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

Chikako

千鹿子ちかこ · 3 morae

128 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Kako

鹿子かこ · 2 morae

48 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Kakuko

鹿久子かくこ · 3 morae

37 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Kanako

鹿菜子かなこ · 3 morae

176 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Kaneji

鹿子治かねじ · 3 morae

7 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Kanoko

鹿の子かのこ · 3 morae

64 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Katsuko

鹿津子かつこ · 3 morae

59 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Kayako

鹿也子かやこ · 3 morae

86 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Kayoko

鹿与子かよこ · 3 morae

142 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Mikako

実鹿子みかこ · 3 morae

117 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Shikako

紫鹿子しかこ · 3 morae

18 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Yukako

又鹿子ゆかこ · 3 morae

113 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.