OriginGAIA14's Personal Name List

Takahiro
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 貴大, 孝浩, etc.(Japanese Kanji) たかひろ(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: TA-KA-KHEE-RO
From Japanese 貴 (taka) meaning "valuable" or 孝 (taka) meaning "filial piety" combined with 大 (hiro) meaning "big, great" or 浩 (hiro) meaning "prosperous". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Shikamaru
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Japanese (Rare), Popular Culture
Other Scripts: 鹿丸(Japanese Kanji) しかまる(Japanese Hiragana) シカマル(Japanese Katakana)
Pronounced: SHKAH-MAH-ṘUU(Japanese) SHEE-KAH-MAH-ṘUU(Japanese)
This name is used as 鹿丸 with 鹿 (roku, shika, ka) meaning "deer" and 丸 (gan, maru, maru.i, maru.meru) meaning "curl up, explain away, full, make round, month, perfection, pills, roll up, round, seduce."

One fictional bearer of this name is Shikamaru Nara (奈良 シカマル), a character from the popular manga and anime series Naruto.

This name is very rarely given to boys, if given at all.

Sasuke
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Japanese, Popular Culture
Other Scripts: 佐介, 佐助, 佐輔, 佐祐, 佐亮(Japanese Kanji) さすけ(Japanese Hiragana) サスケ(Japanese Katakana)
Pronounced: SAH-SKE(Japanese)
From Japanese 佐 (sa) "assistant, help" combined with 介 (suke) "concern oneself with, jammed in, mediate, shellfish", 助 (suke) "assistant, help, rescue", 輔 (suke) "help", 祐 (suke) "help" or 亮 (suke) "clear, help".

Fictional bearers of this name include Sasuke Sarutobi (猿飛 佐助), a ninja who appears in narrative art and fictional writings, and Sasuke Uchiha (うちは サスケ) from 'Naruto'.

Sakura
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 桜, 咲良, etc.(Japanese Kanji) さくら(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: SA-KOO-RA
From Japanese 桜 (sakura) meaning "cherry blossom", though it is often written using the hiragana writing system. It can also come from 咲 (saku) meaning "blossom" and 良 (ra) meaning "good, virtuous, respectable" as well as other kanji combinations.
Sachiko
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 幸子, etc.(Japanese Kanji) さちこ(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: SA-CHEE-KO
From Japanese 幸 (sachi) meaning "happiness, good luck" and 子 (ko) meaning "child". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Neji
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Popular Culture
Other Scripts: ねじ(Japanese Hiragana) ネジ(Japanese Katakana)
Pronounced: NE-JEE(Japanese)
This is the name of a character in the popular manga and anime series Naruto. In his case, the name may come from the word (written as 捩子, 捻子, 螺子 or 螺旋) meaning "screw," which can be referred to his Eight Trigrams Palms Revolving Heaven.

Though it's not given as a first name, Neji is being used as a surname.

Neil
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Irish, Scottish, English
Pronounced: NEEL(English)
From the Irish name Niall, which is of disputed origin, possibly connected to the old Celtic root *nītu- "fury, passion" or the (possibly related) Old Irish word nia "hero" [1][2]. A derivation from Old Irish nél "cloud" has also been suggested. This was the name of a few early Irish kings, notably Niall of the Nine Hostages, a semi-legendary high king of the 4th or 5th century.

In the early Middle Ages the name was adopted by Norse raiders and settlers in Ireland in the form Njáll. The Norse transmitted it to England and Scotland, as well as bringing it back to Scandinavia. It was also in use among the Normans, who were of Scandinavian origin. A famous bearer of this name was American astronaut Neil Armstrong (1930-2012), the first person to walk on the moon.

Natsumi
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 夏美, 菜摘, etc.(Japanese Kanji) なつみ(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: NA-TSOO-MEE
From Japanese 夏 (natsu) meaning "summer" and 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful". It can also come from 菜 (na) meaning "vegetables, greens" and 摘 (tsumi) meaning "pick, pluck". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Naruto
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Japanese, Popular Culture
Other Scripts: 鳴門(Japanese Kanji) なると(Japanese Hiragana) ナルト(Japanese Katakana)
Could mean "roaring gate" from Old Japanese 鳴 (naru) meaning “to ring; to roar; to sound” combined with 門 (to) meaning “gate, door”. This name is used to describe both a narrow between Awaji Island and Shikoku in Japan and the strong whirlpools that occur there.

A fictional bearer is Naruto (ナルト) Uzumaki (うずまき), the main character of the manga and anime franchise 'Naruto'. In this case the name could be inspired by narutomaki (鳴門巻き), a cured fish surimi often used to cook ramen.

Misaki
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 美咲, etc.(Japanese Kanji) みさき(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: MEE-SA-KYEE
From Japanese 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful" and 咲 (saki) meaning "blossom". This name can be formed from other combinations of kanji as well.
Kazuki
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 一輝, 一樹, 和希, 和樹, etc.(Japanese Kanji) かずき(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: KA-ZOO-KYEE
From Japanese 一 (kazu) meaning "one" or 和 (kazu) meaning "harmony, peace" combined with 輝 (ki) meaning "brightness", 希 (ki) meaning "hope" or 樹 (ki) meaning "tree", as well as other combinations of kanji characters.
Ino
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Ancient Greek, Greek Mythology
Other Scripts: Ινώ(Ancient Greek)
Pronounced: EE-NO(Classical Greek) IE-NO(Classical Greek) EE-no(Greek Mythology) IE-no(Greek Mythology)
In Greek mythology, she was the second wife of Athamas, a Theban maenad who raised her dead sister Semele's son Dionysos and who was apotheosized into the sea goddess Leucothea.
Aiko
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 愛子, etc.(Japanese Kanji) あいこ(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: A-EE-KO
From Japanese 愛 (ai) meaning "love, affection" and 子 (ko) meaning "child", as well as other character combinations.
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