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Opening reading family

Japanese names beginning with Yu (ゆ)

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

325 name readingsCurrent page contains 5,957 recorded spelling links across 48 readings.

Given name · female

Yurina

652 recorded spellings

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Yukiko

265 recorded spellings

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Yūki

264 recorded spellings

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Yuki

263 recorded spellings

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Yuka

239 recorded spellings

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Yukari

223 recorded spellings

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Yūka

215 recorded spellings

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Yukie

206 recorded spellings

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Yui

169 recorded spellings

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Yurika

150 recorded spellings

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Yumi

146 recorded spellings

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Yumiko

145 recorded spellings

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Yukina

141 recorded spellings

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Yūko

138 recorded spellings

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Yukio

130 recorded spellings

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Yū

129 recorded spellings

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Yūji

128 recorded spellings

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Yurie

123 recorded spellings

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Yūri

119 recorded spellings

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Yukino

117 recorded spellings

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Yukako

113 recorded spellings

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Yūna

113 recorded spellings

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Yumika

108 recorded spellings

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Yuri

108 recorded spellings

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Yukimi

107 recorded spellings

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Yūmi

98 recorded spellings

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Yuria

92 recorded spellings

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Yuriko

90 recorded spellings

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Yuna

84 recorded spellings

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Yuma

78 recorded spellings

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Yume

74 recorded spellings

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Yūkō

70 recorded spellings

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Yuina

64 recorded spellings

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Yue

63 recorded spellings

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Yuiko

61 recorded spellings

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Yumie

61 recorded spellings

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Yūsuke

61 recorded spellings

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Yutaka

60 recorded spellings

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Yuzuki

60 recorded spellings

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Yuika

59 recorded spellings

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Yura

59 recorded spellings

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Yukiyo

51 recorded spellings

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Yūhi

50 recorded spellings

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Yūjirō

46 recorded spellings

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Yukana

42 recorded spellings

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Yukihiro

41 recorded spellings

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Yukiho

41 recorded spellings

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Yukinori

41 recorded spellings

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