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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

Kaneko

鉦子かねこ · 3 morae

26 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · gender-unspecified records

Kaneshige

鉦重かねしげ · 4 morae

5 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes female-classified records

Masako

鉦子まさこ · 3 morae

115 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Masashi

鉦まさし · 3 morae

100 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Seīchirō

鉦一郎せいいちろう · 6 morae

104 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes female-classified records

Seiko

鉦子せいこ · 3 morae

79 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Seishirō

鉦四郎せいしろう · 5 morae

23 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · mixed classified records

Shō

鉦しょう · 2 morae

51 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Shōhachirō

鉦八郎しょうはちろう · 6 morae

6 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Shōichi

鉦一しょういち · 4 morae

55 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Shōichirō

鉦一郎しょういちろう · 6 morae

114 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Shōji

鉦司しょうじ · 3 morae

149 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Shōjirō

鉦二郎しょうじろう · 5 morae

90 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Shōkichi

鉦吉しょうきち · 4 morae

20 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes female-classified records

Shōko

鉦子しょうこ · 3 morae

129 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · gender-unspecified records

Shōsaku

鉦作しょうさく · 4 morae

28 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · gender-unspecified records

Shōshichi

鉦七しょうしち · 4 morae

5 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes male-classified records

Shōtarō

鉦太郎しょうたろう · 5 morae

84 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Shōzaburō

鉦三郎しょうざぶろう · 6 morae

42 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Shōzō

鉦三しょうぞう · 4 morae

74 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.