group-level written forms
Canonical reference record
JMnedict-backedKANJIDIC2 character context
Japanese given name
Naka
なか
Given-name classification varies across source records.
なかナカNaka
Reference coverageDistinct recorded spellings24 Source spelling/reading rows25 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 Naka
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: Naka. Personal spelling and true vowel boundaries can differ.
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 Naka 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 “Naka”, this page explains each recorded spelling separately.
character meanings available
no kanji meaning attached
based on the exact written form
Kana-only spelling
なか
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
なKana characterかKana character
Kana-only spelling
ナカ
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
ナKana characterカKana character
Kanji spelling
七佳
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
中
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
仲
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
南香
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
名加
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
央
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
奈佳
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
奈加
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
奈可
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
奈夏
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 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 Naka 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.
なか · ナカ
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 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.
なか in the imported JMnedict corpus
27 source spelling/reading rows
23 source spelling/reading rows
row counts carrying each JMnedict source label
| Exact reading | Given-name evidence | Given-name labels | Surname evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| なかNaka | 2527 source rows | female 25 · unspecified 2source rows · distinct forms: female 23 · unspecified 2 | 2123 source rows |
| なかNaka | 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 Naka
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.
4–22 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| なか | Naka | 2 | 25 |
Reading ambiguity
Can the same writing be read another way?
10 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.
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
心
央
中
11 source-recorded readings
菜花
南香
4 source-recorded readings
奈夏
3 source-recorded readings
那夏
3 source-recorded readings
七佳
2 source-recorded readings
Nakaなか · this pageNanakaななか
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 Naka 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 奈 | Nara, what? | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | — | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4 |
| 那 | what? | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | とも, やす | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 |
| 加 | add, addition, increase | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | — | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4 |
| 花 | flower | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | わ | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1 |
| 菜 | vegetable, side dish, greens | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | よう | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4 |
| 佳 | excellent, beautiful, good | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | けい, よし | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 |
| 香 | incense, smell, perfume | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | こ, こお, ひゃん, よし | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4 |
| 夏 | summer | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | — | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2 |
| 華 | splendor, flower, petal | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | わ | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 |
| 七 | seven | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | し, しっ, な, ひち | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1 |
| 中 | in, inside, middle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | あたる, かなえ | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1 |
| 仲 | go-between, relationship | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | ちゅん, つづき, なかつ | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4 |
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
なか
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Nakaなか · this page
Characters in order
なKanaかKana
Exact written form
ナカ
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Nakaなか
Characters in order
ナKanaカKana
Exact written form
七佳
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Nakaなか · this pageNanakaななか
Characters in order
Exact written form
中
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Characters in order
Exact written form
仲
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Nakaなか · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
南香
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Characters in order
Other public forms containing the same contiguous sequence
The exact sequence 南香 appears contiguously inside these other source-recorded forms.
Exact written form
名加
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Nakaなか · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
央
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Characters in order
Exact written form
奈佳
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Nakaなか · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
奈加
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Nakaなか · this page
Characters in order
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 Naka 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.
奈Nara, what?9 of 25 analyzed forms那what?4 of 25 analyzed forms加add, addition, increase3 of 25 analyzed forms花flower3 of 25 analyzed forms菜vegetable, side dish, greens3 of 25 analyzed forms佳excellent, beautiful, good2 of 25 analyzed forms香incense, smell, perfume2 of 25 analyzed forms夏summer2 of 25 analyzed forms華splendor, flower, petal2 of 25 analyzed forms
Same reading, different writing
Explore written forms of Naka
25 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading なか. 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.
なか
なか · Naka
This written form uses kana rather than kanji, so there are no character-level kanji glosses to combine.
Character-set checkKana spelling
ナカ
ナカ · Naka
This written form uses kana rather than kanji, so there are no character-level kanji glosses to combine.
Character-set checkKana spelling
七佳
なか · Naka
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.
中
なか · Naka
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.
仲
なか · Naka
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
南香
なか · Naka
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.
名加
なか · Naka
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
央
なか · Naka
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.
奈佳
なか · Naka
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
奈加
なか · Naka
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
奈可
なか · Naka
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
奈夏
なか · Naka
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.
奈果
なか · Naka
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.
奈歌
なか · Naka
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
奈花
なか · Naka
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.
奈華
なか · Naka
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
奈香
なか · Naka
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
心
なか · Naka
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.
菜加
なか · Naka
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
菜花
なか · Naka
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.
菜華
なか · Naka
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
那伽
なか · Naka
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
那夏
なか · Naka
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.
那花
なか · Naka
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
那茄
なか · Naka
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
Spelling comparator
Compare Naka 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| なか | なか | Kana-only spelling | — | Kana spelling |
| ナカ | ナカ | Kana-only spelling | — | Kana spelling |
| 七佳 | なか | 七 — seven · 佳 — excellent, beautiful | 10 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 中 | なか | 中 — in, inside | 4 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 仲 | なか | 仲 — go-between, relationship | 6 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 南香 | なか | 南 — south · 香 — incense, smell | 18 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 名加 | なか | 名 — name, noted · 加 — add, addition | 11 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 央 | なか | 央 — center, middle | 5 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 奈佳 | なか | 奈 — Nara, what? · 佳 — excellent, beautiful | 16 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 奈加 | なか | 奈 — Nara, what? · 加 — add, addition | 13 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 奈可 | なか | 奈 — Nara, what? · 可 — can, passable | 13 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 奈夏 | なか | 奈 — Nara, what? · 夏 — summer | 18 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 奈果 | なか | 奈 — Nara, what? · 果 — fruit, reward | 16 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 奈歌 | なか | 奈 — Nara, what? · 歌 — song, sing | 22 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 奈花 | なか | 奈 — Nara, what? · 花 — flower | 15 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 奈華 | なか | 奈 — Nara, what? · 華 — splendor, flower | 18 | 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 Naka 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 なか
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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38 recorded spellings
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18 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · male · limited referenceNagayoshi
17 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · limited referenceNagahiro
10 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · limited referenceNagamasa
10 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · limited referenceNagao
10 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · male · limited referenceNagatoshi
10 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · female · limited referenceNakao
10 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · limited referenceNaganori
9 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · female · limited referenceNakaba
9 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · limited referenceNagāki
8 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · female · limited referenceNagayo
8 recorded spellings
Explore →Shared-kanji relationships
Other names sharing kanji with Naka
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
Kanako
七佳加夏奈花菜華那香
10 shared kanji · 125 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipKana
七佳加夏奈花菜華那香
10 shared kanji · 116 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipKanae
七佳加夏奈花菜華那香
10 shared kanji · 110 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipKanami
七佳加夏奈花菜華那香
10 shared kanji · 89 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipNanaka
七佳加夏奈花菜華那香
10 shared kanji · 49 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipKarina
七佳加夏奈花菜華那香
10 shared kanji · 38 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipNamika
七佳加夏奈花菜華那香
10 shared kanji · 35 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipNakako
七佳加夏奈花菜華那香
10 shared kanji · 27 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipManaka
佳加夏奈花菜華那香
9 shared kanji · 67 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipWakana
佳加夏奈花菜華那香
9 shared kanji · 52 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipNatsuka
七佳加夏奈花菜華香
9 shared kanji · 31 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipNanoka
七佳夏奈花菜華那香
9 shared kanji · 23 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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