. Annya – peace and sustenance
17. Ayako – scholarly child
18. Annaisha – helpful guide to others
19. Anka – color of dawn
20. Asami – morning beauty
21. Arisu – noble sort
22. Aiko – beloved one, little love
23. Aki – autumn; bright
24. Ayano – colorful woven silk
25. Akira – bright and clear dawn
26. Amaterasu – sun goddess
27. Anzu – apricot
28. Amaya – night rain
29. Asuka – tomorrow fragrance
30. Asa – born in morning
31. Ayame – Iris
32. Aiya – beautiful silk
33. Au – meeting
34. Arakan – worthy one; hero

Japanese Girl Names Starting With C

1. Chinami one-thousand waves
2. Chiasa – one thousand mornings
3. Chieko – thousand blessings child
4. Cho – butterfly
5. Chiharu – one thousand springs
6. Chikako – child of wisdom
7. Chizu – one thousand storks
8. Chitose – thousand years
9. Chika – near
10. Chiyo – one thousand generations

Japanese Girl Names Starting With D

1. Daitan – daring; bold one
2. Dai – great
3. Den – bequest from ancestors

Names Starting With E

1. Erity – one who’s special
2. Etsuko – joyful child
3. Eiko – long-lived child
4. Eri – blessed prize
5. Etsu – delight
6. Emiko – smiling child
7. Emiyo – blessed, beautiful generation
8. Ena – gift from God

Names Starting With F

1. Fujita – field
2. Fumiko – child of treasured beauty

Names Starting With G

1. Gen – spring
2. Gin – silver
3. Gina – silvery

Names Starting With H

1. Hana – favorite; flower
2. Hiromi – widespread beauty
3. Hotaru – firefly; lightning bug
4. Hoshi – star
5. Hisano – long plain
6. Haneen – flower child
7. Hiro – broad; widespread
8. Hanan – flower child
9. Hide – excellent
10. Hideyo – superior generations
11. Hayami – rare and unusual beauty
12. Hisa – long-lasting
13. Haya – quick, light
14. Haruki – springtime tree
15. Hikaru – light; shining
16. Hideko – splendid child
17. Hanako – flower child
18. Hoshi – star

Names Starting With I

1. Ito – thread
2. Iku – nourishing
3. Ine – rice

Names Starting with K

1. Kaori – Fragrant Beautiful Girl
2. Kawa – river
3. Kane – two right hands Female Japanese
4. Kazashi – hair ornament
5. Kaiyo – forgiveness
6. Kana – dexterity and skill
7. Kaiya – forgiveness
8. Kameko – tortoise-child, symbol for long-life
9. Katsumi – victorious beauty
10. Kaede – maple leaf
11. Kuni – country born
12. Kurva – mulberry tree
13. Kumi – pretty braids
14. Kikuko – chrysanthemum
15. Kotone – harp sound
16. Kazuko – harmonious child
17. Keiko – adored one
18. Kichi – fortunate
19. Kohana – little flower
20. Kyoto – mirror
21. Kura – treasure house
22. Kita – north
23. Kei – rapture, reverence
24. Koemi – smiling
25. Kimiko – dear child
26. Kyoko – mirror
27. Kojika – fawn
28. Kozue – branches of a tree
29. Kibo – hope
30. Komako – filly; term of endearment
31. Kiko – hope

Names that begin with L

Leiko – arrogant

Names that begin with M

1. Maimi – smiling with truth
2. Momoko – child of Momo
3. Maiko – child of Mai
4. Maru – round
5. Mayoko – child of Mayo
6. Mayumi – true bow (archery)
7. Mayako – child of Maya
8. Maki – true record and tree
9. Miki – beautiful tree
10. Mizuki – beautiful moon
11. Misaki – beauty bloom
12. Mitsuko – child of Mitsu
13. Mine – a resolute protector
14. Mayuko – child of Mayu
15. Moto – source
16. Mieko – beautiful blessing child
17. Mai – dance
18. Mamiko – child of Mami
19. Madoka – tranquil
20. Masako – child of Masa
21. Mana – truth
22. Maria – sea of bitterness
23. Misumi – pure beauty
24. Mikki – flower stem
25. Mikia – flower stem
26. Morina – forest town
27. Misako – child of Misa
28. Mariko – child of Mari
29. Michiko – child of Michi
30. Mirai – future Female
31. Mihoko – child of Mihoko
32. Machi – ten thousand
33. Minako – child of Mina
34. Midori – green
35. Michi – righteous
36. Machiko – child of Machi
37. Miyoko – beautiful generations child, child of Miyo
38. Miyo – beautiful generation
39. Mutsuko – child of Mutsu
40. Miya – temple
41. Mako – truth; grateful
42. Mikazuki – moon of third night
43. Makiko – child of Maki

