Naming your children after your ancestry is an excellent way to pass your culture and heritage on through them. These Japanese baby names and meanings are the perfect way to give your child a piece of tradition!
The meaning are actually much harder to decipher than typical English names because Japanese names are based on characters, or kanji, which each have a different meaning. So a word spelled out would have several different interpretations. If you choose a Japanese name, look up how it is written in Japanese and what each character means, both available online, to truly get the full meaning instead of just liking the way it sounds.
Some boy names are:
Bin, Baku, Binya, Bunmei, Dai, Daigo, Daisuke, Makio, Makishi, Makoto, Mamoru, Masa, Masaki, Masami, Mayo, Masuto, Mutsu, Gai, Gen, Gengo, Genichi, Gou, Gouki, Tabito, Tai, Tadao, Taishi, Taiyou, and Taka.
Common name endings are
aki, fumi, haru, hei, hiko, hisa, hide, hiro, ji, kazu, ki, ma, masa, michi, mitsu, nari, nobu, nori, o, rou, shi, shige, suke, at, taka, toshi, tomo, ya, and zou.
Some girl names are:
Ai, AemI, Airi, Aiko, Akiko, Ako, Anna, Aoi, Ari, Benika, Beniko, Benio, Chiaki, Chigusa, Kaho, Kae, Kami, Kako, Kauru, Kanayo, Kanna, Koton, Kuniko, Kunimi, Tae, Tamao, Tatsumi, Takako, Tsuzumi, Saaya, Sachi, Sadae, Sai, Saika, Suzu. Girl endings are a, chi, e, ho, ka, ki, ko, mi, na, no, o, ri, sa, ya, and y
