Random Japanese Name Generator (Girl, Boy, Last, Village)

The following are some examples from this Japanese name generator.

Takanashi

Written 小鳥遊, “little birds at play,” or “high pear tree.”

Itsuki

Tree.

Ikeda

Pond rice field. Ikeda Terumasa raised the white main keep of Himeji Castle.

Hokuto

A Hokkaido express train is known as the Big Dipper.

The Big Dipper is a constellation pointing to the polar star.

Yamada

Mountain rice field.

Masako

”Graceful child.” Empress Masako studied economics at Harvard.

Kumagai

From kuma, bear, and gai, valley.

Shun

“Fast,” or “talented.”

Murasaki

”Purple,” and the author of The Tale of Genji is Murasaki Shikibu.

Akiyama

It combines aki, autumn, with yama, mountain.

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Momiji

Momiji is the word for those red autumn leaves.

Mochizuki

“Full moon.”

Tsubaki

Camellia.

Yuki

Snow, or “happiness” with another kanji. Sapporo’s Yuki Matsuri is held every February in Hokkaido’s capital, Sapporo.

Igarashi

Fifty storms.

Ibuki

“Breath.” Ibuki is also the nickname of the world’s first greenhouse gas satellite.

Honda

Samurai Honda Tadakatsu fought over 100 battles without a wound. It is symbolizing “main rice field.”

Mamoru

To protect. Save

Hinata

Here’s a sunny one: “toward the sun.”

Raiden

Thunder and lightning, as well as a sumo champion who lost only ten bouts.

Ritsu

Law. Four letters, and it doesn’t need more.

Tanaka

Middle of the rice field.

Hotaru

“Firefly.” Japanese shops play Hotaru no Hikari at closing time.

Akira

“Bright,” or “clear.”

Sayuri

Small lily.

Shiori

Bookmark. Shiori Kanzaki played Yuka Sanada in Genseishin Justirisers.

Kondo

From Omi Province and wisteria. Marie Kondo book The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up has been published in over 30 countries.

Kaname

“Vital point.”

Kaguya

“Shining.” She’s the moon princess of The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter.

Kenshin

It combines “humble” and “trust.” Warlord Uesugi Kenshin sent salt to his rival Takeda Shingen.

Watanuki

“First day of April”.

Hiroshi

Generous, tolerant.

Yayoi

Third month of the old calendar, and a prehistoric era with origins in a Tokyo district. Save

Kasumi

Mist. Tokyo’s ministries are in Kasumigaseki, “mist checkpoint.”

Satsuki

“Fifth month.” That’s when the satsuki azalea blooms.

Takumi

“Artisan”, or “skillful”.

Kurosawa

Black marsh, and the family name of director Akira Kurosawa. He directed 30 feature films in a career spanning six decades.

Kohana

Little flower. I’d put it near the top of any list.

Tora

“Tiger”. Pearl Harbor pilots radioed it as a signal.

Sumire

Violet.

Midori

“Green.”

Ryunosuke

Ryunosuke is pronounced as RYOO-noh-skeh and means “dragon” and “help.”

Chizuru

“Thousand cranes,” the number of paper cranes folded for a wish. Save

Nadeshiko

“Dianthus flower.” Nadeshiko is the nickname of Japan’s women’s football team, which won silver medals at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Yamato

“Great harmony.” Yamato wasn’t small: she was the heaviest battleship ever made.

Sato

“Help” and “wisteria.” A study predicts all of Japan will be Sato within five centuries.

Shiratori

Looking for a swan-like surname? “White bird.”

Yukimura

From yuki, snow, and mura, village.

Koharu

”Little spring,” a word for mild days in late autumn.

Sosuke

Sosuke is pronounced as SOH-skeh: “lineage” and “help.” He’s the boy who keeps Ponyo safe.

Taiga

Great river. In English, taiga is a Russian word for snowy northern forests.

Arata

“Fresh”, or “new.”

Inoue

Above the well.

Kazama

Want a family name with wind in it? “Among the wind.”

Kintaro

Golden boy. Kintaro’s a mountain child who wrestled bears in folk tales.

Yuzu

”Citron.” Yuzu is a fruit people float in winter solstice baths.

Tomoe

Tomoe (“comma-shaped swirl”) Gozen fought in battle in The Tale of the Heike.

Makoto

“Sincerity.” The Shinsengumi stitched its kanji on its red banner. Save

Hasegawa

It comes from Hase, a place name, and kawa, river.

Kaede

Kaede is pronounced kah-EH-deh and is meaning maple.

Tsumugi

Pongee silk. Yuki-tsumugi weaving is on UNESCO’s heritage list.

Himawari

In Japan, weather satellites are known as Himawari, sunflower.

Kiyoshi

Pure.

Shimizu

“Pure water,” the same two kanji as Kyoto’s Kiyomizu-dera.

