E If you know Japanese people or just enjoy Japanese anime video games, there are a few last names you're familiar with. Sato and Suzuki are by far the most common in Japan. However, Takahashi and Tanaka are not much inferior to them in popularity.

But what about the opposite? Myoji Yurai Net, a Japanese surname database, recently published the results of a study that analyzed data from government statistics and phone books to compile a list of the 30 rarest Japanese surnames.

30.Ikari/

Value: 50 villages(approximately 1000 people)

Although the meaning may not be as dramatic when written with different characters, this surname can also mean "anger" or "anchor." According to research by Myoji Yurai Net, approximately 1,300 people throughout Japan have this surname.

29. Shio /

Meaning: salt (approximately 920 people)

For the record, this is not a name that is etymologically related to the word "salt", but it is written and pronounced exactly the same as shio, the Japanese word for table salt.

28. Shikichi /

Meaning: construction site(approximately 850 people)

27. Tsukumo /

Value: 99

Why not 100? Unfortunately, no answer was given(approximately 700 people)

26. Ichibangase /

Meaning: first rapids, first jambs(approximately 440 people)

25. Myoga /

Meaning: Japanese ginger(approximately 330 people)

24.Kai/

Meaning: shell, mollusks(approximately 330 people)

23.Jinja/

Meaning: Shinto shrine (approx. 270 people)

22. Akasofu /

Meaning: red grandfather(approximately 240 people)

Although many Japanese names are a reflection environment, those that reference people are much less likely to use a specific color.

21.Kon/

Meaning: root(approximately 230 people)

“Hey, wait a second,” say anime fans, “What about esteemed Perfect Blue and Paprika director Satoshi Kon?” In fact, the late director's last name was written in kanji, which means "now". While this is also a somewhat unusual surname, it is not as rare as this one, based on the rhizome of the plant.

20. Hirava /

Meaning: Plain of Harmony(approximately 170 people)

19. Botan /

Meaning: peony (approximately 130 people)

Tree references are common in Japanese surnames. For example, Matsuda means " pine forest", while Sugimoto is the "original cedar". Flowers are less common, especially when the name coincides with the name of the flowers.

18. Taue /

Meaning: planting risai(approximately 130 people)

17. Keana /

Meaning: (skin) pores(approximately 120 people)

16. Mizoroge /

Meaning: revered body of Bodhisattva(approximately 120 people)

15. Senju /

Meaning: teacher(approximately 110 people)

While senyu is a fairly old school term used for a training instructor, the kanji charactersare the same ones used to write sensei, the standard way of addressing teachers and doctors in Japanese.

14. Suisha /

Meaning: water wheel, mill(approximately 90 people)

13. Kyoto /

Meaning: Kyoto, former capital of Japan(approximately 90 people)

Surnames that are also place names are not exactly common in Japan. In many cases, these are coincidences born from a reference to the natural landscape that serves as inspiration for the family name and location. Chiba (“thousand leaves”) and Matsumoto (“primordial pine”) are very popular surnames, but they are also a prefecture and a city, respectively.

On the other hand, Kyoto means "capital", which makes this surname derived from the name of an already established place.

12. Momo /

Meaning: One Hundred Hundred(approximately 80 people)

Momo is also the Japanese word for peach, but in the case of fruit the kanji is used instead. What's even stranger is that the Japanese already have a word for one hundred hundred people, which means "ten thousand."

11. Wamuro /

Meaning: harmonious number(approximately 60 people)

While the original intention was probably a favorable allusion to a peaceful home and family,can also be read as a poem, a room in Japanese style with tatami flooring.

10. Tokei /

Meaning: clock (approximately 50 people)

9. Nosaku /

Meaning: agricultural products(approximately 40 people)

8. Kajiyashiki /

Meaning: blacksmith's mansion(approximately 30 people)

7. Gogatsu /

Meaning: May (month)(approximately 30 people)

Only about 30 people in Japan have this surname. Unfortunately, there is no data on how many of them are women with the name Satsuki, which also means "May" and should be spelled the same kanji.

