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Japanese given name

Yoshinobu

佳伸

Given-name classification varies across source records.

よしのぶヨシノブYoshinobu
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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 spellings129

group-level written forms

Source spelling/reading rows129

records contributing to this reading group

Coverage levelExtended

based only on the imported source footprint

Pronunciation & romanization

How to read Yoshinobu

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よしのぶ

Normalized to hiragana for comparison.

Katakana formヨシノブ

The same reading converted to katakana.

RomanizationYoshinobu

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

Mora segmentationよ · し · の · ぶ

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

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Meaning by written form

What can Yoshinobu 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 “Yoshinobu”, this page explains each recorded spelling separately.

Kanji spellings12

character meanings available

Kana-only spellings0

no kanji meaning attached

InterpretationBy spelling

based on the exact written form

Kanji spelling

佳伸

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
佳excellent, beautiful, good伸expand, stretch, extend
Kanji spelling

佳信

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
佳excellent, beautiful, good信faith, truth, fidelity
Kanji spelling

佳宣

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
佳excellent, beautiful, good宣proclaim, say, announce
Kanji spelling

佳宦

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
佳excellent, beautiful, good宦official
Kanji spelling

佳延

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
佳excellent, beautiful, good延prolong, stretching
Kanji spelling

佳誠

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
佳excellent, beautiful, good誠sincerity, admonish, warn
Kanji spelling

佶延

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
佶healthy, correct延prolong, stretching
Kanji spelling

儀信

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
儀ceremony, rule, affair信faith, truth, fidelity
Kanji spelling

儀延

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
儀ceremony, rule, affair延prolong, stretching
Kanji spelling

元達

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
元beginning, former time, origin達accomplished, reach, arrive
Kanji spelling

充宣

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
充allot, fill宣proclaim, say, announce
Kanji spelling

克伸

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
克overcome, kindly, skillfully伸expand, stretch, extend

Showing meaning context for the first 12 distinct written forms out of 129. 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 Yoshinobu 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

よしのぶ

Kanji-based spellings129

among the forms analyzed on this page

Kana characters4

in the primary dictionary reading

Morae4

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

2-kanji forms127

recorded spellings

3-kanji forms2

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

よしのぶ in the imported JMnedict corpus

Given-name written forms129

129 source spelling/reading rows

Surname written forms3

3 source spelling/reading rows

Given-name labelsmale 10 · unspecified 119

row counts carrying each JMnedict source label

Exact readingGiven-name evidenceGiven-name labelsSurname evidence
よしのぶYoshinobu129129 source rowsmale 10 · unspecified 119source rows · distinct forms: male 10 · unspecified 11933 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 Yoshinobu

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 data129

11–29 strokes observed span

Median total strokes18

among forms with complete KANJIDIC2 stroke data

All-kanji name-classified forms126

all component kanji loaded as jōyō/jinmeiyō classes

Other/unclassified kanji forms3

contains at least one character outside that loaded classification

Source-reading distribution
ReadingRomanizationMoraeForms
よしのぶYoshinobu4129
Reading ambiguity

Can the same writing be read another way?

30 of 80 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 checked80

distinct spellings displayed on this page

Multiple recorded readings30

exact written forms with 2+ source readings

Single recorded reading50

within this active given-name corpus

Largest reading set9

distinct kana readings for one displayed writing

嘉言
3 source-recorded readings
YoshikotoよしことYoshitokiよしときYoshinobuよしのぶ · this page

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 Yoshinobu 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
信faith, truth, fidelity27027009し, しが, しな, しの +5Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
伸expand, stretch, extend21021007のぶ, よぼるJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
宣proclaim, say, announce17116009とおる, のぶ, のぼる, のり +2Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 6
延prolong, stretching13013008たか, のぶ, のべJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 6
義righteousness, justice, morality121200013ただし, ちか, のり, よしJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5
良good, pleasing, skilled990007じ, なが, まこと, よし +3Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
喜rejoice, take pleasure in8530012あき, きゅ, のぶ, ゆき +1Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5
能ability, talent, skill8800010たか, の, のり, よしJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5
善virtuous, good, goodness7700012たる, よしJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 6
好fond, pleasing, like something770006こ, たか, とし, よしJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
芳perfume, balmy, favorable770007お, かおる, は, ほ +3Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
佳excellent, beautiful, good660008けい, よし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.

Showing research maps for the first 10 distinct written forms out of 129. Every detailed spelling card below still links to exact-writing search and its component kanji.

