Japanese Name Gender Finder:
The Japanese name chart to find out if it is a boy's name or girl's name / given name or family name.
New Message: Site Renewal! It's been more than 20 years since I created this site in 2002! Thank YOU for using this Gender Finder for all those years. I hope the new design is better than before. (August 2023)
Finally, I have updated this page. It should be mobile friendly now. I kept the page as simple to use & fast to load as possible. Hope everyone doesn't mind the change. Thank you for using this page, everyone. (^.^) (7 Nov 2016)
After years of spending time in the English speaking countries, I still have a problem to figure out which gender some English names are for. I used a wrong title several times in the past. (e.g. Ms for a male manager when I sent my CV applying for a job...)
I created a chart to find the gender for English names for Japanese people, and many people found it useful. Then I thought some of you might have the same problem for Japanese names as we have for English names, so here is a chart for you - Japanese Name Gender Finder!!!
I hope it will be helpful...
Note: I made this list simply I thought it would be useful to know/guess the gender from names because we occasionally use Mr/Mrs/Ms/Miss and She/He in our writings/conversations. And for a non-native speaker, the uncertainty of a person's gender (= a fear of making mistakes/being rude) will lead hesitation in communicating with the person. Please understand that I have no intention of encouraging users to prejudge people by gender. Thank you!
Click the initial of the Japanese name!
G...Girl's Name (Given name/first name for female)
F...Family Name (Last name)
*Please be aware that there is no rule without exceptions! People use boys name for girls and girls name for boys quite often these days.
| Name | B/G/F | Name | B/G/F | Name | B/G/F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nagahama | F | Nagai | F | Nagano | F |
| Naganori | B | Nagasawa | F | Nagase | F |
| Nagata | F | Nagatsuka | F | Nagumo | F |
| Naho | G | Nahoko | G | Naito | F |
| Naizen | B | Nakada | F | Nakadai | F |
| Nakadan | F | Nakae | F | Nakagawa | F |
| Nakahara | F | Nakajima | F | Nakamaro | B |
| Nakamoto | F | Nakamura | F | Nakane | F |
| Nakanishi | F | Nakano | F | Nakanoi | F |
| Nakao | F | Nakasato | F | Nakasawa | F |
| Nakasone | F | Nakata | F | Nakatoni | F |
| Nakayama | F | Nakazawa | F | Nakazo | B |
| Namboku | B | Nami | G | Namie | G |
| Namika | G | Namiki | F | Namiko | G |
| Namiyo | G | Nampo | B | Nana | G |
| Nanako | G | Nanami | GF | Nao | G |
| Naoaki | B | Naofumi | B | Naohiro | B |
| Naoki | B | Naoko | G | Naomi | G |
| Naomichi | B | Naonobu | B | Naora | G |
| Naosuke | B | Naoya | B | Naozane | B |
| Narahashi | F | Narahiko | B | Narato | F |
| Nari | G | Nariaki | B | Nariakira | B |
| Narihari | B | Narihira | B | Nariko | G |
| Narita | F | Naruhiko | B | Narumi | G |
| Nataga | F | Natsu | B | Natsuko | G |
| Natsume | F | Natsumi | G | Natsuo | B |
| Nawabe | F | Nayoko | G | Nemoto | F |
| Nene | G | Nichiren | B | Niijima | F |
| Nijo | F | Ninomiya | F | Ninsei | B |
| Niou | B | Nishi | F | Nishihara | F |
| Nishikawa | F | Nishimoto | F | Nishimura | F |
| Nishimuraya | F | Nishio | F | Nishiwaki | F |
| Nissho | B | Nitta | F | Noboru | B |
| Nobuatsu | B | Nobuharu | B | Nobuhiko | B |
| Nobuhisa | B | Nobuhito | B | Nobukazu | B |
| Nobunaga | F | Nobuo | B | Noburo | B |
| Nobusuke | B | Nobuyoki | B | Nobuyori | B |
| Nobuyoshi | B | Noda | F | Nogi | F |
| Noguchi | F | Nogushi | F | Nomi | G |
| Nomura | F | Nonomura | F | Nori | BG |
| Noriaki | B | Norie | G | Norihide | B |
| Norihisa | B | Noriko | G | Norimatsu | F |
| Norinaga | B | Norio | B | Norishige | B |
| Noritada | B | Noritoshi | B | Noriyori | B |
| Noriyuki | B | Noro | F | Norogumi | B |
| Nosaka | F | Nose | F | Nozaki | F |
| Nozara | F | Nozomi | G | Numajiri | F |
| Numata | F | Nyoko | G |
(^.^)/~Thank you for your contributions: JJ, kam, moti, kai, Susumu Zenyoji, Trench...