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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hachiemon | B | Hachigoro | B | Hachiro | B |
| Haga | F | Hagino | F | Hagiwara | F |
| Hajime | B | Hama | GF | Hamacho | F |
| Hamada | F | Hamaguchi | F | Hamamoto | F |
| Hana | G | Hanabusa | F | Hanae | G |
| Hanako | G | Hanari | F | Handa | F |
| Hanshiro | B | Hara | F | Harada | F |
| Haranobu | B | Haru | B | Haruguchi | F |
| Haruhiko | B | Haruhiro | B | Haruki | B |
| Harukichi | G | Haruko | G | Harumi | G |
| Harunobu | B | Hasegawa | F | Hasekura | F |
| Hashimoto | F | Hasimoto | F | Hatakeda | F |
| Hatakeyama | F | Hatayama | F | Hatoyama | F |
| Hatsue | G | Hatsuyo | G | Hattori | F |
| Hayakawa | F | Hayami | F | Hayashi | F |
| Hayashida | F | Hayata | F | Hayato | B |
| Hayuata | F | Heihachiro | B | Heiji | B |
| Heikichi | B | Heizo | B | Hida | F |
| Hideaki | B | Hidehira | B | Hidekazu | B |
| Hideki | B | Hideko | G | Hidemichi | B |
| Hideo | B | Hidetada | B | Hidetora | B |
| Hidetoshi | B | Hidetsugu | B | Hideyori | B |
| Hideyoshi | B | Higashikuni | F | Higashiyama | F |
| Higo | F | Higoshi | F | Higuchi | F |
| Hikaru | BG | Hike | F | Hikosaburo | B |
| Hikozaemon | B | Hino | F | Hira | F |
| Hiraga | F | Hiraki | F | Hirano | F |
| Hiranuma | F | Hiraoka | F | Hirase | F |
| Hirasi | F | Hirata | F | Hiratasuka | F |
| Hirayama | F | Hiro | BGF | Hiroaki | B |
| Hirobumi | B | Hiroe | G | Hirofumi | B |
| Hiroharu | B | Hirohisa | B | Hiroji | B |
| Hirokazu | B | Hirokichi | B | Hiroko | G |
| Hirokumi | B | Hiromi | G | Hirose | F |
| Hiroshi | B | Hiroshige | B | Hirota | F |
| Hirotada | B | Hirotaka | B | Hirotsugu | B |
| Hiroya | B | Hiroyasu | B | Hiroyuki | B |
| Hisa | G | Hisae | G | Hisahsi | B |
| Hisaki | B | Hisako | G | Hisamatsu | F |
| Hisamitsu | B | Hisanobu | B | Hisashi | B |
| Hisato | B | Hisayuki | B | Hishida | F |
| Hishikawa | F | Hitomaro | B | Hitomi | GF |
| Hitomo | G | Hitoshi | B | Hiyama | F |
| Hogai | B | Hohki | F | Hoitsu | B |
| Hojo | F | Hokichi | B | Hokusai | B |
| Honami | G | Honda | F | Honzo | B |
| Hori | F | Horigome | F | Horigoshi | F |
| Horiuchi | F | Horri | F | Hoshi | F |
| Hoshie | G | Hoshiko | G | Hoshino | F |
| Hoshiyo | G | Hosokawa | F | Hosokaya | F |
| Hotate | F | Hotta | F | Hyata | F |
| Hyobanshi | F | Hyobe | B | Hyosuke | B |
| Hyotaru | B |
(^.^)/~Thank you for your contributions: JJ, kam, moti, kai, Susumu Zenyoji, Trench...