Canonical reference record

JMnedict-backedKANJIDIC2 character context

Japanese given name

Izumi

いずみ

Given-name classification varies across source records.

いずみイズミIzumi

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Reference coverage

Extended source depth

This reading group has a comparatively broad dictionary footprint across source-recorded spellings or records. The counts describe corpus coverage, not real-world popularity.

Distinct recorded spellings156

group-level written forms

Source spelling/reading rows175

records contributing to this reading group

Coverage levelExtended

based only on the imported source footprint

Pronunciation & romanization

How to read Izumi

The kana reading is source-recorded. Romanization and mora segmentation are deterministic reading aids generated from that kana; pitch accent is not inferred.

Source readingいずみ

Normalized to hiragana for comparison.

Katakana formイズミ

The same reading converted to katakana.

RomanizationIzumi

Macron-style display. Vowel-sequence form: Izumi. Personal spelling and true vowel boundaries can differ.

Mora segmentationい · ず · み

3 morae in this reading. Small ゃ/ゅ/ょ-type kana join the preceding mora.

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Meaning by written form

What can Izumi mean?

A Japanese name can be written in more than one way, and its meaning can change with the kanji used. Rather than assigning one English meaning to “Izumi”, this page explains each recorded spelling separately.

Kanji spellings9

character meanings available

Kana-only spellings3

no kanji meaning attached

InterpretationBy spelling

based on the exact written form

Kana-only spelling

いずみ

This spelling is written only in kana. Because it contains no kanji, there is no kanji meaning to interpret here. The kana record the name’s sound; any personal or cultural meaning would depend on context not supplied by the dictionary.

Characters and loaded glosses

いKana characterずKana characterみKana character

Kana-only spelling

イズミ

Characters and loaded glosses

イKana characterズKana characterミKana character

Mixed kanji and kana spelling

いず実

This spelling combines kanji and kana. Dictionary meanings are shown only for the kanji characters; the kana represent sound and do not add a kanji-derived English meaning.

Characters and loaded glosses

いKana characterずKana character実reality, truth, seed

Mixed kanji and kana spelling

いず美

This spelling combines kanji and kana. Dictionary meanings are shown only for the kanji characters; the kana represent sound and do not add a kanji-derived English meaning.

Characters and loaded glosses

いKana characterずKana character美beauty, beautiful

Kana-only spelling

いづみ

Characters and loaded glosses

いKana characterづKana characterみKana character

Mixed kanji and kana spelling

いづ実

This spelling combines kanji and kana. Dictionary meanings are shown only for the kanji characters; the kana represent sound and do not add a kanji-derived English meaning.

Characters and loaded glosses

いKana characterづKana character実reality, truth, seed

Mixed kanji and kana spelling

いづ水

This spelling combines kanji and kana. Dictionary meanings are shown only for the kanji characters; the kana represent sound and do not add a kanji-derived English meaning.

Characters and loaded glosses

いKana characterづKana character水water

Mixed kanji and kana spelling

いづ美

This spelling combines kanji and kana. Dictionary meanings are shown only for the kanji characters; the kana represent sound and do not add a kanji-derived English meaning.

Characters and loaded glosses

いKana characterづKana character美beauty, beautiful

Kanji spelling

一寿実

These are dictionary meanings for the kanji used in this spelling. Together they can suggest associations, but they do not establish one fixed English translation or a particular person’s naming intent.

Characters and loaded glosses

一one, one radical (no.1)寿longevity, congratulations, one's natural life実reality, truth, seed

Kanji spelling

一寿美

Characters and loaded glosses

一one, one radical (no.1)寿longevity, congratulations, one's natural life美beauty, beautiful

Kanji spelling

一水

Characters and loaded glosses

一one, one radical (no.1)水water

Kanji spelling

一澄

Characters and loaded glosses

一one, one radical (no.1)澄lucidity, be clear, clear

Showing meaning context for the first 12 distinct written forms out of 157. The recorded-spellings section below retains the wider source set.

How to read these meanings

The English words shown here are dictionary meanings of individual kanji. They help explain what a spelling can suggest, but they are not a guaranteed translation of the full name and do not establish why a particular person was given that name.

Reading profile

How Izumi is represented

These counts describe records in the imported name corpus. They are not a ranking of how popular a spelling is among people in Japan.

Recorded kana readings3

いずみ · いづみ · イズミ

Kanji-based spellings154

among the forms analyzed on this page

Kana characters3

in the primary dictionary reading

Morae3

small ゃ/ゅ/ょ-type kana combine with the preceding mora

Kana-only3

recorded spellings

1-kanji forms11

recorded spellings

2-kanji forms83

recorded spellings

3-kanji forms60

recorded spellings

JMnedict classification evidence

How this reading is classified in the source corpus

This separates dictionary classification from popularity. The same exact kana reading can be recorded as a given name, a surname, or both, and given-name records can carry male, female or unspecified source labels.

