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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

Ayu

和優あゆ · 2 morae

162 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes female-classified records

Ayuko

和優子あゆこ · 3 morae

73 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Kaya

和優かや · 2 morae

80 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes female-classified records

Kayu

和優かゆ · 2 morae

12 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes male-classified records

Kazumasa

和優かずまさ · 4 morae

37 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · mixed classified records

Mahiro

和優まひろ · 3 morae

84 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Mana

優和まな · 2 morae

86 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Wayū

和優わゆう · 3 morae

7 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes female-classified records

Yuka

優和ゆか · 2 morae

239 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Yūka

優和ゆうか · 3 morae

215 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Yūna

優和ゆうな · 3 morae

113 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Yūwa

優和ゆうわ · 3 morae

11 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Yuwa

優和ゆわ · 2 morae

10 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.