Anime Names

Common choice for anime characters.

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

Toge is a character afflicted with curse speech in the Jujustu Kaisen anime series.

Unisex Japanese name used primarily for girls.

Repetitive Japanese name with a flittering meaning.

Common name in Japan primarily associated with Hitomi (Furuya), a mononymous Japanese singer.

Accessible and attractive name from the Naruto series. The meaning "screw" refers to a metal screw.

Borne by various anime villains thanks to its dark meaning.

Sasuke Uchiha is a popular character from Naruto, a ninja rival of the titular character.

Temari is the name of an ancient Japanese toy — embroidered balls that were used to play games and eventually became a symbol of loyal friendship. Temari is not a given name in Japan, but it was used in the Naruto series for a female character.

Jinbe, also called Jinbei or Jimbei is a whale-like character in the anime series One Piece. His name comes from the word jinbei-zame, "whale-shark."

Featured in several anime series, including Black Clover and To Love-Ru.

Noriko is most common among Gen X Japanese women, making it a dated choice in Japan.

Shikamaru Nara is one of the most popular characters from Naruto, although this has not translated to any American or many Japanese babies being given the name.

Setsuna was derived from a Buddhist term meaning "split second," originally the Sanskrit word ksana. It is more popular among fictional characters than real babies.

Tsuyu is the Japanese word for the plum rain, or the East Asian rainy season. It was adopted as a name for a character in the anime series My Hero Academia.

Common Japanese male name in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Chibi is Japanese slang for someone or something small (and typically cute). It is not used as a given name in the real world, however, a number of anime characters are named Chibi.

Ayako is a very common feminine name in Japan, where it is the name of Princess Ayako of Takamado (now Ayako Moriya), formerly of the Imperial House of Japan.

Featured in several anime series.