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Pages in category "Japanese masculine given names" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 1,426 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Male: Origin; Word/name: Japanese: Meaning: Different meanings depending on the kanji used: Other names; Alternative spelling: Yukio (Kunrei-shiki) Yukio (Nihon-shiki)
The name consists of two kanji, 幽 (yū), meaning "faint" or "dim" and 霊 (rei), meaning "soul" or "spirit". Alternative names include Bōrei ( 亡霊 ) , meaning ruined or departed spirit, Shiryō ( 死霊 ) , meaning dead spirit, or the more encompassing Yōkai ( 妖怪 ) or Obake ( お化け ) .
7. Yamamoto. This means "one who lives at the foot of the mountains." 8. Nakamura. Means "person from middle village." 9. Kobayashi. Means "small forest."
For soon-to-be parents, choosing a Japanese boy name for your new arrival can be the perfect opportunity to honor your culture and help your son connect to it. 130 Japanese baby names for boys ...
Male names occasionally end with the syllable -ko as in Mako, but very rarely using the kanji 子 (most often, if a male name ends in -ko, it ends in -hiko, using the kanji 彦 meaning "boy"). Common male name endings are -shi and -o; names ending with -shi are often adjectives, e.g., Atsushi, which might mean, for example, "(to be) faithful."
Officially, among Japanese names there are 291,129 different Japanese surnames (姓, sei), [1] as determined by their kanji, although many of these are pronounced and romanized similarly. Conversely, some surnames written the same in kanji may also be pronounced differently. [2]
Male: Origin; Word/name: Japanese: Meaning: Different depending on the kanji: ... Kenichi Abe (阿部 健市, born 1923, death date unknown), Japanese World War II ...