Anime Names

Common Japanese name most notably connected to Shigeo Shingō, Japanese industrial engineer and expert on the Toyota Production System.

Boruto is not a given name in Japan, but it was used for Naruto's son in the Naruto franchise. The name is based off of the Japanese pronunciation of the English word "bolt."

Many emotional, virtuous word names are coming back into style, but Happy feels unlikely to be revived. This could be because it doesn't have a solid history of being popularly used (in comparison to Joy) and because it's such a familiarly used word in day to day life (unlike Valor).

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

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

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

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

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

Repetitive Japanese name with a flittering meaning.

Borne by various anime villains thanks to its dark 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.

Unisex Japanese name used primarily for girls.

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."

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

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.

This charming Japanese name, with two meanings every little boy would love to have, was briefly in the Canadian Top 100 in the early 20th Century. There are many famous bearers of the name, such as architect Isamu Noguchi and physicist Isamu Akasaki.

Lovely Japanese choice that would translate well cross-culturally.

Although he goes by the alias Pain in Naruto, Nagato's name actually means "long-lasting gate." It is speculated that his name comes from famed 16th-century ninja Fujibayashi Nagato.

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.