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Japanese Girl Names

Name Meaning Origins Gender Popularity (last 10y)
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
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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