group-level written forms
Emina
エミナ
Given-name classification varies across source records.
Extended source depth
This reading group has a comparatively broad dictionary footprint across source-recorded spellings or records. The counts describe corpus coverage, not real-world popularity.
records contributing to this reading group
based only on the imported source footprint
How to read Emina
The kana reading is source-recorded. Romanization and mora segmentation are deterministic reading aids generated from that kana; pitch accent is not inferred.
Normalized to hiragana for comparison.
The same reading converted to katakana.
Macron-style display. Vowel-sequence form: Emina. Personal spelling and true vowel boundaries can differ.
3 morae in this reading. Small ゃ/ゅ/ょ-type kana join the preceding mora.
Audio note: the play button uses Japanese text-to-speech provided by the visitor’s browser/device. It is a convenience preview, not a recorded native-speaker pronunciation or pitch-accent authority.
How Emina is represented
These counts describe records in the imported name corpus. They are not a ranking of how popular a spelling is among people in Japan.
えみな · エミナ
among the forms analyzed on this page
in the primary dictionary reading
small ゃ/ゅ/ょ-type kana combine with the preceding mora
recorded spelling
recorded spelling
recorded spellings
recorded spellings
How this reading is classified in the source corpus
This separates dictionary classification from popularity. The same exact kana reading can be recorded as a given name, a surname, or both, and given-name records can carry male, female or unspecified source labels.
えみな in the imported JMnedict corpus
27 source spelling/reading rows
2 source spelling/reading rows
row counts carrying each JMnedict source label
| Exact reading | Given-name evidence | Given-name labels | Surname evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| えみなEmina | 2727 source rows | female 26 · unspecified 1source rows · distinct forms: female 26 · unspecified 1 | 22 source rows |
| えみなEmina | 00 source rows | —source rows · distinct forms: — | 00 source rows |
Classification boundary: male/female/unspecified are labels attached to imported JMnedict name records. They are not population shares, probabilities, identity claims, or evidence that a spelling is currently common in Japan. A source row can also be repeated across different written forms, so row counts and distinct-writing counts are shown separately.
Corpus structure behind Emina
This section summarizes the exact source-recorded forms loaded for this reading group. Stroke and character-position statistics are descriptive corpus properties, not popularity or style scores.
11–34 strokes observed span
among forms with complete KANJIDIC2 stroke data
all component kanji loaded as jōyō/jinmeiyō classes
contains at least one character outside that loaded classification
| Reading | Romanization | Morae | Forms |
|---|---|---|---|
| えみな | Emina | 3 | 27 |
Shown only when the same adjacent two-kanji sequence occurs in at least two analyzed source forms. Open a sequence in Kanji Pair Research for corpus co-occurrence context.
Can the same writing be read another way?
6 of 27 displayed written forms have more than one given-name reading somewhere in the active JMnedict corpus. This is dictionary-record ambiguity, not a prediction of how a particular person reads the name.
distinct spellings displayed on this page
exact written forms with 2+ source readings
within this active given-name corpus
distinct kana readings for one displayed writing
A reading shown without a link is still source-recorded, but its destination group does not currently meet the canonical publication standard. Strong reference pages do not promote limited records merely to create extra internal links.
How recurring characters function across Emina spellings
Position counts are calculated only from the distinct written forms analyzed for this page. KANJIDIC2 nanori are character-level name-reading references; they are not used here to decompose or assert the reading of a specific multi-kanji name.
| Kanji | Character glosses | Forms | First | Final | Internal | Solo | Strokes | KANJIDIC2 nanori | Loaded class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 奈 | Nara, what? | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 8 | — | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4 |
| 菜 | vegetable, side dish, greens | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 11 | よう | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4 |
| 美 | beauty, beautiful | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 9 | はる, よし, よしみ, り | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3 |
| 笑 | laugh | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | えみ | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4 |
| 絵 | picture, drawing, painting | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | — | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2 |
| 咲 | blossom, bloom | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | さ, さき | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 |
| 名 | name, noted, distinguished | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | と | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1 |
| 江 | creek, inlet, bay | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | くん, とうみ, み, りえ | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 |
| 恵 | favor, blessing, grace | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | あや, け, さと, さとし +4 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 |
| 映 | reflect, reflection, projection | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | あきら, え, てる | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 6 |
| 未 | un-, not yet, hitherto | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | — | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4 |
| 巳 | sign of the snake or serpent, 9-11AM, sixth sign of Chinese zodiac | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | — | Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9 |
Counts describe this source-recorded spelling set, not population use. A repeated kanji can contribute to more than one position role across different spellings.
Move from a spelling to its readings, characters and literal sequence context
These relationships are exact and source-backed. Whole-name readings shown in each card come from JMnedict within the current name class; exact-writing search can surface records from other name classes. Character links open KANJIDIC2-backed kanji pages. Sequence context means the same kanji string occurs contiguously in another recorded written form—it does not prove shared origin or meaning.
エミナ
えみ菜
咲名
咲奈
咲菜
恵美奈
恵美菜
映幹菜
映未奈
枝未奈
Showing research maps for the first 10 distinct written forms out of 27. Every detailed spelling card below still links to exact-writing search and its component kanji.
