Japanese Girl Names

Lady, Miss

love, affection, child of love

friend, beloved, mother, or universal

verse, sign, miracle; to come, arrive; woven silk

multiple meanings depending on kanji, e.g., 'dance', 'Asia', 'road'

beautiful picture, love, grace

swallowtail butterfly

various, depending on kanji (e.g., 'my wish', 'my village')

love, affection

love, affection

Love song; reason; joyful; beautiful; deer; indigo; flower

love song, deer, or from the oak tree

love, affection, harmony

child of love, little love, or harmony child

beloved, mother, or aim/goal

love, affection, beautiful, ocean, sea, indigo

living, alive; goddess of fertility; bitter, sorrowful; pear

prosperous, fortunate, or happy

beloved child

beautiful; love; design; purple

life, bird, or beautiful

rare; precious; beautiful

red; also a surname meaning 'red' or 'bright'

red earth; beautiful flower; goddess of the moon

deep red, madder red

deep red, madder red

Light, brightness

red earth; night rain; bright red

bright child, autumn child, or open child

Bright beauty; radiant, cheerful

bright field, morning field

First-born, or a variant of Acacia

protection, autumn, or a place name (Japanese); heel, consequence (Hebrew)

bright, clear, or dawn

bright, autumn, clear

Autumn ear of grain; bright autumn; bright wing

bright flower, autumn flower, red flower, or other meanings depending on kanji

Bright child

bright, beautiful, autumn, clear, truth, fruit, rare, hope

Spring flower; autumn greens; bright, clear

autumn field, bright field, bright (as in morning sun), or clear

Bright, clear, intelligent, luminous, dawn

Bright world; autumn generation; bright generation

Child of light; my child; peace; jewel

wealth, prosperity, or a type of tree

pearl

heavenly, picture, or rain

mother, nurse, maidservant