Japanese Boy Names

The names

• Daiki

• Daisuke

• Fuji

  Japanese

  "dweller near the river where wisteria grows"

  To honor the majestic mountain.

  

• Genkei

• Goro

• Habiki

• Hachirou

• Haru

• Haruki

  Japanese

  "spring tree"

  Japanese writer Haruki Murakami, well known in the U. S. , might inspire some namesakes. Haruki is a popular Japanese name meaning spring tree or bright tree, a lovely nature meaning combined with…

  

• Haruto

• Hayate

• Hayato

• Hideaki

• Hideki

  Japanese

  "bright tree"

  As well as Japanese physicist Hideki Yukawa, two Yankees ballplayers, Hideki Irabu and Hideki Matsui, made this name familiar to Americans.

  

• Hideyoshi

• Hikaru

  Japanese

  "light or radiance"

  A unisex Japanese name with a beautiful and radiant meaning, it is notably borne by chess prodigy Hikaru Nakamura, and is a central character in the manga series The Summer Hikaru Died .

  

• Hiro

  Japanese

  "broad, widespread"

  Hiro is an apt name for a hero of the show Heroes -- and for our times. Widely used in Japan, sometimes also for girls. Hiroshi is a long form.

  

• Hiroto

  Japanese

  "great flying"

  A very popular Japanese boys' name whose characters refer to the constellation Ursa Major. Short form Hiro might work better in the West, as may another popular Japanese boys' name, Ren.

  

• Hiroyoshi

• Hotaka