LegendaryMyth's Personal Name List

Aiko
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 愛子, etc.(Japanese Kanji) あいこ(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: A-EE-KO
Personal remark: From Japanese meaning "love, affection" and "child"
From Japanese (ai) meaning "love, affection" and (ko) meaning "child", as well as other character combinations.
Akihiko
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 明彦, 昭彦, etc.(Japanese Kanji) あきひこ(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: A-KYEE-KHEE-KO
Personal remark: From Japanese meaning "brighht" & "boy, prince"
Rating: 90% based on 1 vote
From Japanese (aki) or (aki) both meaning "bright" combined with (hiko) meaning "boy, prince". Other combinations of kanji characters can also form this name.
Atikah
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Arabic, Indonesian, Malay
Other Scripts: عاتكة(Arabic) اتيكه(Malay Jawi)
Pronounced: ‘A-tee-kah(Arabic)
Personal remark: Arabic alternate transcription of Atika as well as the Indonesian and Malay form meaning "clean, pure".
Arabic alternate transcription of Atika as well as the Indonesian and Malay form.
Chabi
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Medieval Mongolian
Personal remark: Medieval Mongolian. Empress Chabi (1225–1281) was a Khongirad empress consort.
Empress Chabi (1225–1281) was a Khongirad empress consort of the Yuan dynasty in China, married to Kublai Khan. As such, she was the wife to the Mongol Khagan who had conquered all of China in the 1270s.
Daigo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 大悟, 大吾, etc.(Japanese Kanji) だいご(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: DA-EE-GO
Personal remark: From Japanese meaning "great" combined with "enlightenment".
From Japanese (dai) meaning "big, great" combined with (go) meaning "enlightenment" or (go) meaning "I, me". Other kanji combinations can also form this name.
Eniko
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: えにこ(Japanese Hiragana) 栄仁子, etc.(Japanese Kanji)
Pronounced: E-NEE-KO
Personal remark: From Japanese meaning "flourish, prosperity, honor, glory, splendor",
Rating: 60% based on 2 votes
From Japanese 栄 (e) meaning "flourish, prosperity, honor, glory, splendor", 仁 (ni) meaning "humanity, virtue, benevolence, charity, man, kernel" combined with 子 (ko) meaning "child". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Hirari
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: ひらり(Japanese Hiragana) 桜舞, 蝶, 天空, 天舞, 日蘭莉, 妃蘭璃, 飛来里, 柊凜, 陽舞, etc.(Japanese Kanji)
Pronounced: HEE-ṘAH-ṘEE
Personal remark: From Japanese (hi) meaning "cherry blossom", (hirari) "butterfly", (hi) "heaven, sky", (hi) "empress", (hi) "to fly", (hira) "holly olive", and (ra) meaning "orchid" or (ri) meaning "white jasmine", a
Rating: 81% based on 7 votes
From Japanese 桜 (hi) meaning "cherry blossom", 蝶 (hirari) meaning "butterfly", 天 (hi) meaning "heaven, sky", 日 (hi) meaning "sun, day", 妃 (hi) meaning "empress", 飛 (hi) meaning "to fly", 柊 (hira) meaning "holly olive" or 陽 (hi) meaning "light, sun, male", 蘭 (ra) meaning "orchid" or 来 (ra) meaning "to come" combined with 莉 (ri) meaning "white jasmine", 璃 (ri) meaning "glassy" or 里 (ri) meaning "village", 舞 (rari) meaning "dance", 空 (rari) meaning "sky" or 凜 (ri) meaning "dignified, severe, cold". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Inori
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 祈り(Japanese kanji and Hiragana) いのり (Japanese Hiragana)
Personal remark: Means "prayer" in Japanese.
Rating: 83% based on 8 votes
Derived from the Japanese word 祈り (inori) meaning "prayer".

Other kanji combinations are also possible.

