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Japanese female names and their meaning

Modern Japanese names can be compared to names in many other cultures around the world. All Japanese have last name and first name(no middle name), with the exception of the Japanese imperial family, whose members do not have a surname. Last name (family name) and first name (personal name) is a common practice for Eastern and South-East Asia, including for Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Thai and some other cultures.

Names in Japan often create independently from existing signs, so the country has great amount unique names. Surnames are more traditional. There are significantly more first names in Japanese than surnames.

Male and female names differ due to their characteristic components and structure.

Before the start of the Meiji Restoration surnames Only aristocrats and samurai had them. The rest of the Japanese population used only personal names and nicknames. Women of aristocratic and samurai families also usually did not have surnames, since they did not have the right of inheritance.

Personal names of aristocrats and high-ranking samurai were formed from two kanji (hieroglyphs) of noble meaning.

Personal names of samurai servants and peasants often given according to the principle of numbering. The first son is Ichiro, the second is Jiro, the third is Saburo, the fourth is Shiro, the fifth is Goro, etc.

At the end of the names of girls from noble families the suffix “-hime” (princess) was added. It was used in relation to all noble girls.

For the names of samurai wives the suffix "-gozen" was used. They were often called simply by their husband's surname and rank.

Personal names married women were practically used only by their close relatives.

For names of monks and nuns from the noble classes the suffix “-in” was used.

Most Japanese female names end in "-ko" ("child") or "-mi" ("beauty"). Girls are usually given names associated with everything beautiful, pleasant and feminine. Some modern girls They don’t like the ending “-ko” in their names and prefer to omit it. For example, a girl named "Yuriko" might call herself "Yuri".

After death, a Japanese gets something new, posthumous name(kaimyo), which is written on a special wooden tablet (ihai). This tablet is considered to be the embodiment of the spirit of the deceased and is used in funeral rites. Kaimyo and ihai are purchased from Buddhist monks - sometimes even before the person's death.

During the Meiji Restoration, all Japanese people were given surnames.

The most common Japanese surnames are:

Watanabe, Ito, Kato, Kobayashi, Kudo, Kuroki, Murakami, Nakamura, Saito, Sato, Sasaki, Suzuki, Takahashi, Tanaka, Oonishi, Higa, Yamaguchi, Yamamoto.

Japanese female names

Azumi– safe place to live

Azemi– thistle flower

Ay- Love

Aki– autumn, bright

Akiko – autumn child or smart child

Akira– bright, clear, dawn

Ameya– evening rain

Arisa– majestic

Asemi– morning beauty

And I– colorful, woven silk

Izumi- fountain

Yoko– ocean child, confident child

Yoshi– fragrant branch, good bay

Cam– turtle (symbol of long life)

Kay– respectful

Kiku– chrysanthemum

Kimi– abbreviation for names starting with "Kimi"

Kimiko– beautiful child, dear child, ruling child

Kin– gold

Kyoko- child of the capital

Koheku– amber

Kumiko- beautiful, long-lived

Miwa– beautiful harmony, three rings

Midori– green

Mizuki- beautiful moon

Miya– quiet

Mika– beautiful aroma

Miki – beautiful tree, three trees

Miko– beautiful child, blessing

Minori– beautiful harbor

Mineco- beautiful child

Miho– beautiful bay

Michi– path

Michiko- the child is on the right track

Mommo- peach

Momo– a hundred blessings, a hundred rivers

Momoko– baby peach

Moriko- forest child

May– dance

Meiko– child’s dance

Maine– true

Mariko – the real reason

Masa– abbreviation for names starting with "Masa"

Naoki- tree

Naomi- beauty

Nobuko – devoted child

Nori– abbreviation for names starting with "Nori"

