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Romanized form

Haruo

Japanese form

春桜

はるお

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springtime; spring (season)
cherry
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Hibiki

Japanese form

花響

ひびき

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flower
echo; sound; resound
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Hiromi

Japanese form

海美

ひろみ

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sea; ocean
beauty; beautiful
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Hiroyoshi

Japanese form

啓美

ひろよし

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disclose; open; say
beauty; beautiful
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Isami

Japanese form

勲美

いさみ

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meritorious deed; merit
beauty; beautiful
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Romanized form

Kaia

Japanese form

快空

かいあ

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cheerful; pleasant; agreeable; comfortable
empty; sky; void; vacant; vacuum
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Kanae

Japanese form

かなえ

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love; affection; favourite
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Kaneyoshi

Japanese form

金美

かねよし

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gold
beauty; beautiful
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Kaoru

Japanese form

花桜瑠

かおる

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flower
cherry
lapis lazuli
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Katsuki

Japanese form

花月

かつき

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flower
month; moon
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Katsumi

Japanese form

一美

かつみ

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one; one radical (no.1)
beauty; beautiful
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Kazuyoshi

Japanese form

一美

かずよし

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one; one radical (no.1)
beauty; beautiful
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Keito

Japanese form

花糸

けいと

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flower
thread
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Romanized form

Kouya

Japanese form

空也

こうや

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empty; sky; void; vacant; vacuum
to be (classical)
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Kuniyoshi

Japanese form

都美

くによし

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capital; metropolis
beauty; beautiful
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Mahiro

Japanese form

愛優

まひろ

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love; affection; favourite
tenderness; excel; surpass; actor; superiority; gentleness
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Manabu

Japanese form

まなぶ

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love; affection; favourite
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Masae

Japanese form

雅美

まさえ

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gracious; elegant; graceful; refined
beauty; beautiful
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Masami

Japanese form

惟美

まさみ

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consider; reflect; think
beauty; beautiful
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Masayoshi

Japanese form

雅愛

まさよし

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gracious; elegant; graceful; refined
love; affection; favourite
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Masumi

Japanese form

愛純

ますみ

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love; affection; favourite
genuine; purity; innocence; net (profit)
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Michiyoshi

Japanese form

道愛

みちよし

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road-way; street; district; journey; course; moral; teachings
love; affection; favourite
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Mikio

Japanese form

海紀男

みきお

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sea; ocean
chronicle; account; narrative; history; annals; geologic period
male
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Mikoto

Japanese form

海琴

みこと

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sea; ocean
harp; koto
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Editorial selection is a browsing order, not a popularity ranking. Style and usage estimates are editorial guidance. Dictionary notes do not establish a name’s intended meaning.

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.