Iyo
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 以世, 伊世, 以夜, 以予, 伊余, 依世, 依予, 惟世, etc.(Japanese Kanji) イヨ(Japanese Katakana) ゐよ, いよ(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: EE-YO
Personal remark: From Japanese meaning "compared to the world.".
From Japanese 以 (i) meaning "compared to" combined with 世 (yo) meaning "world". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Izayo
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 十六夜, etc.(Japanese Kanji)
Pronounced: EE-ZAH-YO
Personal remark: From Japanese meaning "night, evening". Other kanji combinations are possible.
From Japanese 十 (i) meaning "ten", 六 (za) meaning "six" combined with 夜 (yo) meaning "night, evening". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Ji-Min
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Korean
Other Scripts: 지민(Korean Hangul) 志旼, 智敏, 志珉, etc.(Korean Hanja)
Pronounced: CHEE-MEEN
Personal remark: From Sino-Korean 志 (ji) meaning "will, purpose, ambition" or 智 (ji) meaning "wisdom, intellect" combined with 旼 (min) meaning "gentle", 敏 (min) meaning "clever" or 珉 (min) meaning "jade"
Rating: 40% based on 6 votes
From Sino-Korean (ji) meaning "will, purpose, ambition" or (ji) meaning "wisdom, intellect" combined with (min) meaning "gentle, affable", (min) meaning "quick, clever, sharp" or (min) meaning "jade, stone resembling jade". Other hanja character combinations are possible.
Jochi
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Medieval Mongolian
Other Scripts: Зүчи(Mongolian Cyrillic) ᠵᠥᠴᠢ(Traditional Mongolian)
Personal remark: Medieval Mongolian meaning "guest". This was the name of a son of Genghis Khan (c. 1182-1227)
From Mongolian зочин (zochin) meaning "guest". This was the name of a son of Mongol khagan Genghis Khan.
Kaguya
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Pronounced: Kag-U-yuh, KAH-GOO-YAH
Personal remark: From a Japanese tale. Meaning "radiant night", it is often used in anime and other popular culture.
Meaning "radiant night".The name originates from the japanese story "Tale of the bamboo cutter." Where a bamboo cutter finds a girl in a bamboo stalk and adopts her. When she grows up she is extremely beaustiful and five princes ask for her hand in marriage. She rejects them all and sends them out on impossible missions. The emperor also asks for her hand but she rejects him as well. In the end Kaguya is taken back to the moon were she was born as the princess of the moon.
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From a Japanese tale. It is often used in anime and other popular culture. Examples include, but are not limited to, Kaguya (InuYasha), and Kaguya (Touhou).
Kanako
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 加奈子, 香菜子, 香奈子, etc.(Japanese Kanji) かなこ(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: KA-NA-KO
Personal remark: From Japanese 加 (ka) meaning "increase" or 香 (ka) meaning "fragrance" combined with 奈 (na), a phonetic character, or 菜 (na) meaning "vegetables, greens" and finished with 子 (ko) meaning "chi
Rating: 80% based on 2 votes
From Japanese (ka) meaning "increase" or (ka) meaning "fragrance" combined with (na), a phonetic character, or (na) meaning "vegetables, greens" and finished with (ko) meaning "child". Other kanji combinations can form this name as well.
Ketut
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Balinese
Pronounced: kə-TUWT
Personal remark: Possibly from a Balinese word meaning "small banana". This name is traditionally given to the fourth child.
Rating: 57% based on 6 votes
Possibly from a Balinese word meaning "small banana". This name is traditionally given to the fourth child.
Khulan
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Mongolian
Other Scripts: Хулан(Mongolian Cyrillic)
Personal remark: Means "onager, wild donkey" in Mongolian. This was the name of a wife of Genghis Khan.
Rating: 67% based on 7 votes
Means "onager, wild donkey" in Mongolian. This was the name of a wife of Genghis Khan.
Masako
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 雅子, 正子, etc.(Japanese Kanji) まさこ(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: MA-SA-KO
Personal remark: From Japanese meaning "elegant, graceful"
From Japanese (masa) meaning "elegant, graceful" or (masa) meaning "right, proper" combined with (ko) meaning "child". Masako (1963-) is the current empress consort of Japan. This name can also be formed from other combinations of kanji.
Mei 2
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 芽依, 芽生, 芽衣, etc.(Japanese Kanji) めい(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: MEH-EE
Personal remark: From Japanese 芽 (me) meaning "bud, sprout" combined with 依 (i) meaning "rely on", and 生 (I) "life"
Rating: 95% based on 2 votes
From Japanese (me) meaning "bud, sprout" combined with (i) meaning "rely on", (i) meaning "life" or (i) meaning "clothing, garment". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Minae
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 美苗, etc.(Japanese Kanji)
Pronounced: MEE-NAH-E
Personal remark: From Japanese meaning "beautiful sprouts".
From Japanese 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful" combined with 苗 (nae) meaning "sprouts".

Famous bearers are Minae Mizumura, Japanese writer and literary critic and Minae Noji, Japanese-American actress.