Noriko– child of principles

Neo– honest

Neoko- honest child

Ohara- pensive

Ran– water lily

Ray- polite

Ren– water lily

Rika– appreciated aroma

Rico– jasmine

Ryoko – good child

Ruri- emerald

Sake– cape

Sora- sky

Suzu- call

Secker– cherry blossom

Tomiko (Temiko)- rich

Tomoko- friendly, wise child

Toshi– emergency

Toshiko- priceless child

Thackera- treasure

Fuji– wisteria

Fumiko- a child who preserved beauty

Hideko- luxurious child

Hikaru- light, bright

Hiro– widespread

Hiroko- generous child

Hiromi- beauty

Hoshi– star

Hena– favorite, or flower

Chica– wisdom

Cho- butterfly

Shizuka– quiet

Chic– gentle deer

Eika– love song

Eiko- beloved child, child of love

Amy- the beauty of love

Amy- smile

Emiko- smiling child

Erie– lucky prize

Yuka– fragrant, friendly dawn

Yuki- snow

Yukiko– snow child

Yuko- useful child

Yumi– bow, useful beauty

Yumiko- a beautiful, useful child

Yuri– lily

Yuriko– little lily, dear child

Yasu– calm

Yasuko- honest child, peaceful child

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For the vast majority of our compatriots, Japanese names are just a set of sounds - melodic and not so melodic. However, they all have deep meaning. Let's figure out what the names and surnames of the representatives of this, perhaps, the most mysterious country in the East mean.

Features of Japanese names

The structure of a full Japanese name is extremely simple and similar to the traditional Western one, differing only in the sequence. First, in official documents or in personal communication, the surname (family name) is mentioned, and then the proper name. This pattern is typical for many Asian cultures - Korean, Chinese, Vietnamese. Names are usually written using the Kanji alphabet, which can have many various options pronunciation. Middle names are not used. In documents not for internal use, for example, in international passports or international treaties The usual European form is used: first name + surname. Without exception, all Japanese people have only one given name and one surname. Members of the royal imperial family do not have a surname.

There are a lot of unique names in Japan. It is much more difficult for a Japanese to meet his namesake than for a representative of any other country. Often parents make up their own names for their children. But surnames have a narrower spectrum.

It is no secret that the Japanese writing system is quite complex, and causes difficulties not only for foreigners, but also for the residents of the Land of the Rising Sun themselves. Therefore, since 1981, certain rules in the spelling of names have been in force throughout the country:

• for names it is allowed to use 1945 joyo kanji characters;
• 166 Kanji characters;
• all syllable symbols from the katakana and hiragana alphabets;
• without restrictions - symbols of longitude, repetition, obsolete syllabic hieroglyphs, conventional icons, alphabet - romaji, hetaiganu

From time to time, this list is partially expanded and supplemented, including with outdated hieroglyphs.

The number of characters in a first or last name is not regulated; the length can be any. To transcribe Japanese names into Latin and Cyrillic, the Romaji or Polivanov system is used. Long vowels are sometimes dropped or marked with a long horizontal bar above the letter.

Another one interesting feature Japanese language, concerning names and communication in general. Usually interlocutors add suffixes to the name, depending on age, gender, social status:

• - herself - in relation to senior, managerial employees, etc.
• - san. Neutral respectful to any person, usually unfamiliar.
• - kun address relatives of the same age, acquaintances, classmates, male colleagues. IN Lately often used in relation to female teachers.
• -chan - when addressing children and girls. A kind of diminutive form. The name itself changes slightly when it is added: Sonechi - So-chan, Itoko - Ichi-chan; or even up to a single vowel: Amane - A-chan, Ebishi - E-chan. Sometimes the same thing is done with surnames to add a slight frivolity in conversation: Tokushiwa - Toku-chan, Aomori - Ao-chan. The Japanese also address their pets with “-chan”. It looks like this: Usagi - rabbit - Usa-chan; Hamusuta - hamster - Hamu-chan; Sinsira - chinchilla - Shin-chan; Neko - cat - ne-chan.

Less common suffixes:

• sensei - teacher;
• senpai - senior comrade;
• kohai - junior comrade;
• dono - equal (worthy to worthy). It went out of use several decades ago.

