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Opening reading family

Japanese names beginning with Ku (く)

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

152 name readingsCurrent page contains 1,123 recorded spelling links across 48 readings.

Given name · female

Kumiko

111 recorded spellings

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Kumi

81 recorded spellings

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Kukiko

73 recorded spellings

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Kurumi

64 recorded spellings

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Kunio

61 recorded spellings

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Kurea

49 recorded spellings

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Kuniko

44 recorded spellings

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Kunie

37 recorded spellings

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Kunihiro

32 recorded spellings

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Kuriko

29 recorded spellings

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Kuniyoshi

26 recorded spellings

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Kurara

24 recorded spellings

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Kumika

23 recorded spellings

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Kuniaki

23 recorded spellings

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Kunika

22 recorded spellings

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Kuranosuke

22 recorded spellings

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Kureha

22 recorded spellings

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Kumie

20 recorded spellings

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Kunīchirō

18 recorded spellings

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Kuniyo

18 recorded spellings

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Kunihiko

17 recorded spellings

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Kunimi

17 recorded spellings

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Kurisu

17 recorded spellings

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Kusuo

15 recorded spellings

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Kuon

14 recorded spellings

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Kusumi

14 recorded spellings

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Kumao

13 recorded spellings

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Kunitarō

13 recorded spellings

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Kuniyuki

13 recorded spellings

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Kumiyo

12 recorded spellings

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Kuni

12 recorded spellings

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Kuninori

12 recorded spellings

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Kuniyasu

12 recorded spellings

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Kurena

12 recorded spellings

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Kuniharu

11 recorded spellings

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Kuria

11 recorded spellings

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Kumeko

10 recorded spellings

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Kunimasa

10 recorded spellings

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Kunisuke

10 recorded spellings

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Kunitoshi

10 recorded spellings

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Kuko

9 recorded spellings

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Kunihito

9 recorded spellings

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Kuniji

9 recorded spellings

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Kururi

9 recorded spellings

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Kuwako

9 recorded spellings

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Kunihisa

8 recorded spellings

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Kuniya

8 recorded spellings

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Kunizō

8 recorded spellings

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