Anime Girl Names
- Yuyu
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JapaneseMeaning:
"gentle friend; dream friend"Description:
Cute and nicknamey girl name with a great meaning to boot.
- Mikasa
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JapaneseMeaning:
"three bamboo hats"Description:
Mikasa references Mount Mikasa, a mountain in Japan with three peaks, thought to look like bamboo hats. The Mikasa battleship was named after the mountain.
- Kiyomi
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JapaneseMeaning:
"sacred and beautiful; clean and beautiful"Description:
Kiyomi is a Japanese name that means 'sacred and beautiful' or 'clean and beautiful.' It refers to a variety of citrus fruit and is gaining popularity for baby girls in the U.S., with just under 200 girls receiving the name in 2022. Kiyomi combines a meaningful and elegant definition with a unique cultural reference, making it a distinctive choice for parents.
- Winry
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Japanese modern name, variation of WinifredMeaning:
"friend of peace; blessed peacemaking"Description:
The name of a character from Hiromu Arakawa’s Fullmetal Alchemist manga and anime series. She is a strong-willed teenage mechanic, who has consistently been ranked among the best female characters in anime.
- Kaede
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JapaneseMeaning:
"maple tree"Description:
No - not a creative spelling of Katy. This name, which can be used for boys or girls, means maple tree. Kaede is unusual in Japan although it has been gaining more popularity after it has been used for several anime and manga characters.
- Megumi
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JapaneseMeaning:
"blessing"Description:
An Asian name not widely known in the West.
- Lita
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Diminutive of Roselita, Lolita, Carmelita, etcDescription:
Vivacious but lightweight.
- Momo
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JapaneseMeaning:
"peach"Description:
Sweet Japanese choice.
- Keiko
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JapaneseMeaning:
"happy child"Description:
Japanese classic with optimistic meaning.
- Kyoka
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JapaneseMeaning:
"mirror; fragrant flower"Description:
Kyōka Izumi was a 19th-century surrealist author. He was a man, but a female character in the anime series Bungo Stray Dogs was named after him in full.
- Hanabi
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JapaneseMeaning:
"fireworks"Description:
Hanabi is the Japanese word for fireworks and is rarely given as a name to babies. The most famous Hanabi is Koko the Gorilla — "birth" name Hanabi-ko, or "fireworks child." Koko, known for her use of "Gorilla Sign Language," was born at the San Francisco Zoo on the 4th of July, hence the meaning of her name.
- Aoi
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JapaneseMeaning:
"bluish"Description:
A very popular girls' name in Japan with an unfortunate English pronunciation: picture a toddler with a hurt knee saying "owee."
- Trista
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Feminine variation of TristanMeaning:
"noise or sorrowful"Description:
This female form of Tristan was featured on the reality-television show The Bachelorette, and has been rocketing up the charts as a new millennium Trisha.
- Ami
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Japanese, Sanskrit, or variation of AmyMeaning:
"second beauty; second ocean; second truth; nectar; beloved"Description:
A multicultural unisex choice that peaked for girls at the same time as Amy. Ami is also the French word for "friend."
- Aimi
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JapaneseMeaning:
"beautiful love"Description:
Despite being etymologically unrelated, Aimi has a similar meaning to the name Amy, "beloved."
- Maki
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JapaneseMeaning:
"true"Description:
Popular name in Japan in its own right, but also as a nickname for Miyako or Makiko.
- Lillie
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Spelling variation of Lily/ LilianDescription:
A variation of Lileas and Lilian.
- Umeko
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JapaneseMeaning:
"plum-blossom child, patient"Description:
Unfamiliar Asian choice that can work for a parent in search of something really different.
- Sumire
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JapaneseMeaning:
"violet flower"Description:
The Japanese equivalent of Violet, common among Millennial and Gen Z Japanese women.
- Reiko
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JapaneseMeaning:
"pretty child"Description:
Dainty and doll-like.