All names in Japan can be divided into three types:

1. vago - native Japanese words (kun names);
2. kango - borrowed from China (names);
3. gairaigo - borrowed from Western culture.

Japanese surnames

Surnames officially appeared in Japan in 1870, when a law was passed making them mandatory. The majority of citizens preferred to choose as their family name names of the area in which they lived. Thus, residents of the same village often became namesakes. From 1898 to 1946, a woman was obliged to take her husband's surname after marriage. On this moment The Civil Code provides for the possibility for newlyweds to choose one of their surnames if they wish. But in any case they should be the same. Although in practice, more than 90 percent of women after marriage prefer to take their husband's surname.

The most common Japanese surnames are:

• Aoki;
• Wada;
• Matsumoto;
• Taguchi;
• Watanabe;
• Nakamura;
• Maeda;
• Nakayama;
• Sato;
• Suzuki;
• Kato;
• Takahashi;
• Tanaka;
• Higashi;
• Yamamoto;
• Kobayashi;
• Iida;
• Takada;
• Takagi;
• Koyama;
• Nakata;
• Yamada;
• Takayama;
• Kawaguchi;
• Yamanaka;
• Ueda;
• Yamashita;
• Kawakami;
• Okawa;
• Mizuno;
• Komatsu;
• Yasuda;
• Kinoshita;
• Koike;
• Kikuchi;
• Matsushita;
• Hirano;
• Ueno;
• But yes;
• Takano;
• Nakano;
• Hattori;
• Kuroda;
• Yamaguchi;
• Hayakawa;
• Hasegawa.

Most Japanese surnames consist of two characters; one- or three-character ones are less common.

• surnames containing one component - a noun or an adjective - are of Japanese origin. For example, Watari is a crossing, Zata is a vegetable garden, Sisi is a lion.
• two components. They number up to 70% of the total. Matsumoto: matsu (pine) + moto (root) = pine root. Kiyomizu: mizu (pure) + kiei (water) pure water.

Male and female Japanese names. Their meaning

Male Japanese names are characterized by rare hieroglyphs and reading systems in which the same hieroglyph has different meaning, depending on neighboring components.

Female names are easier to read and have a clear, extremely precise meaning.

Types of Japanese female names:

• abstract - they include such hieroglyphs as ksa - love, mi - beauty, an - calm, ti - mind, yu - tenderness, ma - truth, ka - smell, aroma;
• names of animals and plants. Haga - flower, Ine - rice, Kiku - chrysanthemum, Yanagi - willow;
• names with numerals. They were common among the nobility and were given according to birth order. Ni - two, go - five, nana seven.
• natural phenomena, Seasons. Yuki - snow, Natsu - summer, Asa - morning, Kumo - cloud.

As you can see, you can now make up any Japanese female name yourself. For example, Hagayuki is a snow flower, Kikuyu is a delicate chrysanthemum, Asaku is a beautiful morning.

Now in Japan you can find many fashionable borrowed names - Anna, Rena, Martha, Emiri (a modified form of Western Emily - the sound l is absent in Japanese).

Previously, the particle Ko (child), often used in Japanese names, is preferred by modern girls to discard. So, Yumiko turned into Yumi, Hanako into Hana, Asako into Asa.

Japanese female names

Japanese male names

E If you know Japanese people or just enjoy Japanese anime video games, there are a few last names you're familiar with. Sato and Suzuki are by far the most common in Japan. However, Takahashi and Tanaka are not much inferior to them in popularity.

But what about the opposite? Myoji Yurai Net, a Japanese surname database, recently published the results of a study that analyzed data from government statistics and phone books to compile a list of the 30 rarest Japanese surnames.

30.Ikari/

Value: 50 villages(approximately 1000 people)

Although the meaning may not be as dramatic when written with different characters, this surname can also mean "anger" or "anchor." According to research by Myoji Yurai Net, approximately 1,300 people throughout Japan have this surname.

