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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 · gender-unspecified records

Kaiō

海鴎かいおう · 4 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes female-classified records

Kamome

鴎かもめ · 3 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes female-classified records

Kanō

寒鴎かんおう · 4 morae

15 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · gender-unspecified records

Ōgai

鴎外おうがい · 4 morae

5 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes female-classified records

Ōha

鴎波おうは · 3 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · gender-unspecified records

Ōji

鴎二おうじ · 3 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · gender-unspecified records

Ōjin

鴎人おうじん · 4 morae

4 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes female-classified records

Ōmi

鴎海おうみ · 3 morae

15 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · gender-unspecified records

Ōson

鴎村おうそん · 4 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · gender-unspecified records

Ōtei

鴎亭おうてい · 4 morae

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · gender-unspecified records

Ōtō

鴎東おうとう · 4 morae

3 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.