| Name | Meaning, Alternate Names |
|---|---|
| Sachi | Bliss Sachiko |
| Sada | Chaste Sadako |
| Sai | Talented Saiko |
| Saika | Colorful flower |
| Sakae | Prosperity |
| Saki | Cape or early narrative |
| Sako | Assistant Sae, Sayo |
| Sakura | Cherry blossom; symbol of prosperity (along with other, less auspicious meanings) Sakurako |
| Sato | Sugar |
| Satsu | Possibly “assistant + haven” Satsue, Satsuko, Satsuyo |
| Satsuki | Possibly “assistant + moon” |
| Sawa | Marsh |
| Sayo | Born at night Sayoko, Sayomi, Sayori |
| Sayomi | Night-born beauty or little night beauty |
| Sei | Force, truth Seiko |
| Seiko | Success, achievement |
| Seki | Great, barrier, stone |
| Sen | Wood fairy |
| Setsu | Fidelity, loyalty, faithfulness Setsuko |
| Shige | Exuberant |
| Shiho | To maintain one’s original intention |
| Shihobu | Perseverance |
| Shika | Deer, gentleness |
| Shina | Faithful, virtuous, possessions Shinako |
| Shino | Slender bamboo; symbol of fidelity |
| Shiori | To weave a poem |
| Shirushi | Evidence |
| Shizu | Quiet, peaceful Shizue, Shizuko, Shizuyo, Shizuka |
| Shungiku | Spring chrysanthemum (may be antiquated) |
| Sugi | Japanese cedar; symbol of morality |
| Suki | Beloved Sukie |
| Sumi | Clear, refined |
| Sumiko | Charcoal |
| Sute | Foundling. Of this name, Lafcadio Hearn says, “Not necessarily a real foundling. Sometimes the name may be explained by a curious old custom. In a certain family several children in succession die shortly after birth. It is decided, according to traditional usage, that the next child born must be exposed. A girl is the next child born;—she is carried by a servant to some lonely place in the fields, or elsewhere, and left there. Then a peasant, or other person, hired for the occasion (it is necessary that he should be of no kin to the family), promptly appears, pretends to find the babe, and carries it back to the parental home. ‘See this pretty foundling,’ he says to the father of the girl,—’will you not take care of it?’ The child is received, and named ‘Sute,’ the foundling. By this innocent artifice, it was formerly (and perhaps in some places is still) supposed that those unseen influences, which had caused the death of the other children, might be thwarted.”[link] |
| Suzu | Bell Suzue |
| Suzuki | Yellow bell or bell tree |
| Suzume | Sparrow |
| Taira | |
| Taka | Tall, honorable, falcon Takako |
| Takako | Filial piety |
| Takara | Treasure, precious object |
| Take | Bamboo; symbol of resistance and strength or fidelity Takeko |
| Taki | Plunging waterfall |
| Tama | Jewel Tamako, Tamayo |
| Tamaki | Bracelet, armlet Tamako |
| Tame | Unselfish |
| Tami | People Tamie, Tamika, Tamiko, Tamiyo |
| Tanaka | Dweller in a rice paddy |
| Tane | Seed |
| Tani | Valley |
| Taru | Cask, barrel |
| Tatsu | Dragon, a symbol of ascending skill, wealth, or rank |
| Tatsumi | Possibly “build + beauty” |
| Tazu | Rice-field stork; symbol of long life |
