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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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16 results shownAlphabetical by indexed reading.
Given name · gender-unspecified records

Gan

岩がん · 2 morae

5 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · gender-unspecified records

Ganichi

岩一がんいち · 4 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes male-classified records

Gantarō

岩太郎がんたろう · 5 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes female-classified records

Iwa

岩いわ · 2 morae

4 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes female-classified records

Iwae

岩江いわえ · 3 morae

7 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes male-classified records

Iwahiko

岩彦いわひこ · 4 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · gender-unspecified records

Iwaji

岩次いわじ · 3 morae

4 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes male-classified records

Iwajirō

岩次郎いわじろう · 5 morae

13 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes female-classified records

Iwako

岩子いわこ · 3 morae

10 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes female-classified records

Iwami

岩実いわみ · 3 morae

11 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Iwane

岩音いわね · 3 morae

5 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · gender-unspecified records

Iwanori

岩則いわのり · 4 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · mixed classified records

Iwao

岩いわお · 3 morae

39 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes male-classified records

Iwatarō

岩太郎いわたろう · 5 morae

5 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · gender-unspecified records

Iwazō

岩三いわぞう · 4 morae

5 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes female-classified records

Nanase

七岩ななせ · 3 morae

30 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.