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Japanese given name

Kotomi

ことみ

Female-classified given-name records.

ことみコトミKotomi
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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 spellings76

group-level written forms

Source spelling/reading rows76

records contributing to this reading group

Coverage levelExtended

based only on the imported source footprint

Pronunciation & romanization

How to read Kotomi

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ことみ

Normalized to hiragana for comparison.

Katakana formコトミ

The same reading converted to katakana.

RomanizationKotomi

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

Mora segmentationこ · と · 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 Kotomi 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 “Kotomi”, this page explains each recorded spelling separately.

Kanji spellings11

character meanings available

Kana-only spellings1

no kanji meaning attached

InterpretationBy spelling

based on the exact written form

Kana-only spelling

ことみ

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
こKana characterとKana characterみKana character
Mixed kanji and kana spelling

こと実

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
こKana characterとKana character実reality, truth, seed
Mixed kanji and kana spelling

こと美

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
こKana characterとKana character美beauty, beautiful
Kanji spelling

九十美

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
九nine十ten美beauty, beautiful
Kanji spelling

京夢

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
京capital, 10**16夢dream, vision, illusion
Kanji spelling

古都実

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
古old都capital, metropolis実reality, truth, seed
Kanji spelling

古都美

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
古old都capital, metropolis美beauty, beautiful
Kanji spelling

如水

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
如likeness, like, such as水water
Kanji spelling

如海

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
如likeness, like, such as海No English gloss loaded

Showing meaning context for the first 12 distinct written forms out of 76. 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 Kotomi 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 readings1

ことみ

Kanji-based spellings75

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-only1

recorded spelling

1-kanji forms3

recorded spellings

2-kanji forms49

recorded spellings

3-kanji forms23

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 + surname

ことみ in the imported JMnedict corpus

Given-name written forms76

76 source spelling/reading rows

Surname written forms2

2 source spelling/reading rows

Given-name labelsfemale 76

row counts carrying each JMnedict source label

Exact readingGiven-name evidenceGiven-name labelsSurname evidence
ことみKotomi7676 source rowsfemale 76source rows · distinct forms: female 7622 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 Kotomi

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 data75

8–33 strokes observed span

Median total strokes20

among forms with complete KANJIDIC2 stroke data

All-kanji name-classified forms75

all component kanji loaded as jōyō/jinmeiyō classes

Other/unclassified kanji forms0

contains at least one character outside that loaded classification

Source-reading distribution
ReadingRomanizationMoraeForms
ことみKotomi376
Recurring adjacent kanji sequences
都美5 analyzed forms古都3 analyzed forms都実3 analyzed forms小富3 analyzed forms小都2 analyzed forms己統2 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?

27 of 76 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 checked76

distinct spellings displayed on this page

Multiple recorded readings27

exact written forms with 2+ source readings

Single recorded reading49

within this active given-name corpus

Largest reading set12

distinct kana readings for one displayed writing

如水
3 source-recorded readings
IkumiいくみKotomiことみ · this pageJosuiじょすい

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 Kotomi 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.

KanjiCharacter glossesFormsFirstFinalInternalSoloStrokesKANJIDIC2 nanoriLoaded class
美beauty, beautiful24024009はる, よし, よしみ, りJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3
琴harp, koto232110112—Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
実reality, truth, seed12012008ぐみ, さねJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3
都capital, metropolis100010011—Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 10
小little, small770003いさら, こう, さざ, しゃお +1Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1
心heart, mind, spirit642004—Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2
海—5050010—Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 10
寿longevity, congratulations, one's natural life440007かず, じ, じゅう, すっ +9Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
富wealth, enrich, abundant4022012と, とん, ふっJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
言say, word440007ときJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2
古old330005ふゆJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2
弥all the more, increasingly303008わたる, みつ, ひろ, よ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

ことみ

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Kotomiことみ · this page
Characters in order
こKanaとKanaみKana

Showing research maps for the first 10 distinct written forms out of 76. Every detailed spelling card below still links to exact-writing search and its component kanji.

