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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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First 48 matching groups shownAlphabetical by indexed reading.
Given name · includes male-classified records

Yoemon

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes female-classified records

Yohane

6 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes female-classified records

Yoi

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes male-classified records

Yoichi

8 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes male-classified records

Yoichirō

6 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes female-classified records

Yoiko

7 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · gender-unspecified records

Yoji

4 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes male-classified records

Yojirō

5 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes male-classified records

Yojūrō

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes female-classified records

Yoki

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · gender-unspecified records

Yokichi

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes female-classified records

Yokie

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes female-classified records

Yokiko

7 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · gender-unspecified records

Yokio

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes female-classified records

Yoko

5 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes female-classified records

Yoma

4 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes female-classified records

Yomi

9 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes female-classified records

Yomie

4 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes female-classified records

Yomiko

10 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes female-classified records

Yomogi

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes female-classified records

Yon

4 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · mixed classified records

Yona

4 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes female-classified records

Yonako

4 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes female-classified records

Yone

13 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · gender-unspecified records

Yoneji

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes male-classified records

Yonejirō

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · gender-unspecified records

Yoneki

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes female-classified records

Yoneko

13 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes female-classified records

Yonemi

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · gender-unspecified records

Yoneo

7 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · gender-unspecified records

Yonezō

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes female-classified records

Yono

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes male-classified records

Yonosuke

7 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · gender-unspecified records

Yonsuku

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes female-classified records

Yōko

11 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes female-classified records

Yori

15 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes male-classified records

Yoriaki

7 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes female-classified records

Yorie

34 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · gender-unspecified records

Yorifumi

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes male-classified records

Yorihiko

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes male-classified records

Yorihiro

7 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · gender-unspecified records

Yorihisa

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes male-classified records

Yorihito

4 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · gender-unspecified records

Yoriji

4 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes female-classified records

Yorika

17 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes male-classified records

Yorikazu

3 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · includes female-classified records

Yoriko

92 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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Given name · gender-unspecified records

Yorimasa

4 recorded spellings in the imported corpus

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More than 48 groups match these filters. Add another constraint to narrow the research set.

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.