6. Hime/

Meaning: princess(approximately 30 people)

5. Higasa/

Meaning: umbrella(approximately 20 people)

4.Iekami/

Meaning: household god(approximately 10 people)

3. Dango /

Meaning: dumplings or Japanese mochi balls on a stick, usually served with sauce.

So far we have only seen a couple of food names on this list. This dish, (although only about 10 people in Japan have this surname), is the first dessert.

2.Hinode/

Meaning: sunrise(approximately 10 people)

1.Mikan/

Meaning: Japanese mandarin, orange(less than 10 people)

We don’t know how interesting and useful this hit parade was for expanding your horizons, but we think now you can better understand the surprise or even admiration of one of the anime or game characters when he finds out that the last name of his interlocutor is Wamuro or even Hinode.

Composing a harmonious combination of surname and given name for the Japanese is a complex science with long traditions. In Japan, there is a special set of names consisting of more than two thousand hieroglyphs. Until now, parents turn to specialists - compilers of Japanese names. Usually the names of boys and girls living in the same village are never repeated.

There is no concept of “namesake” in Japan. The Japanese did not even have the concept of “ fashionable names", with the exception of "ordinal" male names. This may be due to the fact that the Japanese use their surnames much more often than their personal names.

First Last Name, then First Name

Japanese names consist of two parts: the family name, which is written and pronounced first, and the personal name, which, according to eastern tradition, comes second. Modern Japanese often write their names in the “European order” (personal name and then clan surname) if they write them in Romaji (Latin) or Kiriji (Cyrillic). For convenience, the Japanese sometimes write their surname in capital letters so that it is not confused with their given name.

Europeans, who rarely pay attention to the etymology of their own names, constantly face difficulties associated with reading, translating and transcribing Japanese names and surnames. Modern Japanese can tell you how to read their names, but they do not always dare to translate the nominal characters into foreign languages. The Japanese are creative when it comes to the names of foreigners: Svetlana may not recognize herself in “Suetorana” or Carmen will not immediately respond to the Japanese “Karumen”.

How did the surnames come about?

Until the second half of the 19th century centuries in Japan, only aristocrats (kuge) and samurai (bushi) had surnames. The rest of the Japanese population went by personal names and nicknames. The number of aristocratic families in Japan is limited and has remained unchanged since antiquity. The most notable clans of Japanese aristocrats are the Fujiwara clan, collectively called “Gosetsuke”: Konoe, Takashi, Kujo, Ichijo and Gojo. IN modern Japan There are about one hundred thousand surnames, of which more than seventy thousand appeared only 130 years ago.

During the Meiji era ("Enlightened Reign") from 1868-1911. Emperor Mutsuhito ordered all Japanese peasants, artisans and merchants to choose any surname. Some Japanese, instead of their surname, wrote down the name of the city or village in which they lived, others “for the surname” took the name of the store or workshop in which they worked. Creative people came up with sonorous surnames for themselves.

Most of the surnames of modern Japanese are associated with peasant life, rice growing and processing. For example, the surname Hakamada consists of two characters: “hakama” (the lower part of a traditional Japanese suit, men’s pants or a woman’s skirt) and “da” (“rice field”). Judging by the “peasant” meaning of the hieroglyphs, it can be assumed that Irina Khakamada’s ancestors were field workers.

In Japan, you can meet people with the common surname Ito and exactly the same name Ito (translated as “dandy, dandy, Italy”). But such coincidences are very rare.
The only exception is Emperor Akihito ("Showing Mercy") and his family members. The “symbol of the nation” of Japan never had a surname.

Samurai names

In the 12th century, the first military usurper in the history of Japan was the shogun-samurai Minamoto no Yoritomo, or Yoritomo from the Minamoto clan (translated as “source”), who laid the foundation for the formation of a privileged samurai class.

The samurai chose their personal names depending on their life circumstances: promotion, relocation due to service, etc. The fall of the last Tokugawa shogunate ("River of Virtue") and the transfer of power to Emperor Mutsuhito consolidated for many years exclusive privileges of the military.

