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East Asian Baby Names
41 names with meanings: 24 girl names and 17 boy names.
These names come from Japanese, Chinese and Vietnamese. Many are chosen for their meaning, for example nature, virtues or hopes for a child's future, and the meaning can depend on the written characters.
In Japanese and Chinese the same sound can be written with different characters that give different meanings, so check the characters as well as the sound.
Origins and meanings are traditional claims and can vary by source.
East Asian Girl Names
24 girl names. Here are the first 10.
- 1.AikoJapaneseMeaning: Beloved child
- 2.AkiraJapaneseMeaning: Bright, clear
- 3.EmiJapaneseMeaning: Blessed beauty
- 4.HanaJapaneseMeaning: Flower
- 5.HoshiJapaneseMeaning: Star
- 6.JunChineseMeaning: Truth
- 7.KaoriJapaneseMeaning: Fragrance
- 8.LianChineseMeaning: Graceful willow
- 9.MegumiJapaneseMeaning: Blessing
- 10.MeiChineseMeaning: Beautiful
East Asian Boy Names
17 boy names. Here are the first 10.
- 1.ChanChineseMeaning: Lotus
- 2.IchiroJapaneseMeaning: First son
- 3.KenjiJapaneseMeaning: Second son
- 4.KenzoJapaneseMeaning: Strong and healthy
- 5.KojiJapaneseMeaning: Happiness
- 6.LongChineseMeaning: Dragon
- 7.MinhVietnameseMeaning: Bright
- 8.NaokiJapaneseMeaning: Honest tree
- 9.RaidenJapaneseMeaning: Thunder god
- 10.RaydenJapaneseMeaning: Thunder god