Beautiful Japanese girl names
By C.C.
Updated Mon May 22 2023
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Beautiful, elegant Japanese names with inspirational meanings for little ladies. Not only include the well-known Japanese names like Sakura(cherry blossom), Yuki(Snow), Nozomi(Hope) or Sayaka(Bright), but also include unfamiliar names such as Yotsuba(Clover leaves), Manami(Sea of love), Shiho(Poem sail), Natsuki(Summer tree), and so on.
- Akane
Origin:
JapaneseMeaning:
"deep red"Description:
A popular choice right now in Japan, where it recently ranked in the Top 10.
- Akemi
Origin:
JapaneseMeaning:
"bright beauty"
- Aki
Origin:
Japanese; FinnishMeaning:
"born in the autumn; ancestor"Description:
Aki is a simple international name from two wildly divergent cultures.
- Anna
Origin:
Variation of Hannah, HebrewMeaning:
"grace"Description:
Anna has become the dominant form of the Ann family, offering a touch of the international to English speakers and a bit more style than the oversimplified Ann or Anne.
- Anzu
Origin:
JapaneseMeaning:
"apricot"Description:
A representative Japanese name with a meaning symbolizing ripeness.
- Aoi
Origin:
JapaneseMeaning:
"bluish"Description:
A very popular girls' name in Japan with an unfortunate English pronunciation: picture a toddler with a hurt knee saying "owee."
- Asa
Origin:
Hebrew, Japanese, or ScandinavianMeaning:
"healer; morning; of the gods"Description:
A male Biblical name meaning healer, Asa is also an international gem. In Japanese, it means "(born in the) morning". And in Scandinavia, where it's generally spelled Åsa or Ása and pronounced O-sa, it's a popular diminutive form of Old Norse names beginning with the element áss "god".
- Aya
Origin:
Japanese, Hebrew, ArabicMeaning:
"colorful, bird, sign"Description:
Aya, barely more than a breath, is an international favorite, with origins in several languages and cultures. Popular throughout Europe, It debuted on the US Top 1000 in 2012.
- Ayane
Origin:
JapaneseMeaning:
"color and design; sound"
- Ayumi
Origin:
JapaneseMeaning:
"walking beauty; sweetfish"
- Ayaka
- Chiaki
Origin:
JapaneseMeaning:
"one thousand autumns"Description:
Maybe if you really love Autumn.
- Chiharu
Origin:
JapaneseMeaning:
"one thousand springs"
- Chihiro
Origin:
JapaneseMeaning:
"thousand questions"Description:
A popular Japanese name used for the young heroine of the animated film, "Spirited Away."
- Chihaya
- Eri
Origin:
JapaneseMeaning:
"loving reason; blessing + reason; hometown blessing; picture + pear"Description:
Short and sweet Eri is a common female name in Japan that could cross cultures quite easily.
- Erika
Origin:
Spelling variation of EricaDescription:
This is a more spunky and Nordic looking variant of Erica, but the k also makes the connection to the beautiful flower less apparent.
- Haruka
Origin:
JapaneseMeaning:
"distant; spring flower"Description:
An extremely common Japanese name, especially among women.
- Hikari
Origin:
JapaneseMeaning:
"light"Description:
Light, bright unisex name. Hikari is more popular for girls in Japan these days.
- Himawari
Origin:
Japanese word nameMeaning:
"sunflower"Description:
Himawari is the Japanese word for sunflower and modern word name. The most famous bearer is Himawari Akaho, a silver-medal-winning basketball player from Japan. Himawari is more frequently used as a character name, as in Himawari Uzumaki from Naruto and the anime series Himawari!