Japanese Name Meaning Lookup
Paste a Japanese name in kanji to see what each character means and how it is usually read in names. 龍一郎, for example, is dragon + one + son, usually read Ryūichirō.
Read in names as: ryū / tatsu
dragon (traditional form of 竜)
Read in names as: ichi / kazu / hajime
one; first
Read in names as: rō
son; young man
Common last kanji in boys' namesThe list has 604 kanji that are common in Japanese given names and family names. Each one shows its core meaning and the readings it usually takes in names. Old-style and Simplified Chinese forms such as 齋, 澤 and 铃 are matched to the standard Japanese kanji.
A name's real reading depends on the whole name. 一 can be Ichi, Kazu or Hajime, so 龍一郎 is usually Ryūichirō but the kanji alone do not prove it, and some names are read as a unit (服部 is Hattori, 五十嵐 is Igarashi). In a novel, trust the furigana printed where the name first appears, or the official translation.
The meanings explain each character. They are not a translation of the name.
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