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Japanese Name Explorer

Combine pronunciation, written-form and corpus classifications to find source-recorded names. Filters are a research utility: combinations stay temporary and canonical name pages remain the primary reference records.

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12 results shownAlphabetical by indexed reading.
Given name · includes female-classified records

Mearī

メアリーめありー · 4 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes female-classified records

Megumiko

愛子めぐみこ · 4 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · gender-unspecified records

Meidō

明堂めいどう · 4 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes female-classified records

Meikō

明光めいこう · 4 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes female-classified records

Meirin

美倫めいりん · 4 morae

10 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · gender-unspecified records

Meisei

明成めいせい · 4 morae

4 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · gender-unspecified records

Meiseki

明錫めいせき · 4 morae

5 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes female-classified records

Meishū

明修めいしゅう · 4 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · gender-unspecified records

Meiyō

明洋めいよう · 4 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · gender-unspecified records

Meizō

明三めいぞう · 4 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes female-classified records

Merodī

奏めろでぃー · 4 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · mixed classified records

Meruru

メルヴィルめるヴぃる · 4 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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What the explorer can and cannot tell you

Exact-kanji filters require the selected character(s) to occur in the same JMnedict written form. Morae are calculated from the source-recorded kana reading. Gender labels reflect dictionary classifications in the imported records. “Most corpus spelling variants” measures source-record coverage only; it is not a popularity ranking in Japan.