Corpus pattern

Kanji recurring across Kotomi 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.

美beauty, beautiful24 of 76 analyzed forms琴harp, koto23 of 76 analyzed forms実reality, truth, seed12 of 76 analyzed forms都capital, metropolis10 of 76 analyzed forms小little, small7 of 76 analyzed forms心heart, mind, spirit6 of 76 analyzed forms海Kanji record5 of 76 analyzed forms寿longevity, congratulations, one's natural life4 of 76 analyzed forms富wealth, enrich, abundant4 of 76 analyzed forms言say, word4 of 76 analyzed forms
Same reading, different writing

Explore written forms of Kotomi

76 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading ことみ. 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.

ことみ

ことみ · Kotomi

Katakana コトミMorae 3Strokes —

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

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Spelling comparator

Compare Kotomi 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.

SpellingOne source readingCharacter-level glossesTotal strokesLoaded character class
ことみことみKana-only spelling—Kana spelling
こと実ことみ実 — reality, truth8All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
こと美ことみ美 — beauty, beautiful9All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
九十美ことみ九 — nine · 十 — ten · 美 — beauty, beautiful13All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
京夢ことみ京 — capital, 10**16 · 夢 — dream, vision21All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
古都実ことみ古 — old · 都 — capital, metropolis · 実 — reality, truth24All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
古都巳ことみ古 — old · 都 — capital, metropolis · 巳 — sign of the snake or serpent, 9-11AM19All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
古都美ことみ古 — old · 都 — capital, metropolis · 美 — beauty, beautiful25All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
如水ことみ如 — likeness, like · 水 — water10All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
如海ことみ如 — likeness, like · 海16All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
寿実ことみ寿 — longevity, congratulations · 実 — reality, truth15All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
寿弥ことみ寿 — longevity, congratulations · 弥 — all the more, increasingly15All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
寿海ことみ寿 — longevity, congratulations · 海17All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
寿美ことみ寿 — longevity, congratulations · 美 — beauty, beautiful16All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
小冬海ことみ小 — little, small · 冬 — winter · 海18All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
小富ことみ小 — little, small · 富 — wealth, enrich15All 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 Kotomi 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 こと

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.

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Kotori

51 recorded spellings

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Koto

39 recorded spellings

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Kotoe

35 recorded spellings

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Kotoha

32 recorded spellings

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Kotone

23 recorded spellings

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Kotoko

22 recorded spellings

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Kotono

18 recorded spellings

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Kotoka

17 recorded spellings

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Kotona

14 recorded spellings

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Kodō

10 recorded spellings

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Kotoyo

9 recorded spellings

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Kotoki

8 recorded spellings

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Shared-kanji relationships

Other names sharing kanji with Kotomi

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

Mikoto

実寿心海琴美言都

8 shared kanji · 55 matching source-recorded spellings

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Satomi

実富小心海美都

7 shared kanji · 142 matching source-recorded spellings

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Makoto

実寿小心琴言都

7 shared kanji · 29 matching source-recorded spellings

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Misaki

実小心海美都

6 shared kanji · 134 matching source-recorded spellings

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Hitomi

実富心海美都

6 shared kanji · 106 matching source-recorded spellings

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Izumi

実寿心海美都

6 shared kanji · 74 matching source-recorded spellings

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Kazumi

実寿心海美都

6 shared kanji · 72 matching source-recorded spellings

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Tomiko

実富心海美都

6 shared kanji · 54 matching source-recorded spellings

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Mizuki

実寿心海美都

6 shared kanji · 51 matching source-recorded spellings

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Toshimi

実富寿海美都

6 shared kanji · 39 matching source-recorded spellings

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Kotori

寿小心琴言都

6 shared kanji · 32 matching source-recorded spellings

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Kotoha

寿小心琴言都

6 shared kanji · 14 matching source-recorded spellings

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Exact reading

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Ko / こ

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美 — beauty, beautiful

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琴 — harp, koto

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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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