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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

Gen

愿げん · 2 morae

10 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes male-classified records

Genichirō

愿一郎げんいちろう · 6 morae

34 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes male-classified records

Genji

愿治げんじ · 3 morae

30 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · gender-unspecified records

Genkyō

愿恭げんきょう · 4 morae

4 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes male-classified records

Gennosuke

愿之助げんのすけ · 5 morae

42 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes male-classified records

Gensuke

愿介げんすけ · 4 morae

6 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes male-classified records

Genzō

愿三げんぞう · 4 morae

13 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · mixed classified records

Hiroshi

愿ひろし · 3 morae

259 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · gender-unspecified records

Motosada

愿定もとさだ · 4 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes female-classified records

Sunao

愿すなお · 3 morae

53 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · mixed classified records

Yoshihiko

愿彦よしひこ · 4 morae

74 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · mixed classified records

Yoshiko

愿子よしこ · 3 morae

206 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · gender-unspecified records

Yoshitada

愿正よしただ · 4 morae

35 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.