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Opening reading family

Japanese names beginning with So (そ)

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

160 name readingsCurrent page contains 1,153 recorded spelling links across 48 readings.

Given name · male

Sōnosuke

118 recorded spellings

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Sōichirō

99 recorded spellings

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Sōtarō

69 recorded spellings

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Sōjirō

62 recorded spellings

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Sora

58 recorded spellings

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Sōji

53 recorded spellings

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Soyoka

48 recorded spellings

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Sōko

35 recorded spellings

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Sōsuke

35 recorded spellings

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Sonoka

33 recorded spellings

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Sōsaburō

29 recorded spellings

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Sōichi

28 recorded spellings

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Sōshi

25 recorded spellings

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Soyoko

24 recorded spellings

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Sonomi

22 recorded spellings

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Sonoko

21 recorded spellings

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Sona

20 recorded spellings

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Sōka

20 recorded spellings

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Sonoe

19 recorded spellings

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Sō

19 recorded spellings

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Sōhei

19 recorded spellings

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Sono

15 recorded spellings

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Sōkichi

15 recorded spellings

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Sōkō

14 recorded spellings

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Somegorō

13 recorded spellings

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Sōta

13 recorded spellings

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Sōzō

13 recorded spellings

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Sorami

12 recorded spellings

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Sōen

12 recorded spellings

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Sōgo

12 recorded spellings

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Sōsei

12 recorded spellings

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Sōya

12 recorded spellings

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Sonia

11 recorded spellings

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Sōra

11 recorded spellings

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Sōshin

11 recorded spellings

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Sōzaburō

11 recorded spellings

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Sokō

10 recorded spellings

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Sōjin

10 recorded spellings

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Sōki

10 recorded spellings

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Soyo

10 recorded spellings

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Sonata

9 recorded spellings

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Sōhiko

9 recorded spellings

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Sōmi

9 recorded spellings

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Sōroku

9 recorded spellings

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Sōshū

9 recorded spellings

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Soū

9 recorded spellings

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Soara

8 recorded spellings

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Sōho

8 recorded spellings

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