Hayato

Falcon person, and an ancient people of southern Kyushu.

Akane

Deep red. It’s also the madder plant, whose roots gave Japan red dye.

Ogawa

Small river.

Suzuki

Bell tree, and Japan’s second most common surname.

Morimoto

From mori, forest, and moto, base. Masaharu Morimoto cooked as an Iron Chef in Japan and America.

Takeru

“Strong,” or “healthy.”

Hoshino

Star field.

Musashi

武蔵, “martial storehouse,” was the province around today’s Tokyo. Miyamoto Musashi wrote The Book of Five Rings.

Masaru

Victory, excellence.

Kitagawa

North river, shared with ukiyo-e master Kitagawa Utamaro.

Yoshi

Good, or righteous. Japanese also shout “yoshi!” to mean “all right!”

Wakana

It combines wa, harmony, with kana, to play music.

Iroha

“Colour” and “leaf,” and the title of a poem that is attributed to Kūkai, the founder of Shingon Buddhism.

Nagisa

Water’s edge.

Ichiro

First son. Ichiro Suzuki’s 262 hits in 2004 remain MLB’s single-season record.

Satoshi

“Intelligent,” or “clever”.

Matsumoto

It has origins in matsu, pine, and moto, base.

Wakaba

New drivers must show a green-and-yellow badge called the wakaba mark. It means “young leaves.”

Hime

Hime is “princess” or “lady of higher birth.”

Ieyasu

House and peace. The shogunate Tokugawa Ieyasu set up in 1603 ruled until 1868.

Amano

Heaven’s field.

Minato

Harbor. There’s a Tokyo ward with this moniker.

Aiko

Love child. It’s also the name of Emperor Naruhito’s only child.

Kakeru

Kakeru is symbolizing ”to soar.”

Yukari

“Bond,” or “connection.” It’s also a red shiso seasoning for rice.

Aoi

Hollyhock, the leaf on the Tokugawa crest.

Hayashi

Forest.

Mio

“Waterway” in Japanese, and “mine” in Italian.

Ueno

Japan’s first zoo opened in Ueno, “upper field.”

Kokoro

”Heart and mind,” as well as the title of Natsume Soseki’s novel.

Ayame

Iris.

Masamune

“Correct” and “origin.” Japan’s greatest swordsmith left most of his blades unsigned.

Chiba

”A thousand leaves.” Chiba is also a prefecture east of Tokyo.

Ren

Lotus.

Fujiwara

”Wisteria field.” Fujiwara clan was a powerful family of imperial regents that held the title of Ason.

Shizuka

Shizuka (“quiet”) Gozen danced for her lover’s enemy.

Hikari

Light. Hikari was the fastest train on the first Shinkansen line.

Shinobu

“endurance/patience.”

Kobayashi

Small forest.

Aoki

Green tree.

Noboru

“Rise,” or “ascend.”

Chiyo

A thousand generations. Japan’s anthem wishes the emperor’s reign “chiyo ni yachiyo ni.”

Kenta

Healthy and big.

Watanabe

From wata, to cross or ferry, and nabe, area.

Yamamoto

Base of the mountain. The samurai book Hagakure has roots in Yamamoto Tsunetomo’s talks.

Haruka

Distant.

Asahi

Asahi is symbolizing “morning sun.”

Shohei

It combines “soar” with “peaceful.”

Sakamoto

Base of the slope.

Miura

Three bays. Kentaro Miura created the manga series Berserk.

Rika

Pear blossom.

Date

As a common word, date means flashy dressing, after warlord Date Masamune’s showy soldiers.

Nakajima

Middle island.

Natsumi

Summer beauty.

Nobunaga

“Trust” and “long.” Warlord Oda Nobunaga had an African samurai, Yasuke, in his service.

Riku

Dry land.

Haruto

“Sun” and “soar.”

Hattori

From an old guild of weavers. Tokyo’s Hanzomon gate has roots in the ninja chief Hattori Hanzo.

Akemi

It combines ake, bright, with mi, beautiful.

Osamu

Osamu is symbolizing “discipline,” or “study.”

Saito

Purification plus wisteria, for Fujiwara serving Ise Shrine. Saito Dosan was the Viper of Mino.

Kimura

Tree village. Singer Takuya Kimura was a member of SMAP.

Tsubame

I’ve liked this one: “swallow,” the bird.

Sota

“Sound of the wind,” and “big.”

Mori

Forest. There’s a picture in its kanji: three trees.

Kiku

Chrysanthemum. Its crest is on the cover of Japanese passports.

Hayao

Swift, written with the kanji for a fast horse.

Sakurako

Cherry blossom child.

Daiki

Daiki is meaning ”big brightness.”

Hideyoshi

“Excellent luck.”

Kanon

“Flower sound” in Japanese, and “canon” in German.

