Girl Names Lists · Names from the Arts and Pop Culture
By Sophie Kihm · Updated September 2026
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Japanese
"butterfly"
Repetitive Japanese name with a flittering meaning.
Variation of Choko, Japanese
"butterfly child"
A more unusual romaji spelling of Choko.
Spanish variation of Claudia, Latin
"lame"
Claudina — a traditional Spanish diminutive of Claudia — was a Top 500 name in Spain for the first half of the 20th century. It never caught on as a given name in the US. At its peak, Claudina was…
Invented name
"dragon"
The name Drasna was created for a Pokémon character. Her name was derived from the Latin botanical name dracaena , which in turn is from drakōn , the Greek word for "dragon." Fittingly, Drasna used…
"distant; spring flower"
An extremely common Japanese name, especially among women.
Japanese word name
"sunflower"
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…
"pupil of the eye; beautiful history; noble beauty"
Common name in Japan primarily associated with Hitomi (Furuya), a mononymous Japanese singer.
Japanese surname
"thorn"
Typically seen as a Japanese surname, but used for a female antagonist in the anime series My Hero Academia .
"educated child"
Common in Japan among older generations of women, rather than baby girls.
Greek; Japanese
"mythological name; wild boar"
Ino was one of the Queens of Thebes who, after her death, became an immortal. Ino raised her nephew, Dionysus (son of Semele and Zeus), provoking the wrath of Hera. In desperation Ino threw herself…
"most beautiful; best flower; best fruit"
Relatively unusual as a given name in Japan. The character Itsuka Kendo from My Hero Academia writes her name in kanji that give it the rough meaning of "most beautiful."
"shining"
Kaguya-hime no Monogatari , "The Tale of Princess Kaguya," is a Japanese folk story, also called "The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter." In the story, a bamboo cutter finds a baby girl from the moon nestled…
"fireball"
Kakyuu was adapted to a name for the character Princess Kakyuu of the Sailor Moon franchise. Kakyuu translates to "fireball," and is not a given name in Japan.
"gold; pleasure; close; average"
Kin was a popular girl name in Japan during the 18th and 19th centuries, after which it fell out of use.
"mushroom"
Kinoko Komori is a character in the anime series My Hero Academia . Appropriately, one of her primary interests is mushrooms.
"small south"
As a feminine name, Konan has Japanese origins. It is the name of a villainous character in the Naruto franchise.
"forever beautiful child"
Common Japanese name among Gen X women.
"crimson"
This Japanese color name is not bestowed upon baby girls, but it's been used for many fictional characters.
"mirror; fragrant flower"
Kyōka Izumi was a 19th-century surrealist author. He was a man, but a female character in the anime series Bungo Stray Dogs was named after him in full. Kyōka , meaning "wild" or "mad poetry," is a…
"incubator"
The name Kyubey was created for the primary villain of the anime series Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica . It was derived from the word "incubator," which relates to the character's lack of a personal soul…
