Japanese Boy Names with Meanings and Kanji Browse source-backed Japanese boy names with recommended kanji, hiragana readings, romaji, meaning notes, style labels, and transparent commonness information.
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絢 brilliant fabric design Usage not ranked
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健 healthy; health; strength; persistence
太 plump; thick; big around Usage not ranked
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光 ray; light Usage not ranked
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光 ray; light
喜 rejoice; take pleasure in Usage not ranked
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光 ray; light
多 many; frequent; much Usage not ranked
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愛 love; affection; favourite
琴 harp; koto Usage not ranked
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愛 love; affection; favourite
咲 blossom; bloom Usage not ranked
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暢 stretch Usage not ranked
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美 beauty; beautiful Usage not ranked
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杏 apricot
花 flower Usage not ranked
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花 flower
緒 thong; beginning; inception; end; cord; strap; mental or emotional state Usage not ranked
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直 straightaway; honesty; frankness; fix; repair Usage not ranked
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愛 love; affection; favourite Usage not ranked
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令 orders; laws; command; decree; good
桜 cherry Usage not ranked
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梨 pear tree
空 empty; sky; void; vacant; vacuum Usage not ranked
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碧 blue; green
斗 Big Dipper; ten sho (vol); sake dipper; dots and cross radical (no. 68) Usage not ranked
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吏 officer; an official
桜 cherry Usage not ranked
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綾 design; figured cloth; twill Usage not ranked
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綾 design; figured cloth; twill
太 plump; thick; big around Usage not ranked
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叡 intelligence; imperial Usage not ranked
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伸 expand; stretch; extend; lengthen; increase Usage not ranked
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瑛 sparkle of jewelry; crystal Usage not ranked
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庄 level; in the country; manor; village; hamlet
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俊 sagacious; genius; excellence Usage not ranked
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Readings and kanji variations A familiar reading may have several written forms. We show a concise recommended form in the list and keep spelling-specific meanings on the detail page so distinct variations are not flattened together.
Ren written 蓮 uses the character for lotus, while Takumi written 匠 points to an artisan. Haruto written 陽翔 combines characters associated with sunlight and soaring. These written-form notes do not establish a particular person’s naming intention. Use a name in the generator to compare how it reads alongside different surnames.