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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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15 results shownAlphabetical by indexed reading.
Given name · includes female-classified records

Chigusa

千艸ちぐさ · 3 morae

19 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · gender-unspecified records

Hokusō

北艸ほくそう · 4 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · gender-unspecified records

Issō

一艸いっそう · 4 morae

5 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes female-classified records

Misako

三艸子みさこ · 3 morae

107 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · gender-unspecified records

Nansō

南艸なんそう · 4 morae

5 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · gender-unspecified records

Sōdō

艸堂そうどう · 4 morae

5 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · gender-unspecified records

Sōhei

艸平そうへい · 4 morae

19 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Sōjin

艸人そうじん · 4 morae

10 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes female-classified records

Sōka

艸果そうか · 3 morae

20 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · mixed classified records

Sōshi

艸史そうし · 3 morae

25 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · gender-unspecified records

Sōshū

艸舟そうしゅう · 4 morae

9 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes male-classified records

Sōsuke

艸介そうすけ · 4 morae

35 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes male-classified records

Sōta

艸太そうた · 3 morae

13 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes male-classified records

Sōtarō

艸太郎そうたろう · 5 morae

69 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · gender-unspecified records

Soū

艸雨そうう · 3 morae

9 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.