group-level written forms
Canonical reference record
JMnedict-backedKANJIDIC2 character context
Japanese given name
Kiyono
きよの
Given-name classification varies across source records.
きよのキヨノKiyono
Reference coverageDistinct recorded spellings28 Source spelling/reading rows29 Coverage levelExtended
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.
records contributing to this reading group
based only on the imported source footprint
Pronunciation & romanization
How to read Kiyono
The kana reading is source-recorded. Romanization and mora segmentation are deterministic reading aids generated from that kana; pitch accent is not inferred.
Normalized to hiragana for comparison.
The same reading converted to katakana.
Macron-style display. Vowel-sequence form: Kiyono. Personal spelling and true vowel boundaries can differ.
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 Kiyono 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 “Kiyono”, this page explains each recorded spelling separately.
character meanings available
no kanji meaning attached
based on the exact written form
Kana-only spelling
きよの
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
きKana characterよKana characterのKana character
Kana-only spelling
キヨノ
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
キKana characterヨKana characterノKana character
Mixed kanji and kana spelling
キヨ野
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
Kanji spelling
企代乃
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
Kanji spelling
喜世乃
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
Kanji spelling
喜代之
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
Kanji spelling
基世乃
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
Kanji spelling
妃代乃
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
Kanji spelling
巨乃
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
Kanji spelling
教乃
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
Kanji spelling
梗夜乃
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
Kanji spelling
汐乃
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
Showing meaning context for the first 12 distinct written forms out of 29. 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 Kiyono 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.
きよの · キヨノ · キヨの
among the forms analyzed on this page
in the primary dictionary reading
small ゃ/ゅ/ょ-type kana combine with the preceding mora
recorded spellings
recorded spelling
recorded spellings
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.
きよの in the imported JMnedict corpus
0 source spelling/reading rows
4 source spelling/reading rows
row counts carrying each JMnedict source label
| Exact reading | Given-name evidence | Given-name labels | Surname evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| きよのKiyono | 2829 source rows | female 28 · unspecified 1source rows · distinct forms: female 27 · unspecified 1 | 00 source rows |
| きよのKiyono | 00 source rows | —source rows · distinct forms: — | 44 source rows |
| きよのKiyono | 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 Kiyono
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.
7–29 strokes observed span
among forms with complete KANJIDIC2 stroke data
all component kanji loaded as jōyō/jinmeiyō classes
contains at least one character outside that loaded classification
| Reading | Romanization | Morae | Forms |
|---|---|---|---|
| きよの | Kiyono | 3 | 29 |
Recurring adjacent kanji sequences
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?
10 of 29 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.
distinct spellings displayed on this page
exact written forms with 2+ source readings
within this active given-name corpus
distinct kana readings for one displayed writing
聖乃
汐乃
清納
蒼乃
静乃
3 source-recorded readings
教乃
2 source-recorded readings
Kiyonoきよの · this pageMichinoみちの
清野
2 source-recorded readings
Kiyonoきよの · this pageSuganoすがの
潔乃
2 source-recorded readings
Kiyonoきよの · this pageYukinoゆきの
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 Kiyono 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 乃 | from, possessive particle, whereupon | 17 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 2 | おさむ, お, のり | Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9 |
| 野 | plains, field, rustic | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 11 | ずけ, つけ, ぬ | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2 |
| 清 | pure, purify, cleanse | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | あき, さや, し, すが +3 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4 |
| 代 | substitute, change, convert | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | す | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3 |
| 世 | generation, world, society | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | とし, ゆ, ゆき | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3 |
| 喜 | rejoice, take pleasure in | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | あき, きゅ, のぶ, ゆき +1 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5 |
| 夜 | night, evening | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | — | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2 |
| 能 | ability, talent, skill | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | たか, の, のり, よし | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5 |
| 潔 | undefiled, pure, clean | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | きよ, きよし | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5 |
| 紀 | chronicle, account, narrative | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | おさむ, ただす, とし, とも +2 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5 |
| 聖 | holy, saint, sage | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | きよ, さと, さとし, せ +5 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 6 |
| 企 | undertake, scheme, design | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | — | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 |
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
Move from a spelling to its readings, characters and literal sequence context
These relationships are exact and source-backed. Whole-name readings shown in each card come from JMnedict within the current name class; exact-writing search can surface records from other name classes. Character links open KANJIDIC2-backed kanji pages. Sequence context means the same kanji string occurs contiguously in another recorded written form—it does not prove shared origin or meaning.
