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Japanese Name Explorer

Combine pronunciation, written-form and corpus classifications to find source-recorded names. Filters are a research utility: combinations stay temporary and canonical name pages remain the primary reference records.

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17 results shownAlphabetical by indexed reading.
Given name · includes female-classified records

Baiken

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · gender-unspecified records

Baikō

4 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · gender-unspecified records

Baisen

4 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · gender-unspecified records

Baisō

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · gender-unspecified records

Baku

7 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · gender-unspecified records

Bakusei

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · gender-unspecified records

Bakushū

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes female-classified records

Ban

5 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes female-classified records

Banana

5 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes female-classified records

Banbi

8 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes female-classified records

Banka

6 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · gender-unspecified records

Bankō

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes female-classified records

Banri

7 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · gender-unspecified records

Banshō

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · gender-unspecified records

Bansui

5 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes female-classified records

Bara

4 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes female-classified records

Baton

6 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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What the explorer can and cannot tell you

Exact-kanji filters require the selected character(s) to occur in the same JMnedict written form. Morae are calculated from the source-recorded kana reading. Gender labels reflect dictionary classifications in the imported records. “Most corpus spelling variants” measures database depth only; it is not a popularity ranking in Japan.