Canonical reference record

JMnedict-backedKANJIDIC2 character context

Japanese given name

Kurara

くらら

Female-classified given-name records.

くららクララKurara

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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 spellings24

group-level written forms

Source spelling/reading rows25

records contributing to this reading group

Coverage levelExtended

based only on the imported source footprint

Pronunciation & romanization

How to read Kurara

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くらら

Normalized to hiragana for comparison.

Katakana formクララ

The same reading converted to katakana.

RomanizationKurara

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

Mora segmentationく · ら · ら

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 Kurara 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 “Kurara”, this page explains each recorded spelling separately.

Kanji spellings10

character meanings available

Kana-only spellings2

no kanji meaning attached

InterpretationBy spelling

based on the exact written form

Kana-only spelling

くらら

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

くKana characterらKana characterらKana character

Kana-only spelling

クララ

Characters and loaded glosses

クKana characterラKana characterラKana character

Mixed kanji and kana spelling

久らら

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

久long time, old storyらKana characterらKana character

Kanji spelling

久楽良

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

久long time, old story楽music, comfort, ease良good, pleasing, skilled

Kanji spelling

久歌

Characters and loaded glosses

久long time, old story歌song, sing

Kanji spelling

久良楽

Characters and loaded glosses

久long time, old story良good, pleasing, skilled楽music, comfort, ease

Kanji spelling

久良良

Characters and loaded glosses

久long time, old story良good, pleasing, skilled良good, pleasing, skilled

Kanji spelling

久裸羅

Characters and loaded glosses

久long time, old story裸naked, nude, uncovered羅gauze, thin silk, Rome

Kanji spelling

公良々

Characters and loaded glosses

公public, prince, official良good, pleasing, skilled々No English gloss loaded

Kanji spelling

夢良

Characters and loaded glosses

夢dream, vision, illusion良good, pleasing, skilled

Kanji spelling

恭良々

Characters and loaded glosses

恭respect, reverent良good, pleasing, skilled々No English gloss loaded

Kanji spelling

曖羅

Characters and loaded glosses

曖dark, not clear羅gauze, thin silk, Rome

Showing meaning context for the first 12 distinct written forms out of 25. 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 Kurara 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 readings2

くらら · クララ

Kanji-based spellings23

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-only2

recorded spellings

1-kanji forms1

recorded spelling

2-kanji forms5

recorded spellings

3-kanji forms17

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

くらら in the imported JMnedict corpus

Given-name written forms24

25 source spelling/reading rows

Surname written forms0

0 source spelling/reading rows

Given-name labelsfemale 25

row counts carrying each JMnedict source label

Exact reading	Given-name evidence	Given-name labels	Surname evidence
くららKurara	2425 source rows	female 25source rows · distinct forms: female 24	00 source rows
くららKurara	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.

JMnedict source text

Source-supplied text attached to Kurara records

JMnedict can attach trans_det text to a name-classification block. This may be a Latin spelling, label or descriptor. It is shown only when it adds information beyond this site’s generated romanization.

Written form	Source reading	JMnedict source text
クララ	くらら	Clara

Meaning boundary: this is text supplied by JMnedict for the associated name-classification block. It is not an inferred kanji meaning, a translation of the written characters as a whole, proof of a person’s preferred Latin spelling, or evidence of popularity.

25 source-text items were omitted because they are equivalent to the generated romanization and would add no distinct information.

Spelling anatomy

Corpus structure behind Kurara

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 data15

3–47 strokes observed span

Median total strokes28

among forms with complete KANJIDIC2 stroke data

All-kanji name-classified forms15

all component kanji loaded as jōyō/jinmeiyō classes

Other/unclassified kanji forms8

contains at least one character outside that loaded classification

Source-reading distribution

Reading	Romanization	Morae	Forms
くらら	Kurara	3	25

Recurring first-position kanji

久long time, old story6 forms 紅crimson, deep red4 forms 玖beautiful black jewel, nine3 forms 空empty, sky3 forms 来come, due2 forms 公public, prince1 form

Recurring final-position kanji

々Kanji8 forms 羅gauze, thin silk7 forms 良good, pleasing3 forms 歌song, sing1 form 楽music, comfort1 form 来come, due1 form

Recurring adjacent kanji sequences

良々3 analyzed forms 久良2 analyzed forms 楽々2 analyzed forms 玖良2 analyzed forms 良羅2 analyzed forms 羅羅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?