Until the 19th century, in addition to complete impunity and the possibility of easy money, samurai had the right to give names to their vassals. The names of samurai servants and peasants were often given “in order”: Ichiro - first son, Jiro - second, Saburo - third, Shiro - fourth, Goro - fifth, etc. In addition to “-ro”, the suffixes “-emon”, “-ji”, “-zo”, “-suke”, “-be” were used.

Modern Japanese male names also carry information about the “serial number” of the son in the family. Still often in personal male names The Japanese use the suffixes "-ichi" and "-kazu" ("first son"), "-ji" ("second son") and "-zō" ("third son").

It is not customary for the emperors of Japan to be called the same and distinguished by serial number, like commoners. According to the old tradition, the names of Japanese emperors are composed with the second character “compassion, mercy, sympathy.” Emperor Mutsuhito's name is a combination of two characters for "friendly, warm" and "compassionate". Emperor Hirohito, who ruled Japan from 1926 to 1989, was raised by samurai, veterans of the Russo-Japanese War.

After the collapse of the empire, the nuclear bombing of the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and the complete and unconditional surrender of Hirohito (roughly - “Abundant Mercy”), in a state of “deep shock,” he showed compassion for his own people, appealed to the mercy of the victors and renounced his divine origin.

Since the 19th and 20th centuries, rich and influential samurai have retained the highest positions in civil and military administration. Others became the founders of Japanese entrepreneurship. From the samurai environment a part was formed creative intelligentsia. All personal names of aristocrats and high-ranking samurai consisted of two hieroglyphs with a “noble” meaning.

For example, the name of the son of military instructor Kurosawa (“Black Swamp”) Akira (“light”, “clear”) can be roughly translated into Russian as “light in the darkness” or “illumination”. Perhaps only thanks to luck given name, an artist by training, Akira Kurosawa became a director, a classic of Japanese and world cinema, changing our understanding of the world (“swamp”).

Most Japanese girl names end in "-ko" ("child") or "-mi" ("beauty"). Japanese women are often given names associated with everything beautiful, pleasant and feminine, graceful.
Unlike men's female names are usually written not in “ceremonial” characters, but simply in hiragana (the Japanese alphabet used to write Chinese and Japanese words).

So, new list names

New generations of educated Japanese parents have long sought to expand the old list of nominal characters in order to create completely new, interesting and original names to your children. In September 2004, the Japanese received an additional list - more than 500 hieroglyphs to compile the official name of little Japanese.

The new list of personal characters, compiled in the offices of the Japanese Ministry of Justice, included very extravagant signs. Among the “new products” appeared hieroglyphs with strange meanings for names: “beetle”, “frog”, “spider”, “turnip”.

The child-loving Japanese were seriously indignant. Then the Ministry of Justice of Japan urgently announced that several strange hieroglyphs were excluded from the new list of names: “cancerous tumor”, “prostitute”, “buttock”, “hemorrhoids”, “curse”, “debauchery”, “malice”, etc. Some citizens The countries of the rising sun reacted to the “name scandal” with complete indifference.

In modern Japan, every adult Japanese can take a pseudonym, and after death, almost all Japanese receive new, posthumous names (kaimyo), which are written on a special wooden tablet (ihai) - the embodiment of the spirit of the deceased. Most Japanese believe in reincarnation and try not to worry about the fleeting little things in life, even something as important as a personal name. Perhaps this is why the Japanese rarely give their children the names of their venerable ancestors.

Common Japanese surnames and their meanings

The following table provides a list of the most common Japanese surnames along with the characters, readings and their meanings in Russian as of April 2010.

As already written in the article about Japanese names, you may notice that most Japanese surnames mean various rural landscapes.

Creating a name for a resident of the Country Rising Sun- a whole science, primarily because the harmonious combination of first and last names, their meaning for a Japanese person, and especially a Japanese woman, is a paramount issue. There is a special set of names containing about two and a half thousand hieroglyphs. There are also specialists who are engaged in name creation. We must give them credit - they do their job with dignity. In Japan there is no concept of “namesake” - and girls are never repeated. They are made up of two parts - the surname of the clan, which comes first, and the personal name, which occupies second place.

