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Opening reading family

Japanese names beginning with U (う)

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

127 name readingsCurrent page contains 1,003 recorded spelling links across 48 readings.

Given name · female

Ukie

103 recorded spellings

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Usaburō

66 recorded spellings

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Umie

64 recorded spellings

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Umiko

61 recorded spellings

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Umi

53 recorded spellings

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Ukiko

49 recorded spellings

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Unosuke

48 recorded spellings

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Utarō

45 recorded spellings

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Utako

38 recorded spellings

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Urara

36 recorded spellings

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Ui

35 recorded spellings

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Utayo

27 recorded spellings

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Uran

19 recorded spellings

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Uta

18 recorded spellings

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Ukichirō

16 recorded spellings

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Umeko

16 recorded spellings

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Uika

14 recorded spellings

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Utaka

14 recorded spellings

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Uiko

13 recorded spellings

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Ukyō

13 recorded spellings

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Usako

13 recorded spellings

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Uichi

12 recorded spellings

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Uno

12 recorded spellings

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Urumi

12 recorded spellings

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Usa

12 recorded spellings

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Utae

12 recorded spellings

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Ukō

11 recorded spellings

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Usagi

11 recorded spellings

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Ushio

11 recorded spellings

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Una

10 recorded spellings

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Uneko

10 recorded spellings

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Uruha

10 recorded spellings

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Utami

9 recorded spellings

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Uzuki

9 recorded spellings

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Uki

8 recorded spellings

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Ume

8 recorded spellings

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Utai

8 recorded spellings

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Uichirō

7 recorded spellings

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Uina

7 recorded spellings

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Ujō

7 recorded spellings

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Uka

7 recorded spellings

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Umejirō

7 recorded spellings

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Umeo

7 recorded spellings

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Unpei

7 recorded spellings

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Ura

7 recorded spellings

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Usami

7 recorded spellings

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Usei

7 recorded spellings

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Utano

7 recorded spellings

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