Anime Girl Names

Sachiko was one of the first Japanese names familiar to Americans when it was used in the 1950s by actress Shirley Maclaine for her daughter, called the adorable short form Sachi. While Sachiko does not rank on the US Social Security baby names list, Sachi was given to 25 girls in the most recent year counted.

An extremely common Japanese name, especially among women.

Akari is a gender-neutral Japanese name used fairly evenly between the sexes in the US.

Kinoko Komori is a character in the anime series My Hero Academia. Appropriately, one of her primary interests is mushrooms.

Popular choice for female anime characters.

Historia originated as a Greek term and is the basis for the word "history" in many languages, including English and Spanish. It is used as a name for the character Historia Reiss in the anime series Attack on Titan.

Like many single-syllable R names right now, Raye is on the rise.

Strong Japanese unisex choice. Dragons are a symbol of power in Japan.

Kaguya-hime no Monogatari, "The Tale of Princess Kaguya," is a Japanese folk story, also called "The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter." In the story, a bamboo cutter finds a baby girl from the moon nestled in a glowing bamboo stalk. Her name is Kaguya, meaning "shining."

A highly unusual Dora name that may be a spin on the Japanese name Midori, meaning "green," or a combination of Mia "my" plus Dora "gift."

This Japanese color name is not bestowed upon baby girls, but it's been used for many fictional characters.

Ochako Uraraka — also written as Ochaco — is a character in the anime series My Hero Academia.

Sarada is the Japanese word for "salad," and thus, is not a given name in Japan. It was used for the Naruto character Sarada Uchiha. According to Tumblr user @ruineko, "When you say her full name, you get something that sounds like sarada-yu. Sarada-yu means cooking oil, oil is used to light a flame...she is the oil that will start the flame of the Uchiha."

Anabel is the sleekest version of this lovely name with so many variations, all of them correct. But Anabel and all her sisters -- Annabel, Annabelle, Anabella etc. -- took a downward turn after the 2014 horror film Annabelle.

As a feminine name, Konan has Japanese origins. It is the name of a villainous character in the Naruto franchise.

Pronunciation would not be obvious to Americans.

Typically seen as a Japanese surname, but used for a female antagonist in the anime series My Hero Academia.

Makoto is a unisex name in Japan, although many more men bear the name.

Common choice for anime characters.

The childhood name of the heroine of Memoirs of a Geisha is pretty and accessible. Chiyiko is a pet form.