Minye
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Chinese
Other Scripts: 敏烨(Chinese)
Personal remark: From the Chinese meaning "agile, nimble, clever" and "bright, glorious, firelight".
From the Chinese 敏 (mǐn) meaning "agile, nimble, quick, fast, clever" and 烨 (yè) meaning "bright, glorious, firelight".
Naoki
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 直樹, etc.(Japanese Kanji) なおき(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: NA-O-KYEE
Personal remark: From Japanese meaning "straight, direct" and "tree".
From Japanese (nao) meaning "straight, direct" and (ki) meaning "tree", as well as other combinations of different kanji with the same pronunciations.
Nga
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Vietnamese
Pronounced: NGA
Personal remark: Part of the word "Tố Nga" which means "beautiful girl" in Vietnamese
Rating: 50% based on 6 votes
From Sino-Vietnamese 娥 (nga) meaning "beautiful, good".
Nomoko
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 野茂子, 野萌子, etc.(Japanese Kanji)
Pronounced: NO-MO-KO
Personal remark: From Japanese 野 (no) meaning "area, field", 茂 (mo) meaning "overgrown; luxuriant, thickly growing, lush" or 萌 (mo) meaning "bud, sprout" combined with 子 (ko) meaning "child".
Rating: 68% based on 6 votes
From Japanese 野 (no) meaning "area, field", 茂 (mo) meaning "overgrown; luxuriant, thickly growing, lush" or 萌 (mo) meaning "bud, sprout" combined with 子 (ko) meaning "child". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Ögedei
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Medieval Mongolian
Other Scripts: Өгэдэй(Mongolian Cyrillic) ᠥᠭᠡᠳᠡᠢ, ᠣᠭᠡᠳᠡᠢ, ᠥᠭᠦᠳᠡᠢ(Traditional Mongolian)
Personal remark: Medieval Mongolian. This name was borne by Ögedei Khan (1186–1241).
Meaning unknown, possibly derived from Turkish ok "arrow" and tay "colt". This name was borne by Ögedei Khan (1186–1241), the second khagan of the Mongol Empire and a son of Genghis Khan.
Ouka
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 桜花, 桜華, 桜叶, etc.(Japanese Kanji)
Pronounced: O:-KAH
Personal remark: From Japanese meaning "cherry tree, cherry blossom"
Rating: 85% based on 2 votes
From Japanese 桜 (ou) meaning "cherry tree, cherry blossom" combined with 花 (ka) or 華 (ka) both meaning "flower, blossom" or 叶 (ka) meaning "fulfill, come true". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Phetmany
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Lao
Other Scripts: ເພັດມະນີ(Lao)
Pronounced: peht-ma-NEE
Personal remark: From Lao (phet) meaning "diamond" and (many) 'gem'
From Lao ເພັດ (phet) meaning "diamond" and ມະນີ (many) meaning "gem, jewel".
Sakurako
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 桜子, etc.(Japanese Kanji) さくらこ(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: SA-KOO-RA-KO
Personal remark: From Japanese meaning "cherry blossom child".
Rating: 90% based on 2 votes
From Japanese (sakura) meaning "cherry blossom" and (ko) meaning "child". Other kanji combinations are also possible.
Sen
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 亘, 仙, 千(Japanese Kanji) せん(Japanese Hiragana) セン(Japanese Katakana)
Pronounced: SEHN
Personal remark: This name was most commonly used in Japan, as a feminine name, from the Edo period (1602-1868) to the first half of the 20th century, but nowadays, it's very rarely given to girls, if at all.
Rating: 55% based on 2 votes
Derived from the Japanese kanji 亘 (sen) meaning "span; request" or 仙 (sen) referred to a sage, a hermit or an enlightened person or 千 (sen) meaning "thousand".

Other characters combinations are also possible.

Sen
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Vietnamese
Personal remark: Means "lotus flower" in Vietnamese.
Rating: 65% based on 2 votes
Means "lotus flower" in Vietnamese.
Shusheng
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Chinese
Other Scripts: 淑胜, 淑圣(Chinese)
Personal remark: From Chinese meaning "kind, victory, sacred". This was the posthumous name of Empress Gi (1340–1370)
From the Chinese 淑 (shū) meaning "kind and gentle" and 胜 (shèng) meaning "victory, excel" or 圣 (shèng) meaning "holy, sacred, sage".
Singye
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Bhutanese, Tibetan
Other Scripts: སེང་གེ(Dzongkha, Tibetan)
Personal remark: Means "lion" in Tibetan.
Means "lion" in Tibetan.
Song
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Chinese
Other Scripts: 嵩, 松, 颂, 宋(Chinese)
Personal remark: Derived from the Chinese characters of "highty; lofty (literarian term referred to a mountain)" or "pine tree", or meaning "to acclaim; hymn; ode".
Derived from the Chinese character 嵩 (sōng) meaning "highty; lofty (literarian term referred to a mountain)" or 松 (sōng) meaning "pine tree" or 颂 (sòng) meaning "to acclaim; hymn; ode". More often used as a surname is 宋 (sòng) that was the name of the Imperial Dynasty reigning in China in years 960-1279 AC.