29. Shio /

Meaning: salt (approximately 920 people)

For the record, this is not a name that is etymologically related to the word "salt", but it is written and pronounced exactly the same as shio, the Japanese word for table salt.

28. Shikichi /

Meaning: construction site(approximately 850 people)

27. Tsukumo /

Value: 99

Why not 100? Unfortunately, no answer was given(approximately 700 people)

26. Ichibangase /

Meaning: first rapids, first jambs(approximately 440 people)

25. Myoga /

Meaning: Japanese ginger(approximately 330 people)

24.Kai/

Meaning: shell, mollusks(approximately 330 people)

23.Jinja/

Meaning: Shinto shrine (approx. 270 people)

22. Akasofu /

Meaning: red grandfather(approximately 240 people)

Although many Japanese names are a reflection environment, those that reference people are much less likely to use a specific color.

21.Kon/

Meaning: root(approximately 230 people)

“Hey, wait a second,” say anime fans, “What about esteemed Perfect Blue and Paprika director Satoshi Kon?” In fact, the late director's last name was written in kanji, which means "now". And although this is also somewhat unusual surname, it is not as rare as this one, based on the rhizome of the plant.

20. Hirava /

Meaning: Plain of Harmony(approximately 170 people)

19. Botan /

Meaning: peony (approximately 130 people)

Tree references are common in Japanese surnames. For example, Matsuda means " Pinery", while Sugimoto is the "original cedar". Flowers are less common, especially when the name coincides with the name of the flowers.

18. Taue /

Meaning: planting risai(approximately 130 people)

17. Keana /

Meaning: (skin) pores(approximately 120 people)

16. Mizoroge /

Meaning: revered body of Bodhisattva(approximately 120 people)

15. Senju /

Meaning: teacher(approximately 110 people)

While the canopy is quite old school term used for teaching instructor, kanji charactersare the same ones used to write sensei, the standard way of addressing teachers and doctors in Japanese.

14. Suisha /

Meaning: water wheel, mill(approximately 90 people)

13. Kyoto /

Meaning: Kyoto, former capital of Japan(approximately 90 people)

Surnames that are also place names are not exactly common in Japan. In many cases, these are coincidences born from a reference to the natural landscape that serves as inspiration for the family name and location. Chiba (“thousand leaves”) and Matsumoto (“primordial pine”) are very popular surnames, but they are also a prefecture and a city, respectively.

On the other hand, Kyoto means "capital", which makes this surname derived from the name of an already established place.

12. Momo /

Meaning: One Hundred Hundred(approximately 80 people)

Momo is also the Japanese word for peach, but in the case of fruit the kanji is used instead. What's even stranger is that the Japanese already have a word for one hundred hundred people, which means "ten thousand."

11. Wamuro /

Meaning: harmonious number(approximately 60 people)

While the original intention was probably a favorable allusion to a peaceful home and family,can also be read as a poem, a Japanese-style room with tatami flooring.

10. Tokei /

Meaning: clock (approximately 50 people)

9. Nosaku /

Meaning: agricultural products(approximately 40 people)

8. Kajiyashiki /

Meaning: blacksmith's mansion(approximately 30 people)

7. Gogatsu /

Meaning: May (month)(approximately 30 people)

Only about 30 people in Japan have this surname. Unfortunately, there is no data on how many of them are women with the name Satsuki, which also means "May" and should be spelled the same kanji.

6. Hime/

Meaning: princess(approximately 30 people)

5. Higasa/

Meaning: umbrella(approximately 20 people)

4. Iekami /

Meaning: household god(approximately 10 people)

3. Dango /

Meaning: dumplings or Japanese mochi balls on a stick, usually served with sauce.

So far we have only seen a couple of food names on this list. This dish, (although only about 10 people in Japan have this surname), is the first dessert.

2.Hinode/

Meaning: sunrise(approximately 10 people)

1.Mikan/

Meaning: Japanese mandarin, orange(less than 10 people)

We don’t know how interesting and useful this hit parade was for expanding your horizons, but we think now you can better understand the surprise or even admiration of one of the anime or game characters when he finds out that the last name of his interlocutor is Wamuro or even Hinode.

