Sōta is written 颯太 here. 颯 carries wind-related senses, while 太 has senses including great or thick. The macron in Sōta marks the long vowel represented by そう in そうた; Sota is also the unaccented spelling used in this page’s address.
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Sōta is a Japanese given name read そうた in this collection, recorded in the written form 颯太. In this spelling the name is associated with swift wind, and great; the component characters carry the glosses listed below. This collection labels it for boy use and notes it as common within this collection's sources.
Written forms
颯太
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Swift wind; great
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Sōta is recorded here as 颯太, read そうた. Other spellings of the same sound exist beyond this collection.
In this collection, Sōta is recorded as a boy name. Japanese unisex names are common, so the same reading may appear in the other gender's registers with different spellings.
Written 颯太, Sōta is associated with swift wind, great. The meaning belongs to this spelling — the same reading written with other kanji carries different imagery.
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Kanji glosses help explain the written form. They are not a claim about the personality or destiny of a person who uses the name. The Jōyō Kanji reference is general character background; it does not verify every personal-name reading or establish popularity. Imported records cite their dictionary sources separately.
Agency for Cultural Affairs, Japan · Accessed 2026-07-29