Other characters combinations are also possible.

Sovanna
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Khmer
Other Scripts: សុវណ្ណា(Khmer)
Personal remark: Variant of Sovann, meaning "gold" in Khmer, ultimately from Sanskrit 'suvarna', Sanskrit word meaning "good colour, bright, gold"
Variant of Sovann.
Suiko
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Personal remark: Means "water fox" or "water child" in Japanese. This is also the name of the first ruling empress in Japan.
Means "water fox" or "water child" in Japanese. This is also the name of the first ruling empress in Japan. She was the wife of emperor Bidatsu.
Sương
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Vietnamese
Pronounced: SWUNG, SHWUNG
Personal remark: From Sino-Vietnamese 霜 (sương) meaning "frost, dew".
Rating: 85% based on 2 votes
From Sino-Vietnamese 霜 (sương) meaning "frost, dew".
Temür
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Medieval Turkic
Personal remark: Old Turkic and Mongol name meaning "iron".
Old Turkic form of Timur.
Tolui
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Mongolian (Rare)
Other Scripts: Тулуй, Толуй(Mongolian Cyrillic) ᠲᠤᠯᠤᠢ(Traditional Mongolian)
Pronounced: tuw-zhuw-ee, to-ZHUY-eh
Personal remark: Tolui (c. 1191–1232) was the youngest son of Genghis Khan
Derived from Mongolian толь (toli) meaning "mirror".
Tomoe
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Pronounced: TO-MO-E
Personal remark: Means "earth" or "death" in Japanese.
Rating: 64% based on 7 votes
Means "earth" or "death" in Japanese.
Tsubaki
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 椿, etc.(Japanese Kanji) つばき(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: TSOO-BA-KYEE
Personal remark: From Japanese 椿 (tsubaki) meaning "camellia flower".
Rating: 59% based on 7 votes
From Japanese 椿 (tsubaki) meaning "camellia (flower)", as well as other combinations of kanji that are pronounced the same way.
Xinling
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Chinese
Other Scripts: 馨铃, 欣铃, 欣泠, 心聆, 心凌(Chinese)
Personal remark: From the Chinese meaning "pure, virtuous", "heart, mind, soul", "fragrant", and "delighted".
From the Chinese 馨 (xīn) meaning "fragrant, aromatic, distant fragrance", 欣 (xīn) meaning "happy, joyous, delighted" or 心 (xīn) meaning "heart, mind, soul" and 铃 (líng) meaning "bell", 泠 (líng) meaning "nice and cool", 聆 (líng) meaning "hear, listen" or 凌 (líng) meaning "pure, virtuous".
Yu
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Chinese
Other Scripts: 玉, 愉, 雨, 宇, 裕, etc.(Chinese)
Pronounced: UY
Personal remark: From Chinese 玉 (yù) meaning "jade, precious stone, gem", 愉 (yú) meaning "pleasant, delightful" or 雨 (yǔ) meaning "rain". Other characters can form this name as well.
Rating: 58% based on 6 votes
From Chinese () meaning "jade, precious stone, gem", () meaning "pleasant, delightful" or () meaning "rain". Other characters can form this name as well.
Yulan
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Chinese
Other Scripts: 玉兰, 雨兰, etc.(Chinese)
Pronounced: UY-LAHN
Personal remark: From Chinese meaning "precious stone" or "rain", combined with a character meaning "orchid, elegant".
From Chinese 玉 () meaning "jade, precious stone, gem" or 雨 () meaning "rain" combined with 兰 (lán) meaning "orchid, elegant". Other character combinations can form this name as well.
Yūto
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 優斗, 悠斗, 悠人, 悠翔, 優翔, 柚翔, 祐翔, 勇人, etc.(Japanese Kanji) ゆうと(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: YOO-TO
Personal remark: From Japanese (yū) meaning "excellence, superiority, gentleness" and (to) "person"
Rating: 90% based on 2 votes
From Japanese () meaning "excellence, superiority, gentleness" or () meaning "permanence" combined with (to), which refers to a Chinese constellation, (to) meaning "person" or (to) meaning "soar, fly". Other kanji combinations are possible.
Yuu
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 優, 悠, 勇, etc.(Japanese Kanji) ゆう(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: YOO
Personal remark: From Japanese 優 (yuu) meaning "excellence, superiority, gentleness", 悠 (yuu) meaning "distant, leisurely", 勇 (yuu) meaning "brave", or other kanji which are pronounced the same way.
Rating: 55% based on 8 votes
Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji or or (see ).
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