Exact written form
きよの
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Kiyonoきよの · this page
Characters in order
きKanaよKanaのKana
Exact written form
キヨノ
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Kiyonoきよの
Characters in order
キKanaヨKanaノKana
Exact written form
キヨ野
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Kiyonoきよの · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
企代乃
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Kiyonoきよの · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
喜世乃
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Kiyonoきよの · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
喜代之
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Kiyonoきよの · this page
Characters in order
Other public forms containing the same contiguous sequence
The exact sequence 喜代之 appears contiguously inside these other source-recorded forms.
Exact written form
基世乃
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Kiyonoきよの · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
妃代乃
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Kiyonoきよの · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
巨乃
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Kiyonoきよの · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
教乃
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Kiyonoきよの · this pageMichinoみちの
Characters in order
Showing research maps for the first 10 distinct written forms out of 29. Every detailed spelling card below still links to exact-writing search and its component kanji.
Corpus pattern
Kanji recurring across Kiyono 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.
乃from, possessive particle, whereupon17 of 29 analyzed forms野plains, field, rustic6 of 29 analyzed forms清pure, purify, cleanse4 of 29 analyzed forms代substitute, change, convert3 of 29 analyzed forms世generation, world, society3 of 29 analyzed forms喜rejoice, take pleasure in2 of 29 analyzed forms夜night, evening2 of 29 analyzed forms能ability, talent, skill2 of 29 analyzed forms潔undefiled, pure, clean2 of 29 analyzed forms紀chronicle, account, narrative2 of 29 analyzed forms
Same reading, different writing
Explore written forms of Kiyono
29 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading きよの. 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.
きよの
きよの · Kiyono
This written form uses kana rather than kanji, so there are no character-level kanji glosses to combine.
Character-set checkKana spelling
キヨノ
キヨノ · Kiyono
This written form uses kana rather than kanji, so there are no character-level kanji glosses to combine.
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キヨ野
キヨの · Kiyono
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企代乃
きよの · Kiyono
企undertake, scheme, design, attempt代substitute, change, convert, replace乃from, possessive particle, whereupon, accordingly
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喜世乃
きよの · Kiyono
喜rejoice, take pleasure in世generation, world, society, public乃from, possessive particle, whereupon, accordingly
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
喜代之
きよの · Kiyono
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基世乃
きよの · Kiyono
基fundamentals, radical (chem), counter for machines, foundation世generation, world, society, public乃from, possessive particle, whereupon, accordingly
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妃代乃
きよの · Kiyono
妃queen, princess代substitute, change, convert, replace乃from, possessive particle, whereupon, accordingly
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巨乃
きよの · Kiyono
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教乃
きよの · Kiyono
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
Same writing, other recorded reading
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
梗夜乃
きよの · Kiyono
梗for the most part, close up, flower stem夜night, evening乃from, possessive particle, whereupon, accordingly
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汐乃
きよの · Kiyono
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
Same writing, other recorded readings
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
清乃
きよの · Kiyono
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清納
きよの · Kiyono
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
Same writing, other recorded readings
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
清能
きよの · Kiyono
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清野
きよの · Kiyono
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
Same writing, other recorded reading
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
潔乃
きよの · Kiyono
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Same writing, other recorded reading
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
潔野
きよの · Kiyono
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
澄乃
きよの · Kiyono
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Same writing, other recorded reading
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
磨乃
きよの · Kiyono
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精野
きよの · Kiyono
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紀世乃
きよの · Kiyono
紀chronicle, account, narrative, history世generation, world, society, public乃from, possessive particle, whereupon, accordingly
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紀予乃
きよの · Kiyono
紀chronicle, account, narrative, history予beforehand, previous, myself, I乃from, possessive particle, whereupon, accordingly
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聖乃
きよの · Kiyono
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
Same writing, other recorded readings
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
聖野
きよの · Kiyono
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
Same writing, other recorded reading
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
蒼乃
きよの · Kiyono
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
Same writing, other recorded readings
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
青野
きよの · Kiyono
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静乃
きよの · Kiyono
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
Same writing, other recorded reading
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
黄夜能
きよの · Kiyono
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Spelling comparator
Compare Kiyono forms side by side
Each exact written spelling appears once in this table even when JMnedict records more than one reading for that writing. Stroke totals and character glosses come from KANJIDIC2 when all component kanji are available.
