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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kada | F | Kadiri | G | Kadonomaro | B |
| Kaede | G | Kafu | B | Kagabu | F |
| Kagawa | F | Kagehisa | B | Kagetoki | B |
| Kageyasu | B | Kahaya | F | Kahori | G |
| Kaibara | F | Kaii | B | Kaima | F |
| Kaito | B | Kajahara | F | Kajitani | F |
| Kajiwara | F | Kajiyama | F | Kakinomoto | F |
| Kakuei | B | Kakutama | F | Kakuzo | B |
| Kamachi | F | Kamata | F | Kamatari | B |
| Kamei | F | Kameko | G | Kaminaga | F |
| Kamio | F | Kamioka | F | Kamisaka | F |
| Kamo | F | Kamon | F | Kan | B |
| Kanada | F | Kanagaki | F | Kanbe | B |
| Kanegai | F | Kanegawa | F | Kaneie | B |
| Kaneko | GF | Kanesaka | F | Kanezane | B |
| Kanjiro | B | Kanko | B | Kano | F |
| Kansuke | B | Kantaro | B | Kanzaburo | B |
| Kaori | G | Kaoru | B | Kaorukasuga | G |
| Karamorita | F | Karube | F | Karubo | F |
| Kasahara | F | Kasai | F | Kasamatsu | F |
| Kasaya | F | Kase | F | Kashiwagi | F |
| Kasuse | F | Kata | B | Katai | B |
| Kataoka | F | Katayama | F | Katayanagi | F |
| Kate | F | Kato | F | Katoaka | F |
| Katsu | F | Katsue | G | Katsuhiko | B |
| Katsuhito | B | Katsukawa | F | Katsuko | G |
| Katsumata | F | Katsumi | BGF | Katsumoto | B |
| Katsunan | B | Katsunosuki | B | Katsura | F |
| Katsushika | F | Katsuyoshi | B | Katsuyuki | B |
| Katzumi | B | Kawabata | F | Kawachi | F |
| Kawagichi | F | Kawagishi | F | Kawaguchi | F |
| Kawai | F | Kawaii | F | Kawakami | F |
| Kawamata | F | Kawamura | F | Kawanari | B |
| Kawasaki | F | Kawasawa | F | Kawashima | F |
| Kawasie | F | Kawatake | F | Kawate | F |
| Kawayama | F | Kawazu | F | Kayoko | G |
| Kaz | B | Kaza | F | Kazu | B |
| Kazue | G | Kazuhiko | B | Kazuhiro | B |
| Kazuki | B | Kazuko | G | Kazuma | B |
| Kazumi | G | Kazunari | B | Kazunori | B |
| Kazuo | B | Kazushi | B | Kazushige | B |
| Kazutoshi | B | Kazuyoshi | B | Kazuyuki | B |
| Kei | B | Keiji | B | Keiki | B |
| Keiko | G | Keishi | B | Keisuke | B |
| Keita | B | Keitaro | B | Keizo | B |
| Ken | B | Kenichi | B | Kenji | B |
| Kenjiro | B | Kenkichi | B | Kenko | B |
| Kenkyusha | F | Kenmotsu | F | Kensaku | B |
| Kenshin | B | Kentaro | F | Kentaro? | B |
| Kenzaburo | B | Kenzan | B | Kenzo | B |
| Ki | F | Kichi | G | Kichibei | B |
| Kichisaburo | B | Kido | F | Kiemon | B |
| Kihara | F | Kiichi | B | Kijimuta | F |
| Kijmuta | F | Kijuro | B | Kikaku | B |
| Kikkawa | F | Kiko | G | Kikuchi | F |
| Kikugawa | F | Kikugoro | B | Kikui | F |
| Kikunojo | B | Kikutake | F | Kimi | B |
| Kimiaki | B | Kimie | G | Kimiko | G |
| Kiminobu | B | Kimio | F | Kimitada | B |
| Kimiyama | F | Kimura | F | Kin | G |
| Kinashita | F | Kingo | B | Kinji | B |
| Kinmochi | B | Kinnojo | B | Kinnosuke | B |
| Kinoshita | F | Kinugasa | F | Kinuko | G |
| Kinuye | G | Kinuyo | G | Kinzo | B |
| Kioko | G | Kira | F | Kisa | G |
| Kishi | F | Kisho | B | Kiski | F |
| Kit | G | Kita | F | Kitabatake | F |
| Kitagawa | F | Kitahachi | B | Kitamura | F |
| Kitano | F | Kitao | F | Kitoaji | F |
| Kiyo | G | Kiyoemon | B | Kiyohira | B |
| Kiyohisa | B | Kiyoko | G | Kiyomasu | B |
| Kiyomi | G | Kiyomitsu | B | Kiyomori | B |
| Kiyonaga | B | Kiyonobu | B | Kiyonori | B |
| Kiyoshi | B | Kiyotaka | B | Ko | F |
| Koan | B | Kobayashi | F | Kobi | F |
| Kobo | B | Kochiyo | G | Kodama | F |
| Koetsu | B | Koga | F | Kogara | F |
| Kogo | F | Koguchi | F | Kohei | B |
| Koi | G | Koichi | B | Koichiro | B |
| Koin | B | Koiso | F | Koizumi | F |
| Koji | B | Kojima | F | Kojiro | B |
| Kojuro | B | Kokei | B | Koken | G |
| Koki | B | Kokushi | B | Komachi | G |
| Komagata | F | Komatsu | F | Komatsuzaki | F |
| Komine | F | Komiya | F | Komon | F |
| Kon | F | Konae | F | Konda | F |
| Kondo | F | Konishi | F | Kono | F |
| Konoe | F | Konosuke | B | Konoye | B |
| Konyo | B | Korechika | B | Korekiyo | B |
| Korenaga | B | Korin | B | Koruba | F |
| Koryusai | B | Kosaku | B | Kosami | B |
| Koshin | F | Koshiro | B | Kosho | B |
| Kosuke | B | Kotara | F | Kotaro | B |
| Koto | B | Kotoku | F | Koyama | F |
| Koyanagi | F | Koyo | B | Kozu | F |
| Kozue | B | Kubota | F | Kudara | F |
| Kudo | F | Kuemon | B | Kuga | F |
| Kuma | B | Kumagae | F | Kumanosuke | B |
| Kumasaka | F | Kumi | G | Kumiko | G |
| Kumitaka | B | Kunda | F | Kuniaki | B |
| Kunie | G | Kunihiko | B | Kunikida | F |
| Kuniko | G | Kunimatsu | BF | Kunimichi | B |
| Kunio | B | Kunisada | BF | Kunitaro | B |
| Kuniyoshi | B | Kuniyuki | B | Kuno | F |
| Kunomasu | F | Kuramochi | F | Kuramoto | F |
| Kurata | F | Kurataro | B | Kurkawa | F |
| Kurmochi | F | Kuroda | F | Kurofuji | F |
| Kurogane | F | Kurohiko | F | Kuroki | F |
| Kurosawa | F | Kusatsu | F | Kusonoki | F |
| Kusunoki | F | Kuwabara | F | Kwakami | F |
| Kyoden | B | Kyoichi | B | Kyoji | B |
| Kyoko | G | Kyoshi | B | Kyubei | F |
| Kyuichi | B | Kyushichi | B | Kyuso | B |
| Kyuwa | B |
(^.^)/~Thank you for your contributions: JJ, kam, moti, kai, Susumu Zenyoji, Trench...