Primary reading recorded asGiven name

いずみ in the imported JMnedict corpus

Given-name written forms139

146 source spelling/reading rows

Surname written forms0

0 source spelling/reading rows

Given-name labelsfemale 138 · unspecified 8

row counts carrying each JMnedict source label

Exact reading	Given-name evidence	Given-name labels	Surname evidence
いずみIzumi	139146 source rows	female 138 · unspecified 8source rows · distinct forms: female 131 · unspecified 8	00 source rows
いすみIsumi	00 source rows	—source rows · distinct forms: —	2426 source rows
いつみItsumi	122138 source rows	female 136 · unspecified 2source rows · distinct forms: female 120 · unspecified 2	1515 source rows
いづみIzumi	00 source rows	—source rows · distinct forms: —	00 source rows
いずみIzumi	00 source rows	—source rows · distinct forms: —	00 source rows

Classification boundary: male/female/unspecified are labels attached to imported JMnedict name records. They are not population shares, probabilities, identity claims, or evidence that a spelling is currently common in Japan. A source row can also be repeated across different written forms, so row counts and distinct-writing counts are shown separately.

Spelling anatomy

Corpus structure behind Izumi

This section summarizes the exact source-recorded forms loaded for this reading group. Stroke and character-position statistics are descriptive corpus properties, not popularity or style scores.

Kanji forms with complete stroke data154

4–36 strokes observed span

Median total strokes21

among forms with complete KANJIDIC2 stroke data

All-kanji name-classified forms153

all component kanji loaded as jōyō/jinmeiyō classes

Other/unclassified kanji forms1

contains at least one character outside that loaded classification

Source-reading distribution

Reading	Romanization	Morae	Forms
いずみ	Izumi	3	135
いづみ	Izumi	3	40

Recurring first-position kanji

泉spring, fountain16 forms 伊Italy, that one14 forms 衣garment, clothes13 forms 以by means of, because11 forms 依reliant, depend on10 forms 出exit, leave9 forms

Recurring final-position kanji

美beauty, beautiful42 forms 実reality, truth27 forms 澄lucidity, be clear13 forms 純genuine, purity10 forms 泉spring, fountain9 forms 水water8 forms

One-character kanji forms

和harmony, Japanese style1 form 寧rather, preferably1 form 愛love, affection1 form 泉spring, fountain1 form 湖lake1 form 湶spring, fountain-head1 form

Recurring adjacent kanji sequences

寿美10 analyzed forms 津美10 analyzed forms 寿実9 analyzed forms 津実8 analyzed forms 都美4 analyzed forms 鶴美4 analyzed forms

Shown only when the same adjacent two-kanji sequence occurs in at least two analyzed source forms. Open a sequence in Kanji Pair Research for corpus co-occurrence context.

Reading ambiguity

Can the same writing be read another way?

28 of 80 displayed written forms have more than one given-name reading somewhere in the active JMnedict corpus. This is dictionary-record ambiguity, not a prediction of how a particular person reads the name.

Written forms checked80

distinct spellings displayed on this page

Multiple recorded readings28

exact written forms with 2+ source readings

Single recorded reading51

within this active given-name corpus

Largest reading set42

distinct kana readings for one displayed writing

和

42 source-recorded readings

AiあいAeruあえるAmaneあまねIzumiいずみ · this pageKazuかず Kazukoかずこ

一美

13 source-recorded readings

Izumiいずみ · this pageIchimiいちみIchiyoshiいちよしItsumiいつみ Kazumiかずみ Kazuyoshiかずよし

一水

6 source-recorded readings

Issuiいっすい ItsumiいつみIzumiいづみ · this pageKazumiかずみKazumizuかずみずHitomiひとみ

和澄

4 source-recorded readings

Izumiいずみ · this pageKasumiかすみ KazumiかずみWazumiわずみ

一純

3 source-recorded readings

Izumiいずみ · this pageIchijunいちじゅんKazumiかずみ

一角

3 source-recorded readings

Izumiいずみ · this pageIkkakuいっかく Kazumiかずみ

五美

3 source-recorded readings

Izumiいずみ · this pageItsumiいつみIzumiいづみ · this page

伊寿美

3 source-recorded readings

IsumiいすみIzumiいずみ · this pageIzumiいづみ · this page

A reading shown without a link is still source-recorded, but its destination group does not yet meet the reference-depth standard used for the main library. Limited records are not promoted merely to create extra internal links.

