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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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First 48 matching groups shownAlphabetical by indexed reading.
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Ashina

葦姓あしな · 3 morae

8 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Chōnabayashi

蝶姓林ちょうなばやし · 6 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Ebina

蝦姓えびな · 3 morae

8 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Ei

頴姓えい · 2 morae

18 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Eno

頴姓えの · 2 morae

9 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Funakoshi

富姓腰ふなこし · 4 morae

8 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Furushō

古姓ふるしょう · 4 morae

8 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Hamana

浜姓はまな · 3 morae

6 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Haruna

春姓はるな · 3 morae

7 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Honna

本姓ほんな · 3 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Hoshina

星姓ほしな · 3 morae

8 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Inakawa

猪姓川いなかわ · 4 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Inaoka

伊姓岡いなおか · 4 morae

5 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Itadera

猪姓寺いたでら · 4 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Iwana

岩姓いわな · 3 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Kanagaki

仮姓垣かながき · 4 morae

6 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Kawana

河姓かわな · 3 morae

10 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Kokusenya

国姓爺こくせんや · 5 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Kōsei

高姓こうせい · 4 morae

9 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Kuwana

桑姓くわな · 3 morae

5 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Misei

御姓みせい · 3 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Nada

姓田なだ · 2 morae

7 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Nagawa

姓川ながわ · 3 morae

13 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Nago

姓護なご · 2 morae

5 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Nagoya

姓越なごや · 3 morae

45 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Nagura

姓倉なぐら · 3 morae

8 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Nai

姓井ない · 2 morae

5 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Najima

姓島なじま · 3 morae

4 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Naka

姓嘉なか · 2 morae

16 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Namura

姓村なむら · 3 morae

6 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Nasaka

姓坂なさか · 3 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Natori

姓取なとり · 3 morae

6 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Nawa

姓和なわ · 2 morae

9 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Onagawa

小姓川おながわ · 4 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Ōshō

大姓おおしょう · 4 morae

5 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Sanagi

佐姓木さなぎ · 3 morae

9 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Sansei

三姓さんせい · 4 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Seihara

姓原せいはら · 4 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Seimoto

姓本せいもと · 4 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Sena

瀬姓せな · 2 morae

5 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Senō

姓納せのお · 3 morae

5 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Shīna

椎姓しいな · 3 morae

8 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Tana

田姓たな · 2 morae

8 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Tanāmi

田姓網たなあみ · 4 morae

6 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Tanabe

田姓部たなべ · 3 morae

26 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Tanabu

田姓部たなぶ · 3 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Tanago

田姓後たなご · 3 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Tonaki

渡姓喜となき · 3 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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More than 48 groups match these filters. Add another constraint to narrow the research set.

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.