The meaning of Japanese names was determined in ancient times. Once upon a time, girls of noble blood acquired the “hime” component in their name. Translated, “hime” sounds like “princess.” But there were many aristocratic girls, and there were a limited number of true princesses. Therefore, “hime” is somewhat larger in its semantic meaning - it means the presence of blue blood. When the presence of blue blood, due to strict moral principles, excluded worldly life and required monastic conditions, the particle “in” was added to the name of the nun. This concerned monks equally.

Samurai wives were marked by the presence of the “gozen” component in their names. However, a name with such a component was almost never used in everyday life. Usually the wife of a samurai was called by her husband's surname or his rank.

Japanese female names ending in "ko" or "mi" have the following meaning: "ko" - child, "mi" - beauty. For example, Yoko, Yuko, Yoshiko, Fujiko, Minami. Feminine and soft words present in the name do not always suit modern Japanese women. It’s not surprising - technological progress requires toughness from women, and playful parts of names, hinting at the defenselessness of their owners, do not encourage this toughness. Therefore, some business women omit these parts, calling themselves more succinctly and thereby trying to create for themselves the image necessary for modern times.

Meaning of female Japanese names.

Ai - Love
Aiko - Favorite child
Akako - Red
Akane - Sparkling Red
Akemi - Dazzlingly beautiful
Aki - Born in autumn
Akiko - Autumn Child
Akina - Spring flower
Amaya - Night Rain
Ami - Friend
Anda - Met in the field
Aneko - Older Sister
Anzu - Apricot
Arisu - Japanese form of the name Alice
Asuka - Scent of Tomorrow
Ayame - Iris
Azarni - Thistle flower

Chika - Wisdom
Chikako - Child of Wisdom
Chinatsu - Thousand Years
Chiyo - Eternity
Chizu - Thousand Storks (implies longevity)
Cho - Butterfly

Etsu - Delightful, charming
Etsuko - Delightful Child

Gin - Silver

Hana - Flower
Hanako - Flower Child
Haruka - Distant
Haruko - Spring
Hide - Fertile
Hiroko - Generous
Hitomi - Doubly beautiful
Hoshi - Star
Hotaru - Firefly

Ima - Gift
Ishi - Stone
Izanami - Attractive
Izumi - Fountain

Junko - Pure Child

Kaede - Maple Leaf
Kagami - Mirror
Kameko - Turtle Child (symbol of longevity)
Kasumi - Fog
Kazuko - Cheerful child
Kei - Respectful
Keiko - Adored
Kichi - Lucky
Kiku - Chrysanthemum
Kimiko - Child of Noble Blood
Kioko - Happy child
Kita - North
Kiyoko - Cleanliness
Kohana - Small flower
Koko - Stork
Koto - Japanese musical instrument"koto"
Kotone - The sound of koto
Kumiko - Forever Beautiful
Kuri - Chestnut
Kyoko - Mirror

Leiko - Arrogant

Machi - Ten thousand years
Machiko - Lucky Child
Maeko - Honest Child
Maemi - Sincere smile
Mai - Bright
Mamiko - Baby Mami
Manami - The beauty of love
Mariko - Child of Truth
Marise - Infinite
Matsu - Pine
Mayako - Child Maya
Mayoko - Baby Mayo
Mayuko - Child Mayu
Michi - Fair
Michie - Gracefully hanging flower
Michiko - Beautiful and wise
Midori - Green
Mihoko - Child Miho
Mika - New Moon
Mina - South
Minako - Beautiful child
Mine - Brave Defender
Misaki - The Bloom of Beauty
Mitsuko - Child of Light
Miya - Three Arrows
Miyako - Beautiful Child of March
Mizuki - Beautiful Moon
Momoko - Child Peach
Moriko - Child of the Forest
Mura - Country
Mutsuko - Child Mutsu

