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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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11 results shownAlphabetical by indexed reading.
Given name · includes male-classified records

Chikanobu

央叙ちかのぶ · 4 morae

8 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes female-classified records

Nobu

叙のぶ · 2 morae

24 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes female-classified records

Nobue

叙恵のぶえ · 3 morae

65 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes female-classified records

Nobuko

叙子のぶこ · 3 morae

82 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · mixed classified records

Nobuyuki

叙幸のぶゆき · 4 morae

45 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes male-classified records

Norinobu

範叙のりのぶ · 4 morae

4 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · mixed classified records

Shinobu

司叙しのぶ · 3 morae

97 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · mixed classified records

Shizuka

侍叙香しずか · 3 morae

144 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes male-classified records

Yasunobu

康叙やすのぶ · 4 morae

51 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · mixed classified records

Yoshiko

叙子よしこ · 3 morae

206 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes male-classified records

Yoshinobu

善叙よしのぶ · 4 morae

129 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.