Corpus pattern

Kanji recurring across Yoshinobu 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.

信faith, truth, fidelity27 of 129 analyzed forms伸expand, stretch, extend21 of 129 analyzed forms宣proclaim, say, announce17 of 129 analyzed forms延prolong, stretching13 of 129 analyzed forms義righteousness, justice, morality12 of 129 analyzed forms良good, pleasing, skilled9 of 129 analyzed forms喜rejoice, take pleasure in8 of 129 analyzed forms能ability, talent, skill8 of 129 analyzed forms善virtuous, good, goodness7 of 129 analyzed forms好fond, pleasing, like something7 of 129 analyzed forms
Same reading, different writing

Explore written forms of Yoshinobu

129 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading よしのぶ. 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.

Showing the first 80 spelling/reading records out of 129 loaded records for this reading group. The group contains 129 distinct written spellings.

Spelling comparator

Compare Yoshinobu 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
佳伸よしのぶ佳 — excellent, beautiful · 伸 — expand, stretch15All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
佳信よしのぶ佳 — excellent, beautiful · 信 — faith, truth17All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
佳宣よしのぶ佳 — excellent, beautiful · 宣 — proclaim, say17All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
佳宦よしのぶ佳 — excellent, beautiful · 宦 — official18Includes unclassified/outside loaded jōyō-jinmeiyō class
佳延よしのぶ佳 — excellent, beautiful · 延 — prolong, stretching16All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
佳誠よしのぶ佳 — excellent, beautiful · 誠 — sincerity, admonish21All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
佶延よしのぶ佶 — healthy, correct · 延 — prolong, stretching16Includes unclassified/outside loaded jōyō-jinmeiyō class
儀信よしのぶ儀 — ceremony, rule · 信 — faith, truth24All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
儀延よしのぶ儀 — ceremony, rule · 延 — prolong, stretching23All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
元達よしのぶ元 — beginning, former time · 達 — accomplished, reach16All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
充宣よしのぶ充 — allot, fill · 宣 — proclaim, say15All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
克伸よしのぶ克 — overcome, kindly · 伸 — expand, stretch14All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
克修よしのぶ克 — overcome, kindly · 修 — discipline, conduct oneself well17All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
凱宣よしのぶ凱 — victory song · 宣 — proclaim, say21All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
凱惟よしのぶ凱 — victory song · 惟 — consider, reflect23All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
剛慶よしのぶ剛 — sturdy, strength · 慶 — jubilation, congratulate25All 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 Yoshinobu 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 よし

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 · mixed records · limited reference

Yoshio

287 recorded spellings

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Yoshimi

277 recorded spellings

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Yoshie

274 recorded spellings

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Yoshihiro

239 recorded spellings

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Yoshinori

232 recorded spellings

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Yoshiko

206 recorded spellings

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Yoshiaki

193 recorded spellings

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Yoshiyuki

145 recorded spellings

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Yoshitaka

132 recorded spellings

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Yoshiki

116 recorded spellings

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Yoshikazu

110 recorded spellings

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Yoshimasa

92 recorded spellings

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Shared-kanji relationships

Other names sharing kanji with Yoshinobu

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

Nobuyoshi

伸信善喜好宣延義良

9 shared kanji · 66 matching source-recorded spellings

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Yoshie

信善喜好宣延義能良

9 shared kanji · 53 matching source-recorded spellings

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Yoshiko

信善喜好宣義能良

8 shared kanji · 21 matching source-recorded spellings

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Yoshinori

善喜好宣義能良

7 shared kanji · 84 matching source-recorded spellings

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Yoshihiro

善喜好宣義能良

7 shared kanji · 75 matching source-recorded spellings

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Yoshiaki

善喜好宣義能良

7 shared kanji · 64 matching source-recorded spellings

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Masayoshi

善喜好宣義能良

7 shared kanji · 55 matching source-recorded spellings

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Yoshiki

善喜好宣義能良

7 shared kanji · 42 matching source-recorded spellings

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Yoshio

善喜好宣義能良

7 shared kanji · 41 matching source-recorded spellings

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Yoshiyuki

善喜好宣義能良

7 shared kanji · 38 matching source-recorded spellings

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Hiroyoshi

善喜好宣義能良

7 shared kanji · 38 matching source-recorded spellings

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Yoshimasa

善喜好宣義能良

7 shared kanji · 35 matching source-recorded spellings

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Exact reading

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Yo / よ

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信 — faith, truth

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伸 — expand, stretch

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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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