Nahoko - Child Naho
Nami - Wave
Namiko - Child of the Waves
Nana - Apple
Naoko - Obedient Child
Naomi - “Beauty First”
Nara - Oak
Nariko - Sissy
Natsuko - Summer Child
Natsumi - Wonderful summer
Nayoko - Baby Nayo
Nori - Law
Noriko - Child of the Law
Nozomi - Hope
Nyoko - Gemstone

Oki - Middle of the Ocean
Orino - Peasant meadow

Rai - Truth
Ran - Water lily
Rei - Gratitude
Reiko - Gratitude
Ren - Water Lily
Riko - Child of Jasmine
Rin - Unfriendly
Rini - Little Bunny
Risako - Child Risa
Ritsuko - Child Ritsu
Rumiko - Child Rumi
Ruri - Emerald
Ryoko - Child Ryo

Sachi - Happiness
Sachiko - Child of Happiness
Saki - Cape (geographic)
Sakura - Cherry blossoms
Sanako - Child Sana
Sango - Coral
Satu - Sugar
Sayuri - Little lily
Shika - Deer
Shina - Decent
Shizuka - Quiet
Sora - Sky
Sorano - Heavenly
Suki - Favorite
Suma - Questioner
Sumi - Purified (religious)
Suzu - Bell (bell)
Suzume - Sparrow

Taka - Noble
Takako - Tall Kid
Takara - Treasure
Tamiko - Child of Abundance
Tani - From the valley (child)
Taura - Many lakes; many rivers
Tomiko - Child of Wealth
Tora - Tigress
Toshi - Mirror Image
Tsukiko - Moon Child
Tsuyu - Morning Dew

Ume - F - Plum blossom
Umeko - F - Plum Blossom Child
Usagi - F - Rabbit

Yachi - F - Eight thousand
Yasu - F - Calm
Yayoi - F - March
Yoko - F - Child of the Sun
Yori - F - Trustworthy
Yoshi - F - Perfection
Yoshiko - F - Perfect Child
Yukiko - F - Snow Child
Yuko - F - Kind child
Yumako - F - Child Yuma
Yumi - F - Bow-like (weapon)
Yumiko - F - Child of the Arrow
Yuri - F - Lily
Yuriko - F - Lily's Child

For the Japanese, a beautiful combination of first and last name is the most important thing. They consider it a complex science. It is known that when choosing a name for a child, they trust only people who specialize in this. Because of such a serious attitude to the choice of names, in the same village you can never hear the same names of boys and girls. In Japan there is no such thing as a “namesake,” and all because the Japanese prefer to use their surnames rather than their given names, of which, by the way, there are many.

First name after last name

Japanese names consist of two adjectives: family name and personal name. In Japan, in turn, the surname is the main one; it is written and spoken first everywhere. Modern Japanese are accustomed to writing their first and last names like Europeans, but in order to designate their last name as the main one, they write it in capital letters. Europeans do not attach importance to this strange and serious attitude of the Japanese towards their surnames, which is why misunderstandings arise regarding the reading, translation and transcription of Japanese names and surnames.

Until the second half of the 19th century, only aristocrats and samurai had surnames in Japan; even their wives did not have the honor of bearing a surname. The rest of the population had only nicknames and personal names. The most notable were the clans of aristocrats - Fuji, which had the general name "Gosetsuke". Today, in the dictionary of Japanese surnames, there are 100,000 family names, of which approximately 70,000 appeared 135 years ago (for comparison: in Europe 50,000, in China a couple of hundred, in Korea about 160, in Russia approximately 85,000, in the USA more than 1 million names). During the Eminence Reign (1868–1911), the reigning Emperor Mutsuhito ordered all Japanese peasants to choose any surname for their family. The Japanese were shocked by this idea; many did not know what to come up with. Some wrote the name of their locality, others the name of their store, and creative people came up with it ourselves unusual surname, consonant with the name.

A surname is a hereditary clan name, which in Japan is passed down from father to children; wives almost always take their husband's surname.

The first legislation on Japanese surnames appeared in 1870, it stated that every Japanese must take a surname. By this time, already 35 million of the population (descendants of aristocrats and samurai) had surnames.

