Japanese Girl Names
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of 593 names
| Name | Meaning | Origins | Gender | Popularity (last 10y) | |
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| Sumiyo | Varies by kanji; commonly conveys ideas like 'pure/clear beauty' or 'longevity/long life and generation.' | Japanese | Girl | — | |
| Suzuka | Commonly written as 鈴鹿 ('bell' + 'deer') or 涼香 ('cool' + 'fragrance'); often interpreted as 'bell/deer' or 'cool fragrance'. | Japanese | Girl | — | |
| Suzuko | From suzu (鈴) 'bell' + ko (子) 'child' - 'bell child' or 'little bell'. | Japanese | Girl | — | |
| Suzume | Sparrow (small bird) | Japanese | Girl | — | |
| Suzuna | Depends on the kanji; commonly 'suzu' (鈴) = bell plus a second character (e.g. 奈, 菜). Also an old word for 'turnip' (菘). | Japanese | Girl | — | |
| Suzuri | Inkstone (the stone used to grind ink for calligraphy) | Japanese | Girl | — | |
| Syuri | Varies by kanji; common elements include 'vermilion/red' (朱), 'village' (里), and 'jasmine' (莉) - e.g., 'vermilion village' or 'vermilion jasmine'. | Japanese | Girl | — | |
| Taeko | Varies with kanji; commonly interpreted as 'child of many blessings/grace' or 'child of beauty/weaving'. | Japanese | Girl | — | |
| Takako | Varies by kanji; commonly 'noble child', 'precious child', 'tall/high child' or similar | Japanese | Girl | — | |
| Takayo | Varies by kanji; commonly 'taka' (noble/precious/high/many) + 'yo' (generation/world/era) - e.g. 'noble generation' or 'precious world'. | Japanese | Girl | — | |
| Tamami | Often written with kanji for "tama" (jewel/pearl) and "mi" (beauty) - roughly "beautiful jewel" or "pearl beauty" | Japanese | Girl | — | |
| Tamayo | In Japanese the meaning depends on the kanji used; common interpretations combine tama (玉/珠 'jewel, pearl') + yo (代/世 'generation, world, era') - e.g., 'jewel generation' or 'pearl world'. As a Spanish surname it is typically toponymic and has no single lexical meaning. | Japanese | Girl | — | |
| Tamei | Varies by origin: as an English diminutive related to Tammy/Tamie (linked to names like Tamara or Thomasina), in Hebrew 'tamei' means 'impure/unclean' (rarely used as a name), and in Japanese the meaning depends on the kanji used. | English, Hebrew, Japanese | Girl | — | |
| Tanzan | Deep mountain | Chinese, Japanese | Girl | — | |
| Tarako | Cod or pollock roe | Japanese | Girl | — | |
| Tazuko | Meaning varies by kanji; ends with -ko meaning 'child' - often interpreted as 'Tazu's child' or a 'field/harbor child' depending on characters. | Japanese | Girl | — | |
| Tazusa | Associated with the Japanese word tazusa, often meaning "quiver (for arrows)" or "to carry/hold"; exact nuance depends on the kanji used. | Japanese | Girl | — | |
| Terue | Typically "shining/bright blessing" (meaning varies by kanji) | Japanese | Girl | — | |
| Tetsuko | Varies by kanji; commonly 'iron child' (鉄子) or 'wise/knowledgeable child' (哲子). | Japanese | Girl | — | |
| Toira | Not widely attested; likely a variant of Tora, thus associated with Thor/'thunder' in Scandinavian contexts; otherwise meaning is unclear | Japanese, Norse | Girl | — | |
| Toko | Often interpreted as "winter child" when written 冬子; exact meaning depends on the kanji used | Japanese | Girl | — | |
| Tomieko | Often interpreted as 'child of wealth/abundance' or 'blessed child' depending on the kanji (e.g., 富恵子: 'wealth + blessing + child'). | Japanese | Girl | — | |
