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Given name formats

Romanized form

Takane

Japanese form

空茜

たかね

Meaning

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empty; sky; void; vacant; vacuum
madder; red dye; Turkey red
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Romanized form

Takayoshi

Japanese form

恭愛

たかよし

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respect; reverent
love; affection; favourite
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Romanized form

Takeyoshi

Japanese form

岳美

たけよし

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point; peak; mountain
beauty; beautiful
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Romanized form

Tatsumi

Japanese form

建美

たつみ

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build
beauty; beautiful
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Romanized form

Teruyoshi

Japanese form

輝美

てるよし

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radiance; shine; sparkle; gleam; twinkle
beauty; beautiful
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Romanized form

Toa

Japanese form

永愛

とあ

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eternity; long; lengthy
love; affection; favourite
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Romanized form

Tomio

Japanese form

美雄

とみお

Meaning

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beauty; beautiful
masculine; male; hero; leader; superiority; excellence
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Romanized form

Tomoe

Japanese form

知愛

ともえ

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know; wisdom
love; affection; favourite
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Romanized form

Tsukasa

Japanese form

月花紗

つかさ

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month; moon
flower
gauze; gossamer
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Umito

Japanese form

海人

うみと

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sea; ocean
person
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Romanized form

Yoshiaki

Japanese form

愛明

よしあき

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love; affection; favourite
bright; light
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Romanized form

Yoshichika

Japanese form

愛親

よしちか

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love; affection; favourite
parent; intimacy; relative; familiarity; dealer (cards)
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Yoshifumi

Japanese form

愛史

よしふみ

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love; affection; favourite
history; chronicle
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Romanized form

Yoshihiko

Japanese form

愛彦

よしひこ

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love; affection; favourite
lad; boy (ancient)
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Romanized form

Yoshiki

Japanese form

よしき

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love; affection; favourite
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Yoshiko

Japanese form

愛子

よしこ

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love; affection; favourite
child; sign of the rat; 11PM-1AM; first sign of Chinese zodiac
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Romanized form

Yoshikuni

Japanese form

愛国

よしくに

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love; affection; favourite
country
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Romanized form

Yoshimi

Japanese form

愛美

よしみ

Meaning

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love; affection; favourite
beauty; beautiful
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Romanized form

Yoshinari

Japanese form

愛也

よしなり

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love; affection; favourite
to be (classical)
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Yoshinori

Japanese form

愛仁

よしのり

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love; affection; favourite
humanity; virtue; benevolence; charity; man; kernel
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Romanized form

Yoshio

Japanese form

愛夫

よしお

Meaning

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love; affection; favourite
husband; man
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Yoshiteru

Japanese form

美光

よしてる

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beauty; beautiful
ray; light
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Yukiharu

Japanese form

行美

ゆきはる

Meaning

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going; journey; carry out; conduct; act; line; row; bank
beauty; beautiful
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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.