70% of Japanese surnames consist of two characters. It is very rare to find a surname consisting of 3 or more hieroglyphs.

Types of surnames

The first type includes surnames indicating place of residence. The Dictionary of Japanese Surnames considers this type to be the leading one. Often it uses not only the names of settlements, but also the names of trees, rivers, terrain, settlements, reservoirs, etc.

Very often, Japanese surnames are associated with peasant life, rice growing and harvesting (almost 60%), it is rare to find an interesting or simply beautiful (from the point of view of a Russian-speaking person) surname.

The second type includes surnames formed as a result of simple professions. For example, “Inukai” - translated this word means nothing more than “dog breeder”.

The third type includes individual nicknames.

Rare but apt beautiful surnames

Here is a small list of popular, beautiful and unusual surnames:

• Akiyama - autumn;
• Araki - tree;
• Baba is a horse;
• Wada - rice field;
• Yoshida - happiness;
• Yoshikawa - river;
• Kaneko - gold;
• Mizuno - water;
• Suzuki - bell;
• Takagi - tall tree;
• Fukui - happiness;
• Homma - good luck;
• Yano is an arrow.

Common surname

In Japan, surnames have no ancestral affiliation. One surname suits both men and women.

Previously, Japanese law stipulated that husband and wife must have the same surname. Until 1946, only the husband's surname could be family, but the constitution written in the post-war period abolished this inequality. Modern Japanese can choose a surname if they wish, whether for a husband or a wife, but according to the traditions of the old days, spouses settle on the man’s surname.

For Russian people, all Japanese names and surnames seem interesting and unusual. But there are those whose translation sounds like real music.

This is, for example:

• Igarashi - 50 storms;
• Katayama - wild well;
• Kikuchi - chrysanthemum.

Common surnames in Japan

The most popular Japanese surnames in alphabetical order are, of course, offered by the Japanese surname dictionary. Among the surnames:

• A- Ando, ​​Arai, Araki, Asano, Akiyama, Asayama.
• AND- Imai, Ito, Iwasaki, Iwata, Igarasti, Iida, Inoe, Isis (despite the similarity in sound, she is in no way connected with the ancient Egyptian goddess), Ishihara, Ichikawa.
• TO- Kawaguchi, Kawasaki, Kaneko, Kitano.
• M- Maruyama, Masuda, Morimoto, Matila.
• N- Nakahara, Narita, Nakanishi.
• ABOUT- Oyama, Okazaki, Okumura, Ogiva, Ootsuoka.
• WITH- Saida, Sato, Sano, Sakurai, Shibada, Shima.
• T- Tachibana, Takaki, Takeguchi.
• U- Ueda, Uematsu, Ueno, Uchida.
• F- Fujii, Fukushima, Fujimomo, Fujiwra
• X- Hattori, Hattoti, Hirai, Hirata, Hirosa, Homma, Hori.
• C- Tsubaki, Tsuji, Tsuchiya
• I- Yamamura, Yano, Yamanaka, Yamamoto, Yamashita, Yamauchi, Yasuda, Yamashita.

And also Enomoto, Yumake are also on the list of popular and widespread ones, according to the data offered by the dictionary of Japanese surnames.

The Japanese give their children names according to tradition. As a rule, it comes first family name(i.e. last name) and then the person's personal name. This is a fairly common practice in East Asia. The names and surnames of the Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, and Thai peoples are based on exactly the same principle. The Japanese population does not have a middle name, they only have a surname and a first name, while the Japanese imperial family There is no last name at all, only first names. Very often, Japanese girls' names are created independently from existing characters, which is why there are so many unique female names in the country. At the same time, Japanese girls' names differ from male names mainly in components and structure. On at the moment The country has a list of Japanese names from which you can choose a suitable name for your child.

How are Japanese names formed? Keyword in a name can be a seasonal phenomenon, a shade of color, a gemstone. Parents may also want their newborn child to become strong and wise, and for this they use hieroglyphs of strength and wisdom. IN lately It has become popular to name a child according to the euphony of names, that is, if the desired name has a pleasant sound, then the parents determine the hieroglyphs with which this name will be written. In addition, in Japan it is customary to name children after celebrities, as in all nations of the world. Children can be named after heroes historical chronicles, pop stars, and even TV series heroes.