| Tomiko | Varies by kanji; commonly 'child of wealth' (富子), 'wise/knowledgeable child' (智子), or 'friend's child' (朋子). | Japanese | Girl | — | |
| Tomiyo | Varies by kanji; commonly 'wealthy generation' (富代), 'friend generation' (友代), or 'wise generation' (智代). | Japanese | Girl | — | |
| Tomoe | Varies by kanji; commonly "friend blessing" (友恵), "wisdom/blessing" (知恵), or refers to the tomoe (comma-shaped whirlpool) symbol (巴). | Japanese | Girl | — | |
| Tomoka | Varies by kanji; commonly combines elements meaning 'friend/companion', 'wisdom' or 'morning' with 'fragrance', 'beauty' or 'child'. | Japanese | Girl | — | |
| Tomoyo | Meaning varies by kanji; commonly rendered as 'wisdom/generation', 'know/world', or 'friend/generation'. | Japanese | Girl | — | |
| Toshiko | Meaning varies by kanji; commonly '–ko' = child with prefixes meaning 'talented', 'wise', 'agile', 'long life', 'beneficial' or 'graceful'. | Japanese | Girl | — | |
| Toya' | Commonly a diminutive of LaToya or Toyin; associated meanings include "praiseworthy" or "worthy of praise" (from Yoruba Oluwatoyin). In other contexts it can be a place-derived Japanese name. | English, Japanese, Yoruba | Girl | — | |
| Toyo | Abundant, bountiful | Japanese | Girl | — | |
| Wakana | Young greens | Japanese | Girl | — | |
| Wasabi | Japanese horseradish | Japanese | Girl | — | |
| Yae-lee | A compound name with multiple possible meanings depending on origin: Japanese 'Yae' (八重) = 'multi‑layered/double'; Korean 'Yae' (애) can mean 'love/affection' depending on hanja and 'Lee/Li' is a common surname/element (李 'plum'); as a Hebrew-like form (Yaeli) it relates to 'ibex/mountain goat'. | Hebrew, Japanese, Korean | Girl | — | |
| Yasuko | Generally "peaceful/quiet child" (meaning varies by kanji; can also convey "healthy" or "protective") | Japanese | Girl | — | |
| Yoshiko | Good child | Japanese | Girl | — | |
| Yoyoka | Meaning varies with kanji; commonly combines elements like 'yo' (world/era/good) and 'ka' (flower/fragrance), giving senses such as 'fragrant world' or 'beautiful flower of the era'. | Japanese | Girl | — | |
| Yukie | Typically yuki (雪 'snow' or 幸 'happiness/fortune') + e (恵 'blessing', 江 'bay', 絵 'picture'); commonly interpreted as 'snow blessing' or 'fortunate/blessed'. | Japanese | Girl | — | |
| Yuko | Varies by kanji; commonly 'gentle/pleasant child', 'helpful/protective child', 'abundant/affluent child', or 'evening child'. | Japanese | Girl | — | |
| Yumie | Varies by kanji; commonly combines 'Yumi' (弓 'bow' or 由美 'reason/beauty' or 夢 'dream') and 'e' (恵 'blessing' or 絵 'picture' or 江 'bay'), giving meanings such as 'beautiful blessing', 'dream blessing', or 'bow-picture'. | Japanese | Girl | — | |
| Yurika | Often written with kanji meaning 'lily' (yuri) + 'fragrance/flower' (ka) - broadly 'fragrant lily' or 'lily flower'. | Japanese | Girl | — | |
| Yuuka | Meaning varies by kanji; commonly conveys 'gentle/kind' plus 'flower' or 'fragrance' (e.g. 優花 'gentle flower', 優香 'gentle fragrance', 友香 'friend fragrance'). | Japanese | Girl | — | |
| 真美 | True beauty (真 "true" + 美 "beauty") | Japanese | Girl | — | |
| 雅美 | 雅 (elegant, refined) + 美 (beauty) - "elegant/refined beauty" | Japanese | Girl | — |
Japanese Girls name popularity over time
Aggregated births across United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany for every Japanese-origin name in our dataset.
593
Names in this origin
10
With data in 2025
0
Births 2025
21,874
Peak year 0