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Japanese surnames

Japanese full name , as a rule, consists of a family name (surname), followed by a personal name. According to tradition in Japan, the surname comes first, and then the given name. This is a common practice in East and Southeast Asia, including Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Thai and several other cultures.

Modern Japanese often write their names in European order (personal name, and then surname of the clan), if they write in Latin or Cyrillic.

All Japanese people have a single surname and only name no middle name, except for the Japanese imperial family, whose members do not have a surname.

The first law on Japanese names and surnames appeared at the beginning of the Meiji era - in 1870. According to this law, every Japanese was required to choose a surname for himself. Most of the surnames created at that time come from the names of the area of ​​​​residence. And many Japanese surnames represent various rural landscapes.

Japanese surnames (list)

Akiyama

Asano

Asayama

Arai

Araki

Vada

Watanabe

Yoshimura

Ikeda

Imai

Inoe

Isis

Ishikawa

Katsura

Kido

Kimura

Kita

Kitano

Kobayashi

Kojima

Condo

Kubo

Kubota

Kuroki

Maruyama

Machida

Matsuda

Matsui

Maeda

Minami

Miura

Morimoto

Morita

Murakami

Murata

Nagai

Nakai

Nakagawa

Nakada

Nakamura

Nakano

Nakahara

Nakayama

Narazaki

Ogawa

Ozawa

Okada

Oonisi

Oono

Oyama

Sawada

Sakai

Sakamoto

Sano

Shibata

Suzuki

Taguchi

Takano

Tamura

Tanaka

Tanigawa

Takahashi

Tachibana

Takeda

Uchida

Ueda

Uematsu

Fujita

Fuji

Fujimoto

Fukushima

Hara

Hattori

Hayashi

Hirano

Honda

Hoshino

Tsubaki

Enomoto

Yamada

Yamaki

Yamanaka

Yamasaki

Yamamoto

Yamamura

Yamashita

Yamauchi

Yasuda

The most common Japanese surnames

Suzuki (Wooden bell)

Watanabe (Walk around the neighborhood)

Tanaka (Centre)

Yamamoto (Foot of the Mountain)

Takahashi (High Bridge)

Kobayashi (Little Forest)

Murakami (Village Head)

Nakamura (Village Center)

Kuroki (Ebony)

Oonisi (Greater West)

Hashimoto (bridge)

Miura (three bays)

Takano (plain)

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The most common Japanese surnames today— Suzuki, Tanaka, Yamamoto, Watanabe, Saito, Sato, Sasaki, Kudo, Takahashi, Kobayashi, Kato, Ito, Murakami, Oonishi, Yamaguchi, Nakamura, Kuroki, Higa.

Men's names have changed less. They also often depend on the “serial number” of the son in the family. The suffixes "-ichi" and "-kazu" meaning "first son" are often used, as are the suffixes "-ji" ("second son") and "-zō" ("third son").

Most Japanese girl names end in "-ko" ("child") or "-mi" ("beauty"). Girls, as a rule, are given names associated in meaning with everything beautiful, pleasant and feminine. Unlike male names, female names are usually written not , but .

Some modern girls do not like the ending “-ko” in their names and prefer to omit it. For example, a girl named "Yuriko" might call herself "Yuri".

According to a law passed during the time of Emperor Meiji, after marriage, husband and wife are legally required to adopt the same surname. In 98% of cases this is the husband's last name. For several years now, parliament has been discussing an amendment to the Civil Code allowing spouses to keep premarital surnames. However, she still can’t dial required amount votes.

After death, a Japanese person receives a new, posthumous name (kaimyo), which is written on a special wooden tablet (ihai). This tablet is considered to be the embodiment of the spirit of the deceased and is used in funeral rites. Kaimyo and ihai are purchased from Buddhist monks - sometimes even before the person's death.