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Opening reading family

Japanese names beginning with Yo (よ)

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

230 name readingsCurrent page contains 4,209 recorded spelling links across 48 readings.

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Yoshio

287 recorded spellings

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Yoshimi

277 recorded spellings

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Yoshie

274 recorded spellings

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Yoshihiro

239 recorded spellings

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Yoshinori

232 recorded spellings

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Yoshiko

206 recorded spellings

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Yoshiaki

193 recorded spellings

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Yoshiyuki

145 recorded spellings

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Yoshitaka

132 recorded spellings

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Yoshinobu

129 recorded spellings

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Yoshiki

116 recorded spellings

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Yoshikazu

110 recorded spellings

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Yōko

98 recorded spellings

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Yoriko

92 recorded spellings

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Yoshimasa

92 recorded spellings

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Yoshika

89 recorded spellings

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Yoshiharu

76 recorded spellings

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Yoshihiko

74 recorded spellings

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Yoshihisa

73 recorded spellings

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Yoshiji

64 recorded spellings

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Yoshirō

64 recorded spellings

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Yoshino

62 recorded spellings

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Yōsuke

59 recorded spellings

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Yoshiteru

56 recorded spellings

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Yoshitsugu

56 recorded spellings

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Yoshifumi

52 recorded spellings

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Yoshihito

52 recorded spellings

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Yoshihide

51 recorded spellings

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Yoshimitsu

47 recorded spellings

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Yoshisuke

47 recorded spellings

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Yoshitomo

47 recorded spellings

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Yoshiyasu

47 recorded spellings

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Yoshikuni

45 recorded spellings

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Yoshiya

45 recorded spellings

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Yoshinari

43 recorded spellings

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Yoshi

39 recorded spellings

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Yōji

39 recorded spellings

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Yoshimichi

38 recorded spellings

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Yoshitada

35 recorded spellings

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Yoshito

35 recorded spellings

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Yorie

34 recorded spellings

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Yoshijirō

34 recorded spellings

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Yō

34 recorded spellings

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Yoshizō

33 recorded spellings

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Yoshinao

30 recorded spellings

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Yoshitoshi

30 recorded spellings

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Yoshikatsu

29 recorded spellings

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Yoshiho

28 recorded spellings

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