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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saburo | B | Sachi | G | Sachiko | G |
| Sada | F | Sadaharu | B | Sadahige | B |
| Sadako | G | Sadakuno | B | Sadamitsu | B |
| Sadanobu | B | Sadao | B | Sadatake | B |
| Sadayoshi | B | Sae | G | Saeki | F |
| Saeko | G | Saemon | B | Saga | F |
| Saigo | F | Saikaku | B | Saiki | F |
| Saionji | F | Saito | F | Saitoh | F |
| Saizawa | F | Saji | F | Sakagami | F |
| Sakai | F | Sakakibara | F | Sakamae | G |
| Sakamoto | F | Sakanoue | F | Sakata | F |
| Saki | G | Sakiko | G | Sakiyurai | F |
| Sakoda | F | Sakubara | F | Sakue | G |
| Sakuko | G | Sakura | G | Sakuraba | F |
| Sakurai | F | Sakurako | G | Sakuro | G |
| Sakutaro | B | Sama | G | Samba | B |
| Sammiya | F | Sanako | G | Sanda | F |
| Saneatsu | B | Sanetomo | B | Sanjiro | B |
| Sanjo | F | Sanjuro | B | Sano | F |
| Sanraku | B | Santo | F | Sanzo | B |
| Saori | G | Saromi | F | Sarumara | F |
| Sasada | F | Sasakawa | F | Sasaki | F |
| Sassa | F | Sata | G | Satake | F |
| Sato | F | Satoh | F | Satoko | G |
| Satomi | G | Satoru | B | Satoshi | B |
| Satoya | F | Sawako | G | Sawamatsu | F |
| Sawamura | F | Sawao | B | Saya | G |
| Sayo | G | Sayoko | G | Sayuki | F |
| Sayuri | G | Segawa | F | Sei | G |
| Seibei | B | Seiesnsui | B | Seihachi | B |
| Seiho | B | Seiichi | B | Seiji | B |
| Seika | B | Seiki | B | Seiko | G |
| Seinosuke | B | Seiryo | B | Seishiro | B |
| Seishisai | B | Seison | B | Seitaro | B |
| Seka | G | Seki | G | Sekien | B |
| Sekigawa | F | Sekine | F | Sekozawa | F |
| Sen | GF | Senichi | B | Senmatsu | F |
| Senzo | B | Seo | F | Serizawa | F |
| Sessue | B | Setsuko | G | Settan | B |
| Sharaku | B | Shiba | F | Shibaguchi | F |
| Shibanuma | F | Shibasaki | F | