325 Japanese Girl Names With Meanings

As with many other cultures, Japanese girl names have lovely meanings that reflect the positive traits, flowers, and beauty. In the past two decades, names with suffixes, -mi (beautiful), -ka (fragrance) and -ko (child) have taken the top lists. For example, a name like Haru means spring, and adding a ‘ko’ will make it Haruko, which means the child of spring.

Two-syllable names that were popular before the 1980s are in trend again. There are also short names such as Mei, Rei, Aoi and Rio that are popular but have no meaning. Parents could assign any meaning they like by adding suffixes to the names. These are considered modern names free from any association with people of the past. Currently, there is a trend of blending old Japanese names with fashionable suffixes.

Below is our unique collection of the most charming names, both popular from previous times, and recent years, with meanings.