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Japanese given name

Maho

マホ

Female-classified given-name records.

まほマホMaho
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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 spellings66

group-level written forms

Source spelling/reading rows67

records contributing to this reading group

Coverage levelExtended

based only on the imported source footprint

Pronunciation & romanization

How to read Maho

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まほ

Normalized to hiragana for comparison.

Katakana formマホ

The same reading converted to katakana.

RomanizationMaho

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

Mora segmentationま · ほ

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

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Meaning by written form

What can Maho 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 “Maho”, 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

マホ

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
マKana characterホKana character
Kana-only spelling

まほ

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
まKana characterほKana character
Mixed kanji and kana spelling

ま帆

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
まKana character帆sail
Kanji spelling

万宝

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
万ten thousand, 10,000宝treasure, wealth, valuables
Kanji spelling

万峰

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
万ten thousand, 10,000峰summit, peak
Kanji spelling

万帆

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
万ten thousand, 10,000帆sail
Kanji spelling

万星

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
万ten thousand, 10,000星star, spot, dot
Kanji spelling

万歩

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
万ten thousand, 10,000歩walk, counter for steps
Kanji spelling

万浦

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
万ten thousand, 10,000浦bay, creek, inlet
Kanji spelling

万穂

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
万ten thousand, 10,000穂ear, ear (grain), head
Kanji spelling

万芳

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
万ten thousand, 10,000芳perfume, balmy, favorable
Kanji spelling

万鳳

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
万ten thousand, 10,000鳳male mythical bird

Showing meaning context for the first 12 distinct written forms out of 67. 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 Maho 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

まほ · マホ

Kanji-based spellings65

among the forms analyzed on this page

Kana characters2

in the primary dictionary reading

Morae2

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

Kana-only2

recorded spellings

1-kanji forms1

recorded spelling

2-kanji forms64

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

まほ in the imported JMnedict corpus

Given-name written forms66

67 source spelling/reading rows

Surname written forms2

2 source spelling/reading rows

Given-name labelsfemale 67

row counts carrying each JMnedict source label

Exact readingGiven-name evidenceGiven-name labelsSurname evidence
まほMaho6667 source rowsfemale 67source rows · distinct forms: female 6622 source rows
まほMaho00 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 Maho

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 data65

6–31 strokes observed span

Median total strokes19

among forms with complete KANJIDIC2 stroke data

All-kanji name-classified forms65

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
まほMaho267
Reading ambiguity

Can the same writing be read another way?

27 of 67 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 checked67

distinct spellings displayed on this page

Multiple recorded readings27

exact written forms with 2+ source readings

Single recorded reading39

within this active given-name corpus

Largest reading set6

distinct kana readings for one displayed writing

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 Maho 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
真true, reality, Buddhist sect141400010さな, さね, ただ, ただし +11Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3
穂ear, ear (grain), head100100015お, こう, のり, ほいJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
茉jasmine10100008みJinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9
麻hemp, flax, numb101000011あ, あざ, おJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
帆sail909006—Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
万ten thousand, 10,000990003かず, ま, ゆるJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2
歩walk, counter for steps909008あ, ゆき, ゆみJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2
保protect, guarantee, keep707009う, お, ぶ, もり +2Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5
峰summit, peak5050010ぶ, ほJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
宝treasure, wealth, valuables404008ほJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 6
鳳male mythical bird4040014おおとり, ふげJinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9
眞truth, reality, Buddhist sect4400010さな, ち, まこ, まさ +1Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 10

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

マホ

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Mahoまほ
Characters in order
マKanaホKana
Exact written form

まほ

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Mahoまほ · this page
Characters in order
まKanaほKana
Exact written form

ま帆

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Mahoまほ · this page
Characters in order
まKana帆sail

Showing research maps for the first 10 distinct written forms out of 67. Every detailed spelling card below still links to exact-writing search and its component kanji.

Corpus pattern

Kanji recurring across Maho 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.

