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

Aya

菖あや · 2 morae

117 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes female-classified records

Ayaka

菖花あやか · 3 morae

409 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes female-classified records

Ayako

菖子あやこ · 3 morae

131 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · mixed classified records

Ayame

菖あやめ · 3 morae

94 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes female-classified records

Ayane

菖音あやね · 3 morae

64 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes female-classified records

Ayari

菖里あやり · 3 morae

146 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · mixed classified records

Ayase

菖世あやせ · 3 morae

41 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes female-classified records

Masako

菖子まさこ · 3 morae

115 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · mixed classified records

Shō

菖しょう · 2 morae

51 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · mixed classified records

Shōbu

菖蒲しょうぶ · 3 morae

5 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · gender-unspecified records

Shōdō

菖堂しょうどう · 4 morae

26 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes female-classified records

Shōen

菖園しょうえん · 4 morae

19 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · gender-unspecified records

Shōhan

菖畔しょうはん · 4 morae

5 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes female-classified records

Shōka

菖花しょうか · 3 morae

32 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · mixed classified records

Shōkei

菖渓しょうけい · 4 morae

15 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes female-classified records

Shōko

菖子しょうこ · 3 morae

129 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes female-classified records

Shōna

菖凪しょうな · 3 morae

22 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · gender-unspecified records

Shōshin

菖真しょうしん · 4 morae

18 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · gender-unspecified records

Shoū

菖雨しょうう · 3 morae

7 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · gender-unspecified records

Tesshō

哲菖てっしょう · 4 morae

7 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.