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

Yoi

宵よい · 2 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · gender-unspecified records

Yoji

与次よじ · 2 morae

4 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes female-classified records

Yoki

ヨキよき · 2 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes female-classified records

Yoko

ヨ子よこ · 2 morae

5 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes female-classified records

Yoma

代真よま · 2 morae

4 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes female-classified records

Yomi

ヨミよみ · 2 morae

9 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes female-classified records

Yon

栄よん · 2 morae

4 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · mixed classified records

Yona

ヨナよな · 2 morae

4 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes female-classified records

Yone

よねよね · 2 morae

13 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes female-classified records

Yono

よのよの · 2 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes female-classified records

Yori

よりより · 2 morae

15 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes female-classified records

Yoshi

よしよし · 2 morae

39 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes female-classified records

Yō

ようよう · 2 morae

34 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.