Anime Girl Names

Hinata is a unisex Japanese name and surname but is primarily seen as a given name among women. It has many possible meanings, most of which have something to do with the sun.

Common name in Japan primarily associated with Hitomi (Furuya), a mononymous Japanese singer.

Seen as a name for this first time in the anime Sailor Moon.

Common Japanese choice with a covetable meaning.

Considered an old-fashioned choice in Japan.

Lovely Japanese choice that would translate well cross-culturally.

Common botanical choice in Japan.

A more unusual romaji spelling of Choko.

Repetitive Japanese name with a flittering meaning.

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.

Ochako Uraraka — also written as Ochaco — is a character in the anime series My Hero Academia.

Kin was a popular girl name in Japan during the 18th and 19th centuries, after which it fell out of use.

Featured in several anime series.

Sachiko was one of the first Japanese names familiar to Americans when it was used in the 1950s by actress Shirley Maclaine for her daughter, called the adorable short form Sachi. While Sachiko does not rank on the US Social Security baby names list, Sachi was given to 25 girls in the most recent year counted.

A highly unusual Dora name that may be a spin on the Japanese name Midori, meaning "green," or a combination of Mia "my" plus Dora "gift."

Chibiusa was created as a name for the Sailor Moon franchise. It's the nickname of Purinsesu Usagi Sumōru Redi Sereniti (Princess Usagi Small Lady Serenity). Usagi, which is also her mother's name, means "rabbit of the moon."

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 character name, as in Himawari Uzumaki from Naruto and the anime series Himawari!

Queen Nehelenia is a villain in the Sailor Moon anime franchise. Her name is likely a reference to both the mineral nepheline — as many Sailor Moon characters are named after minerals — and Nehalennia, a German or Celtic goddess.

Light, bright unisex name. Hikari is more popular for girls in Japan these days.

Tenten is not a given Japanese name, but it was used for a character in the Naruto franchise.