Names That Start With N

1. Noriko – doctrine child, child of Nori
2. Naoki – honest tree
3. Nori – doctrine
4. Nagisa – shore
5. Namiko – child of Nami
6. Nayoko – child of Nayo
7. Nozomi – hope
8. Nanako – child of Nana
9. Nahoko – child of Naho
10. Nyoko – gem; treasure
11. Naoko – child of Nao
12. Nami – wave
13. Nari – thunder
14. Natsuko – child of Natsu
15. Nani – beautiful

Names beginning with R

1. Ran – water lily
2. Ren – water lily
3. Rinako – child of Rina
4. Rei – gratitude
5. Rieko – child of Rie
6. Reiko – child of Rei, gratitude
7. Rai – trust
8. Rikako – child of Rika
9. Rikona – intelligence
10. Ren – water lily
11. Risako – child of Risa
12. Rumiko – child of Rumi
13. Rei – gratitude
14. Ryu – lofty
15. Rai – trust
16. Rieko – child of Rie
17. Reiko – child of Rei, gratitude
18. Rikona – intelligence
19. Rikako – child of Rika
20. Rinako – child of Rina
21. Ryoko – child of Ryo
22. Roku – emolument
23. Rini – little bunny
24. Ritsuko – child of Ritsu

Japanese Girl Names Starting with S

1. Sayuri – little lily
2. Sumi – clear, refined
3. Sakuko – child of Saku
4. Sango – coral
5. Shizu – silent
6. Shoko – child of Sho
7. Shiho – maintain original intention
8. Sute – forsaken; foundling
9. Shigeko – luxuriant child
10. Sayoko – child of Sayo
11. Seki – wonderful
12. Sakura – cherry blossoms
13. Shikha – gentle deer
14. Sumiye – bright mind; smart girl
15. Satoko – child of Sato
16. Sanako – child of Sana
17. Shiori – bookmark; guide
18. Sato – sugar
19. Setsuko – temperate child
20. Suki – beloved
21. Sora – sky
22. Sakiko – child of Saki
23. Shika – deer
24. Sakae – prosperous
25. Sorano – of the sky
26. Sachiko – bliss, child of Sachi
27. Sachio – happy child
28. Shina – virtue, good
29. Saeko – child of Sae
30. Sakiya – cherry blossom growing
31. Shino – bamboo stalk
32. Sakurako – child of Sakura
33. Seijun – pure
34. Suzuki – bell tree

Japanese Girl Names starting with T

1. Tokiko child of Toki
2. Toshiko alert and valued child
3. Tadame seeds of beauty
4. Takara treasure, precious object
5. Take bamboo; symbol of fidelity
6. Tomo intelligent
7. Toyo plentiful
8. Tomiko child of Tomi
9. Takane mountain peak
10. Tamako precious stone
11. Tame unselfish
12. Tadako child of Tada
13. Tsuna bond
14. Tamiko child of Tami
15. Tani valley
16. Taka tall, honorable
17. Tomoni unity; togetherness
18. Tomi rich; wealthy
19. Takako child of Taka
20. Tori bird
21. Tanaka dweller

Names Starting With U

1. Umi ocean
2. Usagi moon
3. Urano coast
4. Utano field of songs

Names Starting With W

1. Wakumi beautiful spring of water
2. Wattan homeland

Japanese Girl Names Starting With Y

1. Yuri lily
2. Yutsuko child of Yutso
3. Yukiko child of Yuki
4. Yayoi March
5. Yoshie good bay
6. Yasuko peaceful child
7. Yumiko child of Yumi
8. Yoshimasa good luck; correctness
9. Yoshi good
10. Yumena famous
11. Yukako child of Yuka
12. Yumako child of Yuma
13. Yumi beauty
14. Yuko helpful child
15. Yubi graceful
16. Yoshiko child of Yoshi
17. Yo positive
18. Yuriko child of Yuri
19. Yoko positive