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Opening reading family

Japanese names beginning with Ma (ま)

Source-recorded given-name readings whose indexed romanization begins with Ma. Contracted kana variants are grouped with the same base reading family where appropriate.

473 name readingsCurrent page contains 1,657 recorded spelling links across 48 readings.

Given name · female

Masuo

56 recorded spellings

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Mayuri

54 recorded spellings

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Masaru

49 recorded spellings

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Makio

45 recorded spellings

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Marī

45 recorded spellings

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Marimo

45 recorded spellings

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Machiko

44 recorded spellings

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Masayasu

44 recorded spellings

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Masakazu

43 recorded spellings

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Masaharu

42 recorded spellings

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Masaya

42 recorded spellings

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Māsa

41 recorded spellings

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Mayo

41 recorded spellings

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Mayuna

41 recorded spellings

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Masaji

38 recorded spellings

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Masamichi

38 recorded spellings

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Marino

37 recorded spellings

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Manae

36 recorded spellings

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Masa

36 recorded spellings

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Masahiko

36 recorded spellings

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Mayako

35 recorded spellings

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Mario

34 recorded spellings

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Masue

34 recorded spellings

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Matsuri

33 recorded spellings

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Makino

31 recorded spellings

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Mamika

31 recorded spellings

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Mariya

31 recorded spellings

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Masatomo

31 recorded spellings

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Masuko

31 recorded spellings

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Marisa

30 recorded spellings

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Maimi

29 recorded spellings

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Masafumi

29 recorded spellings

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Mayaka

29 recorded spellings

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Mayū

29 recorded spellings

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Mafuyu

28 recorded spellings

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Masatsugu

28 recorded spellings

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Mamoru

27 recorded spellings

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Manako

27 recorded spellings

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Masakatsu

27 recorded spellings

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Masatake

27 recorded spellings

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Machi

26 recorded spellings

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Mae

26 recorded spellings

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Mamia

26 recorded spellings

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Masachika

26 recorded spellings

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Machika

25 recorded spellings

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Masahide

25 recorded spellings

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Masahito

25 recorded spellings

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Mahiru

24 recorded spellings

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