100 MostMost-Common

Japanese Given Names

100 Most-Common Japanese Given Names

Notes
The following is a list of the English pronunciations of the 100 most-frequent male
and female Japanese given names. (Some of these names occasionally are used by
the opposite sex.)
Each name can be written with multiple combinations of kanji (Chinese characters).

Pronunciation of Japanese
The five Japanese vowels (a, i, u, e, o) are pronounced like those in Italian and
Spanish (i.e., father, ink, tube, lan, over). A long (i.e., doubled) vowel is indicated
by a macron ( ) over the vowel.
The basic 19 consonants (b, ch, d, f, g, h, j, k, m, n, p, r, s, sh, t, ts, w, y, z) usually
are pronounced as in English.

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100 Most-Common Japanese Given Names

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21
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Hiroshi
Akira
Kazuo
Takashi
Toshio
Yoshio
Hideo
Masao
Kiyoshi
Takeshi
Minoru
Shigeru
Tadashi
Kenji
Kichi
Takeo
Ichir
Makoto
Yasuo
Yukio
Yutaka
Osamu
Sabur
Kji
Susumu

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37
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Tru
Shigeo
Isao
Tatsuo
Shir
Noboru
Hajime
Mitsuo
Jir
Tsutomu
Shji
Nobuo
Takao
Tetsuo
Shinichi
Fumio
Kenichi
Akio
Seiichi
Tadao
Kunio
Keiko
Yko
Eiichi
Hiroyuki

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Michio
Masaru
Shz
Shichi
Isamu
Yoshiaki
Jun
Hisashi
Masahiro
Haruo
Kazuko
Hiroko
Kaoru
Yoshiko
Sadao
Hisao
Masaaki
Seiji
Masami
Hitoshi
Michiko
Masayuki
Eiji
Tsuneo
Iwao

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Satoshi
Junichi
Masako
Teruo
Yoshihiro
Masayoshi
Katsumi
Kz
Akiko
Yji
Atsushi
Keiichi
Ken
Keiji
Yasushi
Reiko
Gor
Yichi
Norio
Shinji
Kyko
Noriko
Kenz
Yoshir
Toshiko

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