Canonical reference record

JMnedict-backedKANJIDIC2 character context

Japanese given name

Maona

万緒奈

Female-classified given-name records.

まおなマオナMaona

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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 spellings6

group-level written forms

Source spelling/reading rows6

records contributing to this reading group

Coverage levelExtended

based only on the imported source footprint

Pronunciation & romanization

How to read Maona

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まおな

Normalized to hiragana for comparison.

Katakana formマオナ

The same reading converted to katakana.

RomanizationMaona

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

Mora segmentationま · お · な

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

Kanji spellings6

character meanings available

Kana-only spellings0

no kanji meaning attached

InterpretationBy spelling

based on the exact written form

Kanji spelling

万緒奈

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緒thong, beginning, inception奈Nara, what?

Kanji spelling

升緒奈

Characters and loaded glosses

升measuring box, 1.8 liter緒thong, beginning, inception奈Nara, what?

Kanji spelling

真緒奈

Characters and loaded glosses

真true, reality, Buddhist sect緒thong, beginning, inception奈Nara, what?

Kanji spelling

茉緒奈

Characters and loaded glosses

茉jasmine緒thong, beginning, inception奈Nara, what?

Kanji spelling

麻央奈

Characters and loaded glosses

麻hemp, flax, numb央center, middle奈Nara, what?

Kanji spelling

麻緒奈

Characters and loaded glosses

麻hemp, flax, numb緒thong, beginning, inception奈Nara, what?

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 Maona 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

まおな

Kanji-based spellings6

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

3-kanji forms6

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

まおな in the imported JMnedict corpus

Given-name written forms6

6 source spelling/reading rows

Surname written forms0

0 source spelling/reading rows

Given-name labelsfemale 6

row counts carrying each JMnedict source label

Exact reading	Given-name evidence	Given-name labels	Surname evidence
まおなMaona	66 source rows	female 6source rows · distinct forms: female 6	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 Maona

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 data6

24–33 strokes observed span

Median total strokes28

among forms with complete KANJIDIC2 stroke data

All-kanji name-classified forms6

all component kanji loaded as jōyō/jinmeiyō classes

Other/unclassified kanji forms0

contains at least one character outside that loaded classification

Source-reading distribution

Reading	Romanization	Morae	Forms
まおな	Maona	3	6

Recurring first-position kanji

麻hemp, flax2 forms 万ten thousand, 10,0001 form 升measuring box, 1.8 liter1 form 真true, reality1 form 茉jasmine1 form

Recurring final-position kanji

奈Nara, what?6 forms

Recurring adjacent kanji sequences

緒奈5 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?

None of the 6 displayed written forms has a second given-name reading in the active JMnedict corpus. This is dictionary-record ambiguity, not a prediction of how a particular person reads the name.

Written forms checked6

distinct spellings displayed on this page

Multiple recorded readings0

exact written forms with 2+ source readings

Single recorded reading6

within this active given-name corpus

Largest reading set1

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 Maona 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
奈	Nara, what?	6	0	6	0	8	—	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
緒	thong, beginning, inception	5	0	0	5	14	ほ	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
麻	hemp, flax, numb	2	2	0	0	11	あ, あざ, お	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
万	ten thousand, 10,000	1	1	0	0	3	かず, ま, ゆる	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2
升	measuring box, 1.8 liter	1	1	0	0	4	のぼる	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
真	true, reality, Buddhist sect	1	1	0	0	10	さな, さね, ただ, ただし +11	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3
茉	jasmine	1	1	0	0	8	み	Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9
央	center, middle	1	0	0	1	5	あきら, え, お, さと +6	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3

Katakana マオナMorae 3Strokes 33

麻hemp, flax, numb 緒thong, beginning, inception, end 奈Nara, what?

Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2

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Spelling comparator

Compare Maona 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
万緒奈	まおな	万 — ten thousand, 10,000 · 緒 — thong, beginning · 奈 — Nara, what?	25	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
升緒奈	まおな	升 — measuring box, 1.8 liter · 緒 — thong, beginning · 奈 — Nara, what?	26	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
真緒奈	まおな	真 — true, reality · 緒 — thong, beginning · 奈 — Nara, what?	32	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
茉緒奈	まおな	茉 — jasmine · 緒 — thong, beginning · 奈 — Nara, what?	30	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
麻央奈	まおな	麻 — hemp, flax · 央 — center, middle · 奈 — Nara, what?	24	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
麻緒奈	まおな	麻 — hemp, flax · 緒 — thong, beginning · 奈 — Nara, what?	33	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified

What does Maona 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.

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Shared-kanji relationships

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5 shared kanji · 52 matching source-recorded spellings

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Exact reading

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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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