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

Hanaka

話花はなか · 3 morae

18 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes female-classified records

Hanako

話心はなこ · 3 morae

74 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes female-classified records

Towa

友話とわ · 2 morae

55 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes male-classified records

Waichirō

話一朗わいちろう · 5 morae

49 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes female-classified records

Waka

話花わか · 2 morae

35 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes female-classified records

Wakako

話伽子わかこ · 3 morae

107 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes female-classified records

Wakiko

話喜子わきこ · 3 morae

81 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes female-classified records

Wako

話子わこ · 2 morae

31 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes female-classified records

Wakuko

話久子わくこ · 3 morae

19 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes male-classified records

Wasaburō

話佐朗わさぶろう · 5 morae

40 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes female-classified records

Yawara

夜話裸やわら · 3 morae

5 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.