Anime Names

Lovely Japanese choice that would translate well cross-culturally.

Common botanical choice in Japan.

A more unusual romaji spelling of Choko.

Gem names are having their moment — metal names could feasibly be next.

Repetitive Japanese name with a flittering meaning.

Naruto character with an appropriate name meaning — Deidara was known for his clay sculptures, and his name means "mud."

Japanese word for "scarecrow" that is used as a name in Howl's Moving Castle and Naruto.

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.

Boruto is not a given name in Japan, but it was used for Naruto's son in the Naruto franchise. The name is based off of the Japanese pronunciation of the English word "bolt."

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

Famously the name of Izuku Midoriya, the protagonist of the popular anime series My Hero Academia. It is not a common name among Japanese boys.

Northeastern Japanese surname, also spelled Okazaki.

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

Appropriately used for anime antagonists, not human babies.

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.

Notably used for characters in Spirited Away and Naruto.

Common Japanese male name notably borne by Hideaki Anno, an animator, actor, and director.

This Japanese name is more often seen on girls in Japan, yet you may be familiar with it as a male name thanks to the anime series Naruto.

White-haired hero of the manga and anime series Bleach.