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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

Isoko

伊曽子いそこ · 3 morae

17 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes male-classified records

Katsumasa

曽政かつまさ · 4 morae

14 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · gender-unspecified records

Sekisō

錫曽せきそう · 4 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · gender-unspecified records

Sogaku

曽岳そがく · 3 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes female-classified records

Sone

曽祢そね · 2 morae

5 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · gender-unspecified records

Sotō

曽登雄そとお · 3 morae

4 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes male-classified records

Sōjirō

曽次郎そうじろう · 5 morae

62 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes male-classified records

Sōtarō

曽太郎そうたろう · 5 morae

69 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes female-classified records

Sowa

曽和そわ · 2 morae

4 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes female-classified records

Soyoko

曽代子そよこ · 3 morae

24 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · gender-unspecified records

Tsunenori

曽益つねのり · 4 morae

25 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · gender-unspecified records

Yasoji

弥曽次やそじ · 3 morae

8 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · gender-unspecified records

Yosoichi

与曽市よそいち · 4 morae

3 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.