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

Baiken

売剣ばいけん · 4 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · gender-unspecified records

Chiken

智剣ちけん · 3 morae

4 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes male-classified records

Hayahiko

剣彦はやひこ · 4 morae

7 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · mixed classified records

Hayato

剣刀はやと · 3 morae

21 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · mixed classified records

Ken

剣けん · 2 morae

22 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes male-classified records

Kenei

剣瑛けんえい · 4 morae

9 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Kenichi

剣一けんいち · 4 morae

42 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Kenichirō

剣一郎けんいちろう · 6 morae

71 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Kenji

剣士けんじ · 3 morae

145 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · gender-unspecified records

Kenjin

剣人けんじん · 4 morae

4 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes male-classified records

Kenkichi

剣吉けんきち · 4 morae

22 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes male-classified records

Kennosuke

剣之助けんのすけ · 5 morae

85 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes male-classified records

Kenpachirō

剣八郎けんぱちろう · 6 morae

5 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · gender-unspecified records

Kenryū

剣竜けんりゅう · 4 morae

8 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · gender-unspecified records

Kensei

剣正けんせい · 4 morae

17 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Kenshin

剣心けんしん · 4 morae

17 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · gender-unspecified records

Kenshū

剣秋けんしゅう · 4 morae

10 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · mixed classified records

Kensuke

剣輔けんすけ · 4 morae

53 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes male-classified records

Kenta

剣太けんた · 3 morae

16 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes male-classified records

Kentarō

剣太郎けんたろう · 5 morae

52 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes male-classified records

Kenyū

剣友けんゆう · 4 morae

13 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes male-classified records

Kenzaburō

剣三郎けんざぶろう · 6 morae

11 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · gender-unspecified records

Kenzen

剣禅けんぜん · 4 morae

4 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · gender-unspecified records

Koken

古剣こけん · 3 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes female-classified records

Mayaka

剣まやか · 3 morae

29 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes male-classified records

Shōken

小剣しょうけん · 4 morae

23 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · gender-unspecified records

Shūken

秋剣しゅうけん · 4 morae

7 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · gender-unspecified records

Suiken

酔剣すいけん · 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.