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Opening reading family

Japanese names beginning with I (い)

Source-recorded given-name readings whose indexed romanization begins with I. Contracted kana variants are grouped with the same base reading family where appropriate.

318 name readingsCurrent page contains 3,034 recorded spelling links across 48 readings.

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Ikue

200 recorded spellings

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Ikumi

187 recorded spellings

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Izumi

156 recorded spellings

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Isako

121 recorded spellings

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Ikuyo

116 recorded spellings

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Isami

104 recorded spellings

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Itsumi

97 recorded spellings

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Ikuno

94 recorded spellings

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Isao

91 recorded spellings

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Ikuko

89 recorded spellings

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Isae

82 recorded spellings

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Itsue

82 recorded spellings

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Ibuki

79 recorded spellings

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Itsuki

73 recorded spellings

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Isayo

70 recorded spellings

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Iori

66 recorded spellings

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Itsuko

64 recorded spellings

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Imako

58 recorded spellings

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Ichika

57 recorded spellings

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Isa

56 recorded spellings

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Itsuka

56 recorded spellings

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Iyoko

56 recorded spellings

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Ichiko

54 recorded spellings

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Ikuo

53 recorded spellings

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Itoko

51 recorded spellings

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Io

50 recorded spellings

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Iyo

46 recorded spellings

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Inako

42 recorded spellings

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Ikiko

39 recorded spellings

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Iroha

39 recorded spellings

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Isaburō

39 recorded spellings

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Itsuo

39 recorded spellings

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Iwao

39 recorded spellings

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Inosuke

38 recorded spellings

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Itoe

38 recorded spellings

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Ichirō

37 recorded spellings

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Iku

37 recorded spellings

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Irina

36 recorded spellings

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Ito

36 recorded spellings

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Iho

35 recorded spellings

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Ikuka

32 recorded spellings

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Ihoko

30 recorded spellings

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Isamu

30 recorded spellings

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Iseko

30 recorded spellings

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Ibu

29 recorded spellings

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Isuzu

28 recorded spellings

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Itomi

28 recorded spellings

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Ikuna

25 recorded spellings

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