Behind the Name: lillybeth's Personal Name List

Haruki

Gender: Masculine

Usage: Japanese

Other Scripts: 晴輝, 陽生, 春樹, etc.(Japanese Kanji) はるき(Japanese Hiragana)

Pronounced: HA-ROO-KYEE

Rating: 56% based on 11 votes

From Japanese 晴 (haru) meaning "clear weather" or 陽 (haru) meaning "light, sun, male" combined with 輝 (ki) meaning "brightness" or 生 (ki) meaning "living". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Kaguya

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Literature

Other Scripts: 赫映(Japanese Kanji) かぐや(Japanese Hiragana)

Pronounced: KA-GOO-YA(Japanese)

Rating: 54% based on 10 votes

Means "bright, shining" in Japanese. It is spelled with the kanji 赫 (kagaya) meaning "bright" and 映 (ya) meaning "reflect". The name originates from the old Japanese folktale The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter, about a bamboo cutter who finds a tiny baby in a bamboo stalk and names her Kaguya-hime "shining princess". When she grows up she rejects all proposals for marriage (including that from the Emperor) and eventually returns to her true home on the moon.

Many characters from Japanese anime and other popular culture bear this name, after her.

Manami

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Japanese

Other Scripts: 愛美, 愛海, etc.(Japanese Kanji) まなみ(Japanese Hiragana)

Pronounced: MA-NA-MEE

Rating: 62% based on 11 votes

From Japanese 愛 (mana) meaning "love, affection" combined with 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful" or 海 (mi) meaning "sea, ocean". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Mei 2

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Japanese

Other Scripts: 芽依, 芽生, 芽衣, etc.(Japanese Kanji) めい(Japanese Hiragana)

Pronounced: MEH-EE

Rating: 69% based on 10 votes

From Japanese 芽 (me) meaning "bud, sprout" combined with 依 (i) meaning "rely on", 生 (i) meaning "life" or 衣 (i) meaning "clothing, garment". Other kanji combinations are possible.

Yuuki

Gender: Masculine & Feminine

Usage: Japanese

Other Scripts: 優希, 悠希, 優輝, 悠生, etc.(Japanese Kanji) ゆうき(Japanese Hiragana)

Pronounced: YOO-KYEE

Rating: 68% based on 9 votes

Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 優希 or 悠希 or 優輝 or 悠生 (see Yūki).

Yuuna

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Japanese

Other Scripts: 優菜, 優奈, 柚菜, etc.(Japanese Kanji) ゆうな(Japanese Hiragana)

Pronounced: YOO-NA

Rating: 69% based on 10 votes

Alternate transcription of Japanese Kanji 優菜 or 優奈 or 柚菜 (see Yūna).