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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ibi | F | Ibu | F | Ibuka | F |
| Ichi | G | Ichibei | B | Ichigawa | F |
| Ichihara | F | Ichikawa | F | Ichimonji | F |
| Ichiro | B | Ichisada | F | Ichisake | B |
| Ichiyo | B | Ichiyusai | F | Ichizo | B |
| Idane | F | Iemitsu | B | Iemochi | BF |
| Ienari | F | Ienobu | B | Iesada | B |
| Ieshige | B | Ietsuna | B | Ieyasu | BF |
| Ieyoshi | B | Igarashi | F | Ihara | F |
| Ii | F | Iida | F | Iijima | F |
| Iitaka | F | Ijichi | F | Ijiri | F |
| Ikeda | F | Ikemoto | B | Ikina | F |
| Ikki | B | Ikku | B | Ikoma | F |
| Iku | G | Ikue | G | Ikuko | G |
| Ikuyo | G | Imagawa | F | Imaizumi | F |
| Imamura | F | Imoo | F | Ina | F |
| Inaba | F | Inao | F | Inejiro | B |
| Inihara | F | Ino | F | Inoguchi | F |
| Inokuma | F | Inoue | F | Inouye | F |
| Inukai | F | Ippei | B | Ippitsusai | F |
| Irie | F | Iriye | F | Isako | G |
| Isamu | B | Isao | B | Isayama | F |
| Ise | GF | Isei | B | Iseki | F |
| Iseya | F | Ishibashi | F | Ishida | F |
| Ishiguro | F | Ishihara | F | Ishikawa | F |
| Ishimaru | F | Ishimura | F | Ishinomori | F |
| Ishiyama | F | Isobe | F | Isoda | F |
| Isoruko | B | Isoshi | B | Isozaki | F |
| Itagaki | F | Itami | F | Ito | F |
| Itoh | F | Itsuko | G | Iwahara | F |
| Iwahashi | F | Iwakura | F | Iwane | B |
| Iwao | B | Iwasa | F | Iwasaki | F |
| Izo | B | Izumi | BGF | Izumo | B |
(^.^)/~Thank you for your contributions: JJ, kam, moti, kai, Susumu Zenyoji, Trench...