Beautiful Japanese Girl Names and Their Meanings

Japanese girl names are small works of art — delicate, precise, and drawn from nature, the seasons and light. Because each is written in kanji, a single sound can hold many meanings; the ones below give the most-loved associations. From Sakura (cherry blossom) to names of the moon, the sea and the flowers, here is a selection.

Beautiful Japanese girl names and their meanings

AikoJapanese · Love child, beloved AkaneJapanese · Deep red AkariJapanese · Light, brightness AkazomeJapanese · Heian poet who authored the Eiga Monogatari AkemiJapanese · Bright beauty AkiJapanese · Autumn / bright AkikoJapanese · Autumn child, bright child AmaterasuJapanese · The sun goddess AmayaJapanese · Night rain; end AnkoJapanese · Anko Mitarashi - Naruto Special Jonin + Orochimaru's apprentice AoiJapanese · Hollyhock; blue, green AsaJapanese · Morning AsamiJapanese · Morning beauty AsukaJapanese · Tomorrow's fragrance AsunaJapanese · Iconic Sword Art Online heroine AyaJapanese · Color AyakaJapanese · Colorful flower AyameJapanese · An iris flower AyumiJapanese · A step forward, progress AzumiJapanese · Safe + beautiful BenzaitenJapanese · Goddess of music and eloquence BotanJapanese · Peony ChihiroJapanese · Thousand fathoms ChiyoJapanese · Thousand generations DakiJapanese · Iconic Daki - Demon Slayer Upper Moon Six demon EmaJapanese · Blessing EmikoJapanese · Beautiful child / smiling child EriJapanese · Blessed, picture FumikoJapanese · Literary child HanaJapanese · Flower; happiness; grace HanakoJapanese · Flower child HaruJapanese · Spring, sunlight HarukaJapanese · Distant / springtime HarukiJapanese · Spring radiance HarunaJapanese · Spring greens HikariJapanese · Light, brightness HimariJapanese · Sunlight and hollyhock HinaJapanese · Sun, day, doll HinataJapanese · Sunny place, towards the sun HitomiJapanese · Pupil of the eye HonokaJapanese · Faint fragrance HoshiJapanese · A star IchikaJapanese · One flower InariJapanese · Kami of rice and prosperity InoJapanese · Iconic Ino Yamanaka - Naruto Mind-Body Switch IrohaJapanese · Iconic Iroha ILLIT Iroha-uta Japanese poem IzanamiJapanese · A creator goddess IzumiJapanese · Spring of water JunkoJapanese · Pure child, obedient child KaedeJapanese · Maple KanaoJapanese · Iconic Kanao Tsuyuri - Demon Slayer Flower Hashira KaoriJapanese · Fragrance KaruiJapanese · Karui - Naruto Cloud Village kunoichi + Choji's wife KasumiJapanese · Mist KazuhaJapanese · Harmony leaf KeikoJapanese · Blessed child KikuJapanese · Chrysanthemum KikukoJapanese · A chrysanthemum child KishijotenJapanese · Goddess of fortune and beauty KiyomiJapanese · Pure beauty

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A note on kanji

A Japanese name's meaning depends on the characters chosen to write it, so the same sound can mean different lovely things. If you love the delicacy of these names, you may also enjoy our Korean and Chinese collections.