For VPS safety, contiguous-sequence lookups are limited to six 2–4 kanji forms per canonical page and cached for 12 hours per active JMnedict generation.
Kanji recurring across Emina spellings
Only characters appearing in at least two distinct analyzed spellings are shown here. Frequency describes this source-recorded spelling set, not real-world baby-name popularity.
Explore written forms of Emina
27 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading えみな. Other source readings can appear in this romanized group when the imported records converge on the same index form. Use Compare to inspect exact spellings side by side.
エミナ
エミナ · Emina
This written form uses kana rather than kanji, so there are no character-level kanji glosses to combine.
えみ菜
えみな · Emina
咲名
えみな · Emina
咲奈
えみな · Emina
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
咲菜
えみな · Emina
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
恵美奈
えみな · Emina
恵美菜
えみな · Emina
映幹菜
えみな · Emina
映未奈
えみな · Emina
枝未奈
えみな · Emina
江巳奈
えみな · Emina
江巳菜
えみな · Emina
江美奈
えみな · Emina
笑南
えみな · Emina
笑和
えみな · Emina
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
笑奈
えみな · Emina
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
笑愛
えみな · Emina
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
笑菜
えみな · Emina
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
笑那
えみな · Emina
絵実名
えみな · Emina
絵海奈
えみな · Emina
絵深菜
えみな · Emina
絵美名
えみな · Emina
絵美奈
えみな · Emina
絵美菜
えみな · Emina
英実奈
えみな · Emina
英美奈
えみな · Emina
Compare Emina forms side by side
Each exact written spelling appears once in this table even when JMnedict records more than one reading for that writing. Stroke totals and character glosses come from KANJIDIC2 when all component kanji are available.
| Spelling | One source reading | Character-level glosses | Total strokes | Loaded character class |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| エミナ | エミナ | Kana-only spelling | — | Kana spelling |
| えみ菜 | えみな | 菜 — vegetable, side dish | 11 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 咲名 | えみな | 咲 — blossom, bloom · 名 — name, noted | 15 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 咲奈 | えみな | 咲 — blossom, bloom · 奈 — Nara, what? | 17 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 咲菜 | えみな | 咲 — blossom, bloom · 菜 — vegetable, side dish | 20 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 恵美奈 | えみな | 恵 — favor, blessing · 美 — beauty, beautiful · 奈 — Nara, what? | 27 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 恵美菜 | えみな | 恵 — favor, blessing · 美 — beauty, beautiful · 菜 — vegetable, side dish | 30 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 映幹菜 | えみな | 映 — reflect, reflection · 幹 — tree trunk, main part · 菜 — vegetable, side dish | 33 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 映未奈 | えみな | 映 — reflect, reflection · 未 — un-, not yet · 奈 — Nara, what? | 22 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 枝未奈 | えみな | 枝 — bough, branch · 未 — un-, not yet · 奈 — Nara, what? | 21 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 江巳奈 | えみな | 江 — creek, inlet · 巳 — sign of the snake or serpent, 9-11AM · 奈 — Nara, what? | 17 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 江巳菜 | えみな | 江 — creek, inlet · 巳 — sign of the snake or serpent, 9-11AM · 菜 — vegetable, side dish | 20 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 江美奈 | えみな | 江 — creek, inlet · 美 — beauty, beautiful · 奈 — Nara, what? | 23 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 笑南 | えみな | 笑 — laugh · 南 — south | 19 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 笑和 | えみな | 笑 — laugh · 和 — harmony, Japanese style | 18 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 笑奈 | えみな | 笑 — laugh · 奈 — Nara, what? | 18 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
The comparison table shows the first 16 distinct written forms; the detailed cards above show up to 80 spelling/reading records.
What does Emina mean?
There is not necessarily one fixed English meaning. The reading identifies the spoken name; different written forms can use different kanji. Character glosses describe individual kanji and should not be treated as proof of the intention behind a particular person’s name.
More names beginning with えみ
Related by the opening kana of the dictionary reading. This is a deterministic browsing relationship, not a claim that the names share the same meaning.
Emiko
156 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · female · limited referenceEmi
150 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · female · limited referenceEmiri
107 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · female · limited referenceEmika
89 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · female · limited referenceEmiru
32 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · female · limited referenceEmī
18 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · female · limited referenceEmio
14 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · female · limited referenceEmiho
12 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · female · limited referenceEmima
8 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · female · limited referenceEmiyo
8 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · female · limited referenceEmisa
7 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · female · limited referenceEmiha
6 recorded spellings
Explore →What each source establishes
JMnedict establishes recorded written forms, readings and name classifications; where safely associated, this page can also show JMnedict-supplied trans_det source text without treating it as a whole-name meaning. KANJIDIC2 supplies character readings, nanori, stroke counts, grade classes and English character glosses. The Ministry of Justice remains the official reference for Japanese child-name character rules. The Agency for Cultural Affairs romanization guidance is the reference for generated Latin-script reading aids.
The spelling-frequency and structural counts on this page are calculated from imported JMnedict records. They are corpus counts, not population-frequency claims. KANJIDIC2 supplies the kanji metadata used in character and stroke comparisons.
Review sources →