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Japanese names (日本人の氏名、日本人の姓名、日本人の名前, Nihonjin no Shimei, Nihonjin no Seimei, Nihonjin no Namae) in modern times consist of a family name (surname) followed by a given name. Japanese names are usually written in kanji, where the pronunciation follows a special set of rules.
Pages in category "Japanese feminine given names" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 538 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Officially, among Japanese names there are 291,129 different Japanese surnames (姓, sei), [1] as determined by their kanji, although many of these are pronounced and romanized similarly. Conversely, some surnames written the same in kanji may also be pronounced differently. [2]
Explore the list of Japanese given names that can be used for both genders, with their meanings and origins.
Maki (まき, マキ) is a very common feminine Japanese given name which can also be used as a surname. Maki can be written using different kanji characters and can mean (the list is not exhaustive): as a given name. 真貴, "true, precious". 真樹, "true, timber trees". 真紀, "true, chronicle". 真希, "true, hope".
Japanese names traditionally follow the Eastern name order. An honorific is generally used when referring to the person one is talking to (one's interlocutor), or when referring to an unrelated third party in speech. However, it is dropped by some superiors when referring to one's in-group or informal writing.
Rei (given name) Rei is both a Japanese given name and a Hebrew given name. In Japanese it could have different meanings depending on the used kanji and can be used for (or by) either gender. In Hebrew, the name Rei (רעי Re`eeY) originates in biblical texts which mean "my shepherd; my companion; my friend".
In Armenia, Mari (Մարի) was the 2nd-most-common female given name of 2013. In Japanese it appears as Mari (まり, マリ), or can be written using different kanji characters so that it means, respectively: 愛莉, "love, white jasmine" (This kanji can also be read as Airi.) The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.