真true, reality, Buddhist sect14 of 67 analyzed forms穂ear, ear (grain), head10 of 67 analyzed forms茉jasmine10 of 67 analyzed forms麻hemp, flax, numb10 of 67 analyzed forms帆sail9 of 67 analyzed forms万ten thousand, 10,0009 of 67 analyzed forms歩walk, counter for steps9 of 67 analyzed forms保protect, guarantee, keep7 of 67 analyzed forms峰summit, peak5 of 67 analyzed forms宝treasure, wealth, valuables4 of 67 analyzed forms
Same reading, different writing

Explore written forms of Maho

67 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading まほ. 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.

マホ

マホ · Maho

Katakana マホMorae 2Strokes —

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

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まほ

まほ · Maho

Katakana マホMorae 2Strokes —

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

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ま帆

まほ · Maho

Katakana マホMorae 2Strokes 6
帆sail
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Spelling comparator

Compare Maho 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
マホマホKana-only spelling—Kana spelling
まほまほKana-only spelling—Kana spelling
ま帆まほ帆 — sail6All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
万宝まほ万 — ten thousand, 10,000 · 宝 — treasure, wealth11All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
万峰まほ万 — ten thousand, 10,000 · 峰 — summit, peak13All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
万帆まほ万 — ten thousand, 10,000 · 帆 — sail9All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
万星まほ万 — ten thousand, 10,000 · 星 — star, spot12All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
万歩まほ万 — ten thousand, 10,000 · 歩 — walk, counter for steps11All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
万浦まほ万 — ten thousand, 10,000 · 浦 — bay, creek13All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
万穂まほ万 — ten thousand, 10,000 · 穂 — ear, ear (grain)18All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
万芳まほ万 — ten thousand, 10,000 · 芳 — perfume, balmy10All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
万鳳まほ万 — ten thousand, 10,000 · 鳳 — male mythical bird17All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
今歩まほ今 — now · 歩 — walk, counter for steps12All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
愛歩まほ愛 — love, affection · 歩 — walk, counter for steps21All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
愛渉まほ愛 — love, affection · 渉 — ford, go cross24All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
摩保まほ摩 — chafe, rub · 保 — protect, guarantee24All 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 Maho 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 まほ

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

Mahoko

20 recorded spellings

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Mahomi

20 recorded spellings

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Mahoro

16 recorded spellings

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Mahoka

9 recorded spellings

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Mahokako

3 recorded spellings

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Mahona

3 recorded spellings

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Mahori

3 recorded spellings

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Shared-kanji relationships

Other names sharing kanji with Maho

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

Mahoko

万保帆歩真穂茉麻

8 shared kanji · 20 matching source-recorded spellings

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Miho

保宝峰帆歩真穂

7 shared kanji · 82 matching source-recorded spellings

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Mahomi

万保帆真穂茉麻

7 shared kanji · 20 matching source-recorded spellings

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Naoko

保峰帆歩真穂麻

7 shared kanji · 19 matching source-recorded spellings

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Manaho

万帆歩真穂茉麻

7 shared kanji · 18 matching source-recorded spellings

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Makiho

万帆歩真穂茉麻

7 shared kanji · 13 matching source-recorded spellings

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Mashiho

万保帆真穂茉麻

7 shared kanji · 8 matching source-recorded spellings

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Mahoka

万宝帆真穂茉麻

7 shared kanji · 7 matching source-recorded spellings

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Mayuho

万保帆歩真茉麻

7 shared kanji · 7 matching source-recorded spellings

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Kaho

保宝峰帆歩穂

6 shared kanji · 66 matching source-recorded spellings

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Mao

万歩真穂茉麻

6 shared kanji · 55 matching source-recorded spellings

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Saho

保宝峰帆歩穂

6 shared kanji · 43 matching source-recorded spellings

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Where to go next from Maho

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Exact reading

Search まほ

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Ma / ま

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真 — true, reality

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穂 — ear, ear (grain)

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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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