Japanese Girls' Names: Abi to Dorika
Name | Meaning, Alternate Names |
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Abi | |
Ado | |
Aemi | |
Aeko | |
Agasa | |
Ai | Love; indicates a person who loves others Aiho, Aika, Aiko, Aimi, Aina, Aino, Airi |
Aiga | |
Aira | |
Aisa | |
Aishun | |
Akako, Akae | Red Akae, Akaho, Akana, Akane, Akari |
Akane | Turkey red |
Akasuki | Fond of red, or bright helper |
Akemi | |
Akeno | |
Aki | Autumn; given to girls who are born in the Autumn Akie, Akiha, Akiho, Akika, Akiko, Akimi, Akina, Akine, Akino, Akiyo |
Akina | Very bright spring flower, spring leaves |
Akio | |
Akira | Light Akirako |
Akko | |
Ako | |
Akoto | |
Amari | |
Ami | Asia + beauty Amika, Amiko |
An, Anna | Probably the English name "Anne" |
Anbi | |
Ane | Elder sister? |
Aneka | |
Anii | Possibly the English name "Annie" |
Anju | |
Ano | |
Anri | |
Anzu | Apricot, feminine love |
Ao | |
Aoba | |
Aoi | Hollyhock |
Aomi | |
Are | |
Arei | |
Ari | Ariko |
Arisu | A family name, but possibly popularized by the English name "Alice" |
Asa | Morning; given to girls who are born in the morning Asae, Asaka, Asako, Asami, Asano, Asari |
Asahi | |
Asaji | |
Asuka | Tomorrow + fragrance |
Asuko | |
Atsuko | Atsue, Atsuho, Atsuki, Atsumi, Atsuna, Atsune, Atsuno, Atsuyo |
Au | Meeting |
Aya | Brilliantly colored Ayae, Ayaka, Ayako, Ayami, Ayana, Ayane, Ayano, Ayayo |
Ayaka | Brilliantly colorful and fragrant, or brilliantly colorful flower, or brilliantly colorful summer |
Ayako | Damask pattern, referring to the gloriously colored damasks of traditional Japan |
Ayame | Iris, flower of the moon Ayameko |
Name | Meaning, Alternate Names |
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Ayao | |
Ayase | |
Aye | |
Ayuka | |
Ayuko | |
Ayumi | Pace, walk |
Ayuri | |
Azami | The flower of a thistle; symbolizes defiance |
Azumi | Possibly "kindness + beauty" |
Azusa | Possibly "catalpa tree" |
Bachiko | Happy child |
Beni | Beniha, Benika, Beniko, Benio |
Chiaki | |
Chie | Chieko, Chiemi, Chieri |
Chifumi | |
Chifuyu | |
Chigusa | |
Chiharu | |
Chihiro | Thousand + inquire |
Chiho, Chihoko | Possibly "a thousand excellences" or "a hundred thousand" |
Chihomi | Possibly "a hundred thousand beauties" or "a thousand + protect + beauty" |
Chihori | |
Chika | Wisdom, intelligence, or near Chikaho, Chikako, Chikayo |
Chikage | |
Chikaze | Possibly "a thousand winds" |
Chima, Chimako | Possibly "a thousand truths" |
Chimaki | |
Chimari | A thousand balls? |
China | |
Chinami | A thousand waves, an infinite number of waves |
Chinatsu | A thousand summers, an infinite number of summers |
Chino | |
Chio | |
Chisa | Chisaki, Chisako, Chisami, Chisano |
Chisato | |
Chise | |
Chisuzu | A thousand bells, an infinite number of bells |
Chitako | |
Chitose | A thousand years, given to express the parents' wish that the girl will have a long life and her descendants will continue in an unbroken line for a thousand years |
Chiyako | |
Chiyo | A thousand generations, given to express the parents' wish that the girl will have a long life and her descendants will continue in an unbroken line for a thousand years Chiyoe, Chiyoko, Chiyomi, Chiyori |
Chiyu | |
Chiyuki | |
Chiyumi | |
Chiyuri | |
Chizu | A thousand cranes. The crane is a symbol of longevity because it was believed to live a thousand years, so a thousand cranes is a wish for thousandfold longevity. Chizuka, Chizuko, Chizumi |
Chizuru | A thousand storks |
Cho | Dawn; given to girls who are born at dawn. Also means butterfly Choko, Choyo |
Dai | Stand, base, or great |
Den | Bequest from ancestors |
Dori | Dorika |