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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 · gender-unspecified records

Motonari

祖教もとなり · 4 morae

9 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · gender-unspecified records

Sodō

祖道そどう · 3 morae

7 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · gender-unspecified records

Sogaku

祖岳そがく · 3 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · gender-unspecified records

Sohō

祖峯そほう · 3 morae

7 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes female-classified records

Soi

祖怡そい · 2 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · gender-unspecified records

Soken

祖健そけん · 3 morae

4 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes female-classified records

Sokō

祖光そこう · 3 morae

10 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · gender-unspecified records

Soshun

祖舜そしゅん · 3 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes female-classified records

Sotoe

祖富枝そとえ · 3 morae

6 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · gender-unspecified records

Sōshū

祖秀そうしゅう · 4 morae

9 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes female-classified records

Soyoko

祖代子そよこ · 3 morae

24 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · gender-unspecified records

Sozan

祖山そざん · 3 morae

4 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · gender-unspecified records

Yosoji

与祖治よそじ · 3 morae

8 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.