| Tetsu | Iron; symbolizes magical protection |
| Toki | Time of opportunity |
| Tokiwa | Eternally constant |
| Tomi | Riches Tomiko, Tomiyo |
| Tomiju | Wealth and longevity |
| Tomo | Knowledge, intelligence |
| Tooka | Tenth day, ten days Tookayo |
| Tora | Tiger |
| Tori | Bird |
| Toshi | Year of plenty Toshiko, Toshimi |
| Tsugi | Second-born Tsugiko, Tsugiyo |
| Tsuna | Bond |
| Tsuru | Stork, crane; symbol of good luck and long life Tsuruko |
| Tsukiko | Moon Tsukiyo |
| Ui | Uiko |
| Uka | |
| Uki | Ukiko, Ukimi |
| Ume | Plum blossom; symbol of wifely fidelity and devotion. It also symbolizes perseverance in the face of obstacles because the Japanese plum tree blooms in the dead of winter. Umeka, Umeki, Umeko, Umeno |
| Umeki | Plum tree |
| Umi | Ocean Umika, Umiko |
| Una | |
| Uno | |
| Urano | Coast |
| Urako | |
| Urara | |
| Urena | |
| Urumi | |
| Usagi | Rabbit; associated with the moon because the Japanese see a rabbit in the moon where English-speakers see the “old man in the moon.” (Tsukino Usagi, Sailor Moon’s real name, is a pun on “Tsuki no Usagi,” “the rabbit of the moon.”) |
| Usami | |
| Uta | Song Utae, Utako, Utano, Utayo |
| Utsuwa | |
| Utzuki | Variant spelling of Uzuki |
| Uzuki | |
| Waka | Young Wakako, Wakana, Wakano, Wakayo |
| Wakaba | |
| Waki | Wakiko |
| Wako | |
| Wakumi | |
| Wakuri | |
| Wami | |
| Warabi | |
| Wayoko | |
| Wazuka | |
| Yachi | Eight thousand |
| Yae | Eighth Yaeka, Yaeko |
| Yasu | Peaceful Yasue, Yasuha, Yasuho, Yasuka, Yasuki, Yasuko, Yasumi, Yasumiko, Yasuna, Yasune, Yasuno, Yasuyo |
| Yasumu | |
| Yatsumi | Possibly a variant spelling of Yasumi |
| Yawara | |
| Yayoi | Born in March |
| Yei | Flourishing |
| Yo, Yoko | Positive, ocean, or female principle |
| Yodo | |
| Yoi | Evening, night; given to girls who are born at night |
| Yoka | |
| Yokkako | Fourth day child |
| Yone | Wealth |
| Yori | Trustworthy Yorie, Yorika, Yoriko, Yorimi |
| Yoshe | A beauty, lovely |
| Yoshi | Good, respectful Yoshie, Yoshika, Yoshike, Yoshiko, Yoshimi, Yoshino, Yoshiyo |
| You | Youka |
| Yu | Yue, Yuho, Yuko |
| Yufu | |
| Yui | Possibly “gentle + ???” Yuiha, Yuiho, Yuika, Yuiko, Yuina, Yuine, Yuiri |
| Yuka | Possibly “gentle flower” Yukaho, Yukako, Yukami, Yukana, Yukari, Yukayo |
| Yuki | Snow; given to girls who are born in December. Also symbolizes luck Yukie, Yukiha, Yukiho, Yukiko, Yukimi, Yukina, Yukine, Yukino, Yukiyo |
| Yukiji | |
| Yukika | Snow flower |
| Yuma | Yumako |
| Yume | Dream? Yumeka, Yumeko, Yumemi, Yumena, Yumeno |
| Yumeji | |
| Yumi | Yumie, Yumiho, Yumika, Yumiko, Yumina |
| Yumia | |
| Yumisa | |
| Yuna | |
| Yuno | |
| Yura | |
| Yuri | Lily Yurie, Yuriha, Yurika, Yuriko, Yurimi, Yurina, Yurino |
| Yuria | |
| Yurisa | |
| Yuro | |
| Yusa | Yusaho |
| Yutori | |
| Yutsuko | Variant spelling of Yuzuko |
| Yuuko | Gentle; variant spelling of Yuka Yuuha, Yuuhi, Yuuho, Yuuka, Yuuki, Yuumi, Yuuna, Yuuri |
| Yuyu | |
| Yuzu | Yuzuho, Yuzuka, Yuzuki, Yuzuko, Yuzuna |