| Spelling | One source reading | Character-level glosses | Total strokes | Loaded character class |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| きよの | きよの | Kana-only spelling | — | Kana spelling |
| キヨノ | キヨノ | Kana-only spelling | — | Kana spelling |
| キヨ野 | キヨの | 野 — plains, field | 11 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 企代乃 | きよの | 企 — undertake, scheme · 代 — substitute, change · 乃 — from, possessive particle | 13 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 喜世乃 | きよの | 喜 — rejoice, take pleasure in · 世 — generation, world · 乃 — from, possessive particle | 19 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 喜代之 | きよの | 喜 — rejoice, take pleasure in · 代 — substitute, change · 之 — of, this | 20 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 基世乃 | きよの | 基 — fundamentals, radical (chem) · 世 — generation, world · 乃 — from, possessive particle | 18 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 妃代乃 | きよの | 妃 — queen, princess · 代 — substitute, change · 乃 — from, possessive particle | 13 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 巨乃 | きよの | 巨 — gigantic, big · 乃 — from, possessive particle | 7 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 教乃 | きよの | 教 — teach, faith · 乃 — from, possessive particle | 13 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 梗夜乃 | きよの | 梗 — for the most part, close up · 夜 — night, evening · 乃 — from, possessive particle | 21 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 汐乃 | きよの | 汐 — eventide, tide · 乃 — from, possessive particle | 8 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 清乃 | きよの | 清 — pure, purify · 乃 — from, possessive particle | 13 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 清納 | きよの | 清 — pure, purify · 納 — settlement, obtain | 21 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 清能 | きよの | 清 — pure, purify · 能 — ability, talent | 21 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 清野 | きよの | 清 — pure, purify · 野 — plains, field | 22 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
The comparison table shows the first 16 distinct written forms; the detailed cards above show up to 80 spelling/reading records.
What does Kiyono mean?
There is not necessarily one fixed English meaning. The reading identifies the spoken name; different written forms can use different kanji. Character glosses describe individual kanji and should not be treated as proof of the intention behind a particular person’s name.
Related readings
More names beginning with きよ
Related by the opening kana of the dictionary reading. This is a deterministic browsing relationship, not a claim that the names share the same meaning.
Given name · female · limited reference
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144 recorded spellings
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134 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · female · limited referenceKiyoko
132 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · male · limited referenceKyōjirō
123 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · male · limited referenceKyōnosuke
117 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · female · limited referenceKyōko
113 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · male · limited referenceKyōsaburō
112 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · male · limited referenceKyōichirō
89 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · female · limited referenceKiyoka
83 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · female · limited referenceKyōka
79 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · female · limited referenceKiyoe
74 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · female · limited referenceKiyo
59 recorded spellings
Explore →Shared-kanji relationships
Other names sharing kanji with Kiyono
These links are calculated from exact characters appearing in source-recorded spellings on this page. Sharing a kanji does not mean two names have the same reading, origin, gender or intended meaning.
Given-name relationship
Kiyomi
世代喜夜清潔紀
7 shared kanji · 71 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipKiyoko
世代喜夜清潔紀
7 shared kanji · 61 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipYoshino
世乃代喜夜能野
7 shared kanji · 57 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipKiyo
世代喜夜清潔紀
7 shared kanji · 45 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipKiyoka
世代喜夜清潔紀
7 shared kanji · 38 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipYukino
乃喜潔紀能野
6 shared kanji · 109 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipKiyoshi
世代喜清潔紀
6 shared kanji · 64 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipKiyoe
世代喜清潔紀
6 shared kanji · 45 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipYoshio
世代喜夜清能
6 shared kanji · 20 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipYoshie
世代喜清紀能
6 shared kanji · 17 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipKiyohiko
世代喜清潔紀
6 shared kanji · 7 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipAkiyo
世代喜夜紀
5 shared kanji · 151 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Evidence on this page
What each source establishes
JMnedict establishes recorded written forms, readings and name classifications; where safely associated, this page can also show JMnedict-supplied trans_det source text without treating it as a whole-name meaning. KANJIDIC2 supplies character readings, nanori, stroke counts, grade classes and English character glosses. The Ministry of Justice remains the official reference for Japanese child-name character rules. The Agency for Cultural Affairs romanization guidance is the reference for generated Latin-script reading aids.
Source boundary
The spelling-frequency and structural counts on this page are calculated from imported JMnedict records. They are corpus counts, not population-frequency claims. KANJIDIC2 supplies the kanji metadata used in character and stroke comparisons.
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