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

Budō

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · gender-unspecified records

Bunchō

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes male-classified records

Bunei

5 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes male-classified records

Bungo

5 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · gender-unspecified records

Bunichi

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes male-classified records

Bunichirō

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes male-classified records

Bunji

7 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes male-classified records

Bunjirō

5 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · gender-unspecified records

Bunjō

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes female-classified records

Bunka

4 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · gender-unspecified records

Bunkei

4 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · gender-unspecified records

Bunken

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes female-classified records

Bunki

7 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · gender-unspecified records

Bunkō

8 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · gender-unspecified records

Bunkyō

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes male-classified records

Bunnosuke

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · gender-unspecified records

Bunpō

5 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · gender-unspecified records

Bunsaku

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · gender-unspecified records

Bunsei

6 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · gender-unspecified records

Bunshi

5 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes male-classified records

Bunshirō

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · gender-unspecified records

Bunshō

8 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · gender-unspecified records

Bunshū

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · gender-unspecified records

Bunsuke

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · gender-unspecified records

Bunya

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · gender-unspecified records

Bunyū

6 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · gender-unspecified records

Bunzō

5 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.