2 of 25 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 checked25

distinct spellings displayed on this page

Multiple recorded readings2

exact written forms with 2+ source readings

Single recorded reading22

within this active given-name corpus

Largest reading set2

distinct kana readings for one displayed writing

夢良

2 source-recorded readings

Kuraraくらら · this pageYuraゆら

紅麗

2 source-recorded readings

Kuraraくらら · this pageKureiくれい

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 Kurara 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	Strokes	KANJIDIC2 nanori	Loaded class
良	good, pleasing, skilled	9	0	3	7	7	じ, なが, まこと, よし +3	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
羅	gauze, thin silk, Rome	8	0	7	3	19	—	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
々	—	8	0	8	0	—	—	No loaded KANJIDIC2 classification
久	long time, old story	6	6	0	0	3	きゅ, わ, なが, ひさ +1	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5
紅	crimson, deep red	5	4	0	1	9	くれ, もみ	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 6
楽	music, comfort, ease	4	0	1	3	13	さ, た, やす, ら	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2
玖	beautiful black jewel, nine	3	3	0	0	7	たま, き, ひさ	Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9
空	empty, sky, void	3	3	0	0	8	うつ, き, く	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1
来	come, due, next	2	2	1	1	7	くり, くる, ごろ, さ	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2
歌	song, sing	1	0	1	0	14	—	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2
裸	naked, nude, uncovered	1	0	0	1	13	—	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
公	public, prince, official	1	1	0	0	4	あきら, き, きみ, きん +5	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2

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

くらら

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Kuraraくらら · this page

Characters in order

くKanaらKanaらKana

Exact written form

クララ

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Kuraraくらら

Characters in order

クKanaラKanaラKana

Exact written form

久らら

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Kuraraくらら · this page

Characters in order

久long time, old storyらKanaらKana

Exact written form

久楽良

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Kuraraくらら · this page

Characters in order

久long time, old story楽music, comfort良good, pleasing

Exact written form

久歌

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Kuraraくらら · this page

Characters in order

久long time, old story歌song, sing

Exact written form

久良楽

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Kuraraくらら · this page

Characters in order

久long time, old story良good, pleasing楽music, comfort

Exact written form

久良良

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Kuraraくらら · this page

Characters in order

久long time, old story良good, pleasing良good, pleasing

Exact written form

久裸羅

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Kuraraくらら · this page

Characters in order

久long time, old story裸naked, nude羅gauze, thin silk

Exact written form

公良々

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Kuraraくらら · this page

Characters in order

公public, prince良good, pleasing々Kanji reference

Exact written form

夢良

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Kuraraくらら · this pageYuraゆら

Characters in order

夢dream, vision良good, pleasing

Showing research maps for the first 10 distinct written forms out of 25. Every detailed spelling card below still links to exact-writing search and its component kanji.

Corpus pattern

Kanji recurring across Kurara 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.

良good, pleasing, skilled9 of 25 analyzed forms 羅gauze, thin silk, Rome8 of 25 analyzed forms 々Kanji record8 of 25 analyzed forms 久long time, old story6 of 25 analyzed forms 紅crimson, deep red5 of 25 analyzed forms 楽music, comfort, ease4 of 25 analyzed forms 玖beautiful black jewel, nine3 of 25 analyzed forms 空empty, sky, void3 of 25 analyzed forms 来come, due, next2 of 25 analyzed forms

Same reading, different writing

Explore written forms of Kurara

25 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading くらら. 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.

くらら

くらら · Kurara

Katakana クララMorae 3Strokes —

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

Character-set checkKana spelling

Kurara

Extended source depth

How to read Kurara

What can Kurara mean?

くらら

クララ

久らら

久楽良

久歌

久良楽

久良良

久裸羅

公良々

夢良

恭良々

曖羅

How to read these meanings

How Kurara is represented

How this reading is classified in the source corpus

Source-supplied text attached to Kurara records

Corpus structure behind Kurara

Can the same writing be read another way?

How recurring characters function across Kurara spellings

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

くらら

クララ

久らら

久楽良

久歌

久良楽

久良良

久裸羅

公良々

夢良

Kanji recurring across Kurara spellings

Explore written forms of Kurara

くらら

クララ

久らら

久楽良

久歌

久良楽

久良良

久裸羅

公良々

夢良

恭良々

曖羅

来来来

来楽々

玖羅々

玖良々

玖良羅

空紅々

空羅羅

空蘭々

紅楽々

紅羅羅

紅良羅

紅麗

鞍羅

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What does Kurara mean?

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