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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 · mixed classified records

Akira

暘あきら · 3 morae

219 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes female-classified records

Izuru

暘いずる · 3 morae

9 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes female-classified records

Kōyō

光暘こうよう · 4 morae

36 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · gender-unspecified records

Seiyō

晴暘せいよう · 4 morae

10 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes female-classified records

Shōyō

昇暘しょうよう · 4 morae

18 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · gender-unspecified records

Toyō

杜暘とよう · 3 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · mixed classified records

Yōichi

暘一よういち · 4 morae

25 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · gender-unspecified records

Yōkichi

暘吉ようきち · 4 morae

13 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes female-classified records

Yōko

暘子ようこ · 3 morae

98 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes male-classified records

Yōnosuke

暘之介ようのすけ · 5 morae

21 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · gender-unspecified records

Yōseki

暘石ようせき · 4 morae

5 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · gender-unspecified records

Yōson

暘村ようそん · 4 morae

4 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes female-classified records

Yōzō

暘三ようぞう · 4 morae

25 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.