Jun

“Pure,” “moisture,” “clean,” or “simple.”

Sakura

Cherry blossom.

Izumi

“Spring”, or “fountain”.

Hideo

Excellent hero.

Kiichiro

Toyota began when Kiichiro Toyoda moved his father’s loom company into cars. It is symbolizing “joy” and “first son.”

Shigeru

Lush. Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto created Mario.

Umi

Sea.

Hana

Flower.

Takahashi

Tall bridge. Only Sato and Suzuki rank above it in Japanese surnames.

Tsukiko

Moon child.

Yamashita

Below the mountain, and the surname of judo champion Yasuhiro Yamashita, who retired after 203 straight wins.

Manabu

To learn.

Ume

Plum blossom, and that’s a sign of spring in Nippon.

Yukio

Happy hero, as 幸雄. Novelist Yukio Mishima was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Saburo

Third son.

Shiraishi

From shira, white, and ishi, stone.

Shibuya

Shibuya is meaning “bitter valley.”

Chiharu

A thousand springs.

Kazuki

“Harmony,” “brightness,” “hope,” or “tree.”

Taira

Flat, or peace.

Yume

Dream, vision.

Kotaro

“Small,” “thick,” “big,” and “son.”

Hisashi

Long-lasting.

Tokimune

“Time” and “ancestor.” Hōjō Tokimune banished Nichiren to Sado Island.

Miyabi

“Gracious/refined.” Miyabi is a brand of kitchen knives with the characteristics of samurai swords,

Asano

Asano is “shallow field.”

Ran

Orchid.

Ito

伊 stands for Ise Province, 藤 for Fujiwara wisteria. Ito Hirobumi was Japan’s first prime minister.

Tachibana

“Orange,” or “tangerine.”

Momo

In the folk tale, Momotaro jumps out of a giant peach floating down a river, and momo is that peach.

Shirakawa

White river, the flowing twin of Shiraishi.

Takara

Treasure.

Tsubasa

”Wing.” Captain Tsubasa is a manga series illustrated by Yōichi Takahashi that was adapted into an anime television series by Tsuchida Production.

Hiyori

”Fair weather,” a cousin of Koharu.

Junko

Pure child. Junko Tabei is the first woman to stand on top of Everest.

Minoru

“fruit/truth.”

Hideki

Here’s one with a Nobel attached: “excellent tree.”

Tadashi

“Right,” “correct,” or “loyalty.”

Nakamura

Middle village.

Uta

Classical waka verses of 31 syllables are also called uta, so it means both “song” and “poem.”

Michiko

Michiko is meaning ”beautiful wise child.”

Susumu

Advance, make progress.

Mikoto

In the Kojiki, gods have it as a title, as in Susanoo-no-Mikoto. It means “noble one.”

Kotone

“Sound of the koto.”

Benkei

Benkei (“speech” and “joy”) was a warrior monk of legend.

Mitsuki

Beautiful moon.

Kenzo

Healthy third son. Kenzo Tange designed Hiroshima’s Peace Memorial Park.

Chikara

Power, capability.

Ai

“Love” and “indigo.” A Kyoto University chimpanzee known as Ai learned numbers and kanji.

Kaori

Fragrance, scent.

Kairi

Sea village. It’s also the Japanese word for a nautical mile.

Kato

Kumamoto Castle was built by warlord Kato Kiyomasa. 加藤 combines Kaga Province with wisteria.

Kiyomi

It comes from kiyo, pure, and mi, beautiful.

Toru

To pierce.

Kenji

健二 means “healthy second son.” Poet Kenji Miyazawa used 賢治, “wise” plus “govern.”

Ishikawa

Stone river.

Akio

Bright man. Akio Morita co-founded Sony in a department store.

Fuyuki

Winter tree.

Shinju

Pearl.

Isamu

Brave. Sculptor Isamu Noguchi designed the Akari paper lamps.

Suzu

Bell.

Yoshitsune

“Righteous” and “passage.”

Naomi

Honest beauty, as 直美. Naomi Osaka has won several Grand Slam singles titles.

Nozomi

Hope.

Haruki

“Spring” plus “tree.”

Abe

安倍 is made of “peace” and “double.” Heian court diviner Abe no Seimei was said to be the son of a fox.

Yoshino

Lucky field.

Kazuo

Kazuo is meaning “harmony man.”

Taro

“Big son.” Taro Okamoto made the Tower of the Sun for the Osaka Expo.

Minamoto

Source or origin.

Hanako

Flower child. Japanese schoolkids whisper about Hanako-san, the ghost in the third stall of the girls’ toilet.

Sanada

Sanada Yukimura’s red-armored troops charged Ieyasu’s camp at Osaka in 1615. It means “genuine rice field.”

Asuka

Flying bird, or “tomorrow’s fragrance.” Japan’s Asuka period has origins in a region south of Nara.