Kanji role reference

How recurring characters function across Izumi spellings

Position counts are calculated only from the distinct written forms analyzed for this page. KANJIDIC2 nanori are character-level name-reading references; they are not used here to decompose or assert the reading of a specific multi-kanji name.

Kanji	Character glosses	Forms	First	Final	Internal	Solo	Strokes	KANJIDIC2 nanori	Loaded class
美	beauty, beautiful	42	0	42	0	0	9	はる, よし, よしみ, り	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3
実	reality, truth, seed	27	0	27	0	0	8	ぐみ, さね	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3
泉	spring, fountain	27	16	9	1	1	9	いず, ずい, ずみ, ぜい +2	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 6
津	haven, port, harbor	21	0	0	21	0	9	ず, ち, と	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
寿	longevity, congratulations, one's natural life	19	0	0	19	0	7	かず, じ, じゅう, すっ +9	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
伊	Italy, that one	14	14	0	0	0	6	これ, ただ, よし, いと +1	Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9
澄	lucidity, be clear, clear	13	0	13	0	0	15	きよ, すす, すみ, み	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
衣	garment, clothes, dressing	13	13	0	0	0	6	—	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
以	by means of, because, in view of	11	11	0	0	0	5	もち	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
純	genuine, purity, innocence	10	0	10	0	0	10	あつ, すみ, み, やすし +1	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 6
依	reliant, depend on, consequently	10	10	0	0	0	8	よ, より	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
水	water	9	1	8	0	0	4	うず, ずみ, つ, ど +5	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1

Counts describe this source-recorded spelling set, not population use. A repeated kanji can contribute to more than one position role across different spellings.

Exact writing research map

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Exact written form

いずみ

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Izumiいずみ · this page

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いKanaずKanaみKana

Exact written form

イズミ

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Izumiいずみ

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イKanaズKanaミKana

Exact written form

いず実

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Izumiいずみ · this page

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いKanaずKana実reality, truth

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いず美

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Izumiいずみ · this page

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いKanaずKana美beauty, beautiful

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いづみ

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Izumiいづみ · this page

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いKanaづKanaみKana

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いづ実

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Izumiいづみ · this page

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いKanaづKana実reality, truth

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いづ水

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Izumiいづみ · this page

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いKanaづKana水water

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いづ美

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Izumiいづみ · this page

Characters in order

いKanaづKana美beauty, beautiful

Exact written form

一寿実

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Izumiいずみ · this page

Characters in order

一one, one radical (no.1)寿longevity, congratulations実reality, truth

Exact written form

一寿美

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Izumiいずみ · this page

Characters in order

一one, one radical (no.1)寿longevity, congratulations美beauty, beautiful

Showing research maps for the first 10 distinct written forms out of 157. Every detailed spelling card below still links to exact-writing search and its component kanji.

Corpus pattern

Kanji recurring across Izumi spellings

Only characters appearing in at least two distinct analyzed spellings are shown here. Frequency describes this source-recorded spelling set, not real-world baby-name popularity.

Same reading, different writing

Explore written forms of Izumi

135 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading いずみ. Other source readings can appear in this romanized group when the imported records converge on the same index form. Use Compare to inspect exact spellings side by side.

いずみ

いずみ · Izumi

Katakana イズミMorae 3Strokes —

This written form uses kana rather than kanji, so there are no character-level kanji glosses to combine.

Character-set checkKana spelling

Izumi

Extended source depth

How to read Izumi

What can Izumi mean?

いずみ

イズミ

いず実

いず美

いづみ

いづ実

いづ水

いづ美

一寿実

一寿美

一水

一澄

How to read these meanings

How Izumi is represented

How this reading is classified in the source corpus

Corpus structure behind Izumi

Can the same writing be read another way?

How recurring characters function across Izumi spellings

Move from a spelling to its readings, characters and literal sequence context

いずみ

イズミ

いず実

いず美

いづみ

いづ実

いづ水

いづ美

一寿実

一寿美

Kanji recurring across Izumi spellings

Explore written forms of Izumi

いずみ

イズミ

いず実

いず美

いづみ

いづ実

いづ水

いづ美

一寿実

一寿美

一水

一澄

一純

一美

一角

乙水

五実

五巳

五泉

五津美

五美

五美

五都美

五鶴美

井純

以寸美

以寿実

以寿美

以津み

以津実

以津美

以澄

以積

以都美

以鶴実

以鶴実

以鶴美

以鶴美

伊寿実

伊寿美

伊寿美

伊摘

伊泉

伊津実

伊津実