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Romanized form

Shuu

Japanese form

しゅう

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center; middle
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Sou

Japanese form

そう

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genesis; wound; injury; hurt; start; originate
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Takashi

Japanese form

たかし

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rank; grade; throne; crown; about; some
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Takeshi

Japanese form

たけし

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intimidate; dignity; majesty; menace; threaten
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Wataru

Japanese form

わたる

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sea; ocean
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Yamato

Japanese form

やまと

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Yamato; ancient Japan
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Yuu

Japanese form

夢海

ゆう

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dream; vision; illusion
sea; ocean
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Yuuki

Japanese form

愛喜

ゆうき

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love; affection; favourite
rejoice; take pleasure in
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Yuuta

Japanese form

佑歌

ゆうた

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help; assist
song; sing
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Yuuto

Japanese form

夢叶

ゆうと

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dream; vision; illusion
grant; answer
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Aiichirou

Japanese form

愛一郎

あいいちろう

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love; affection; favourite
one; one radical (no.1)
son; counter for sons
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Akifumi

Japanese form

章文美

あきふみ

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badge; chapter; composition; poem; design
sentence; literature; style; art; decoration; figures; plan; literary radical (no. 67)
beauty; beautiful
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Akihito

Japanese form

愛仁

あきひと

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love; affection; favourite
humanity; virtue; benevolence; charity; man; kernel
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Akio

Japanese form

光男

あきお

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ray; light
male
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Akitoshi

Japanese form

光利

あきとし

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ray; light
profit; advantage; benefit
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Akiyoshi

Japanese form

愛義

あきよし

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love; affection; favourite
righteousness; justice; morality; honor; loyalty; meaning
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Asaki

Japanese form

愛咲

あさき

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love; affection; favourite
blossom; bloom
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Atsuki

Japanese form

愛月

あつき

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love; affection; favourite
month; moon
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Atsumi

Japanese form

愛津美

あつみ

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love; affection; favourite
haven; port; harbor; ferry
beauty; beautiful
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Ayame

Japanese form

愛芽

あやめ

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love; affection; favourite
bud; sprout; spear; germ
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Chihiro

Japanese form

愛洸

ちひろ

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love; affection; favourite
sparkling water
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Chikashi

Japanese form

ちかし

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love; affection; favourite
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Fumio

Japanese form

史桜

ふみお

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history; chronicle
cherry
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Haruhiko

Japanese form

美彦

はるひこ

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beauty; beautiful
lad; boy (ancient)
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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.