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. |
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 for applying 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!
B...Boy's Name (Given name/first name for male)
G...Girl's Name (Given name/first name for female)
F...Family Name (Last name)
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Note: Bold indicates 'commonly used for'.
*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.
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| Name | B/G/F | Name | B/G/F | Name | B/G/F | | Tabito | B | Tabuchi | F | Tadahisa | B | | Tadako | G | Tadakuni | B | Tadamasa | B | | Tadamichi | B | Tadao | B | Tadashi | B | | Tadasu | B | Tadasuke | B | Tadataka | B | | Tadayoshi | B | Tadayuki | B | Tadeshi | F | | Tadiyuki | B | Tae | G | Tagawa | F | | Taguchi | F | Taheiji | B | Tai | G | | Taikan | B | Taira | F | Taisho | B | | Taisuke | B | Taka | F | Takaaki | B | | Takabe | F | Takafumi | B | Takagaki | F | | Takagawa | F | Takagi | F | Takahama | F | | Takahashi | F | Takahiro | B | Takakazu | B | | Takako | G | Takamasa | B | Takamori | B | | Takamuku | B | Takamura | F | Takanibu | B | | Takano | F | Takanobu | B | Takanori | B | | Takao | B | Takaoka | F | Takara | F | | Takarabe | F | Takashi | B | Takashita | F | | Takasu | F | Takasugi | F | Takauji | B | | Takayama | F | Takayuki | B | Takechi | B | | Takeda | F | Takehide | B | Takei | F | | Takeichi | B | Takeji | B | Takejiro | B | | Takekawa | F | Takemago | F | Takemitsu | F | | Takemura | F | Takenao | B | Takenouchi | F | | Takeo | B | Takeru | B | Takeshi | B | | Takeshita | F | Takesi | B | Taketomo | F | | Takeuchi | F | Takewaki | F | Taki | B | | Takiji | B | Takimoto | F | Takishida | F | | Takizawa | F | Taku | F | Takuboku | B | | Takudo | F | Takudome | F | Takuji | B | | Takuma | B | Takuro | B | Takuya | B | | Tama | G | Tamafune | G | Tamaki | G F | | Tamami | G | Tamasaburo | B | Tamazaki | F | | Tameyoshi | B | Tamiko | G | Tamiyo | G | | Tamotsu | B | Tamura | F | Tamuramaro | B | | Tamuro | F | Tanaka | F | Tange | F | | Tango | B | Tani | F | Taniguchi | F | | Taniko | G | Tanizaki | F | Tankoshitsu | F | | Tanosuke | B | Tansho | F | Tanuma | F | | Tanyu | B | Tanzan | B | Tara | G | | Taro | B | Taroemon | B | Tarozaemon | B | | Tarumi | F | Tashiaki | B | Tashiro | B | | Tasuku | B | Tatenaka | F | Tatsui | B | | Tatsukichi | B | Tatsuko | F | Tatsuno | F | | Tatsuya | B | Tatsuzo | B | Tawaraya | F | | Tayama | F | Taysuke | B | Teika | B | | Teinosuke | B | Tekkan | B | Temko | F | | Tenshin | B F | Terada | F | Terajima | F | | Terakado | F | Terao | B | Terauchi | F | | Teriuihi | B | Terumoto | B | Teruo | B | | Teruyo | G | Teshigahara | F | Teshima | F | | Tessai | B | Tetsu | B | Tetsuhiko | B | | Tetsui | B | Tetsunori | B | Tetsuo | B | | Tetsuya | B | Tetsuyuki | B | Tetsuzan | B | | Thoki | B | Tobei | B | Tochikura | F | | Togai | B | Togo | F | Tohaku | B | | Toichi | B | Toin | B | Tojo | F | | Toju | B | Tokaji | B F | Toki | B | | Tokichiro | B | Tokie | G | Tokiko | G | | Tokimasa | B | Tokimune | B | Tokiyo | G | | Toku | G | Tokuda | F | Tokudome | F | | Tokugawa | B | Tokuhei | B | Tokuma | B | | Tokuoka | F | Tokutomi | B | Tomi | G | | Tomiichi | B | Tomiji | B | Tomika | F | | Tomiko | G | Tomimoto | F | Tomioka | F | | Tommii | F | Tomoaki | B | Tomoe | G | | Tomohiko | B | Tomokazu | B | Tomoko | G | | Tomomi | B G | Tomonaga | F | Tomori | F | | Tomoyuki | B | Ton | B | Tono | F | | Torajiro | B | Torazo | B | Torii | F | | Torisei | F | Toru | B | Toshiaki | B | | Toshie | G | Toshiharu | B | Toshikasu | B | | Toshikazu | B | Toshiki | B | Toshiko | G | | Toshikuni | B | Toshimichi | B | Toshinobu | B | | Toshio | B | Toshiro | B | Toshishai | F | | Toshitala? | F | Toshitsugu | B | Toshiyuki | B | | Toshusai | F | Toson | B | Totoya | B | | Toyama | F | Toyoaki | B | Toyoda | F | | Toyoharu | B | Toyokazu | B | Toyoko | G | | Toyokuni | B | Toyonobu | B | Toyoshige | B | | Toyoshima | F | Toyota | F | Toyotomi | F | | Toyozo | B | Tsubouchi | F | Tsucgimoto | F | | Tsuchie | F | Tsuda | F | Tsugahara | B | | Tsugiharu | B | Tsuginori | B | Tsugumichi | B | | Tsuji | F | Tsujimoto | F | Tsujimura | F | | Tsukada | F | Tsukade | F | Tsukahara | F | | Tsukamoto | F | Tsukasa | B | Tsukatani | F | | Tsukawaki | F | Tsukehara | F | Tsuki | G | | Tsukioka | F | Tsukiyama | G | Tsumemasa | B | | Tsumura | F | Tsunayoshi | B | Tsuneari | B | | Tsuneo | B | Tsunesaburo | B | Tsuneyo | B | | Tsunoda | F | Tsuramatsu | B | Tsurayaki | B | | Tsurayuki | B | Tsurimi | F | Tsuruga | F | | Tsuruki | B | Tsuruya | F | Tsushima | F | | Tsutaya | F | Tsutomu | B | Tsuya | G | | Tsuyoshi | B | | | | |
(^.^)/~Thank you for your contributions: JJ, kam, moti, kai, Susumu Zenyoji, Trench...
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