Lists of Japanese girl names:

Aneko - older sister

Kaede - maple leaf

Rin - unfriendly

Amaya - night rain

Kameko - turtle child

Rei - gratitude

Ai - love

Kita - north

Rai - truth

Akina - spring flower

Kiku - chrysanthemum

Reiko - gratitude

Azarni - thistle flower

Kumiko - forever beautiful

Rini - little bunny

Arahsi - storm, whirlwind

Kagami - mirror

Riko - child of jasmine

Akiko - autumn child

Kiyoko - cleanliness

Ran - water lily

Akane - sparkling red

Kyoko - mirror

Ruri - emerald

Kohaku - amber

Ren - water lily

Aki - born in autumn

Kazuko - cheerful child

Suzu - bell

Ayame - iris

Leiko - arrogant

Sorano - heavenly

Asuka - the scent of tomorrow

Masa - straight

Sayuri - small lily

Akako - red

Maeko is an honest child

Anda - met in the field

Mizuki - beautiful moon

Satu - sugar

Anzu - apricot

Mura - rustic

Sumi - purified

Akemi - dazzlingly beautiful

Mai - bright

Sango - coral

Aiko - favorite child

Mika - new moon

Shizuka - quiet

Chikako - child of wisdom

Miki - stalk

Shika - doe

Chizu - thousand storks

Maemi - sincere smile

Suzume - sparrow

Chinatsu - thousand years

Matsu - pine

Sachi - happiness

Chika - wisdom

Miya - three arrows

Sakura - cherry blossoms

Chiyo - eternity

Momoko - child peach

Sachiko - child of happiness

Cho - butterfly

Miyako- beautiful baby Martha

Suki - favorite

Dai - great

Misaki - the blossoming of beauty

Etsu - delightful, charming

Mariko - child of truth

Suma - asking

Etsuko is an adorable child

Machi - ten thousand years

Shina - worthy

Fujita - field, meadow

Moriko - child of the forest

Tomiko - child of wealth

Gin - silver

Marise - endless

Tani - child from the valley

Hanako - flower child

Michi - fair

Taura - many rivers

Hide - fertile

Manami - the beauty of love

Tamiko - child of abundance

Haruka - distant

Mitsuko - child of light

Taka - noble

Hoshi - star

Minako is a beautiful child

Takako - tall kid

Hikaru - light, shining

Mine - brave defender

Toshi - mirror image

Hiroko - generous

Midori - green

Tora - tigress

Hitomi - doubly beautiful

Michiko - beautiful and wise

Tama - gem

Hotaru - firefly

Michie - gracefully hanging flower

Takara is a treasure

Haruko - spring

Machiko - lucky child

Tsuyu - morning dew

Hana - flower

Tsukiko - moon child

Izumi - fountain

Nikki - two trees

Toya - house door

Ishi - stone

Umeko - plum blossom child

Isami - courage

Nyoko - gem

Usagi - rabbit

Ima - a gift

Naomi - beauty first and foremost

Ume - plum blossom

Izanami - attractive to oneself

Natsuko - year old child

Yoshiko - perfect

Junko is a pure child

Nori - the law

Yuko - kind child

Kasumi - fog

Naoko is an obedient child

Yuri - lily

Kioko - happy child

Nami - wave

Yumi - onion-like

Kohana - small flower

Nana - apple

Yumiko - child of the arrow

Kotone - the sound of a koto

Nozomi - hope

Yuriko - child of the lily

Kei - respectful

Natsumi - wonderful summer

Yoshi - perfection

Namiko - child of the waves

Yumako - Yuma's child

Kichi - lucky

Nariko - sissy

Yoko - child of the sun

Kuri - chestnut

Noriko - child of the law

Yachi - eight thousand

Kimiko - child of noble blood

Oki - middle of the ocean

Yukiko - child of the snow

Keiko - adored

Orino - peasant meadow