35 Japanese Girl Names That Start With M & Meanings

Japanese is the 13th most commonly spoken language in the entire world.

It consists of three written alphabets: Kanji, Katakana, and Hiragana. A kanji can have more than ten possible readings. I have selected 35 Japanese girl names that start with the letter M.

List Of 35 Japanese Girl Names That Start With M:

Miku

The name Miku combines mi (beautiful) and Ku (long time ot sky). Hatsune Miku is a mascot for a Vocaloid software voicebank.

Mayu

It means milk, cocoon, blessing, or everything.

Misaki

Misaki is a feminine Japanese given name that signifies (depending on the different kanji characters) promontory, blossom, sand, or ocean. Ayame Misaki is an actress who played Miki in Cutie Honey: The Live.

Maho

Maho means ”true ear of grain” or ”true sail.”

Midori

The Japanese girl’s name Midori is symbolizing verdant or green. Midori originally represented freshness.

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Minako

Using different kanji characters, Minako means truth or beauty. Minako Aino is a character in the Sailor Moon series. You should also know that Minako is a member of the musical group Kome Kome Club.

Mitsuki

Mitsuki is a Japanese name that is generally used by women and means three, shine, moon, light, and rare.

Madoka

Circle, flower.

How to choose a Japanese name for your baby girl

Make sure the initials don’t spell anything unintentional.

Look up at the meanings.

Keep the first name short and vary the number of syllables in each name.

Check the name goes with your other children’s names

Megumi

The word megumi means blessing, grace. Megumi Ikeda is a Japanese former fencer and the recipient of the HEROs AWARD. Megumi also means love.

Mirei

Marvelous, young.

Makoto

Makoto means sincerity. Makoto Sumikawa is a Japanese actress who performed in the TV show Kage no Gundan. Makoto Tsumura is a voice actress known for her roles in Fullmetal Alchemist and Captain Tsubasa Road to 2002.

Momoka

Momoka is meaning ”peach flower.”

Mutsumi

To be harmonious.

Minae

To bless, wise.

Mashiro

The name Mashiro is used by girls as well as boys, and it means excellent, white, ten thousand, true, and dance. Yuki Mashiro is a Japanese professional wrestler who debuted at New Ice Ribbon #985.

Miyako

Meaning beautiful night child, I love the pronunciation of the name Miyako. Miyako Yoshida is a Japanese ballet dancer who is the artistic director of the National Ballet of Japan.

Mifuyu

Mifuyu means ”splendid” and ”beautiful.”

Manami

Manami has a meaning that I love, ”beautiful truth” or ”a beautiful love.”

Mizuho

Mizuho is an ancient name in Japan. It means abundant rice. There are many celebrities with the name Mizuho. Mizuho Kusanagi is a Japanese manga artist best known for the manga series Yona of the Dawn.

Mahiru

Mahiru means unaltered, complete, accurate, pure, or truth.

Facts about the Japanese language

Certain sounds (such as “L”) don’t exist in Japanese.

Kanji are Japanese versions of Chinese characters. The Japanese language has 40,000 to 50,000 kanji characters.

The Tokyo accent is the most common Japanese dialect.

More than 130 million people speak Japanese.

Miki

Miki means beautiful hope, tree, noble, and chronicle.

Motoko

Motoko Obayashi is a retired volleyball player who competed in three Summer Olympics. Motoko is meaning resourceful, child, fundamental, origin, or unadorned.

Mayuri

Cocoon, silk.

Michiko

Michiko is a Japanese girl’s name that I find interesting. It means child of passage or child of a thousand beauties. Amazing translation. Fashion designer Michiko Koshino has a restaurant in London. Michiko Godai is an actress with 14 credits on IMDb.

Misuzu

Misuzu is another name that I like on this list and means “beautiful bell.”

Maiko

”Young dancer” or ”dancing child.”

Mitsuko

There are many celebrities named Mitsuko (“child of light”) including airline executive Mitsuko Tottori, actress Mitsuko Mori, gymnast Mitsuko Kandori, singer Mitsuko Horie, and more.

Mamiko

“Ma” (fullness, hemp, truth, reality) and “Miko” (full child, child of truth).

Mizuki

Auspicious hope. Nana Mizuki is a Japanese voice actress who, in 2001, released her album, Supersonic Girl. Actress Alisa Mizuki married Koji Aoyama in 2015. She was also the inspiration behind the Sailor Moon character Rei Hino.

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Miho

Miho means beauty, walk, sail, care, and ear of grain.

Mariko

Mariko is symbolizing ”child,” ”genuine,” ”real,” and ”long distance.”

Masumi

True purity.

Moeka

Moeka Minami played for the Italian club Roma. Moeka means ”budding flower.”

Miori

Miori is symbolizing beautiful fabric or beautiful weave.

Mana

Dance, truth, affection, and love are the meanings of Mana. Mana is also found in Iran where it means ”everlasting.”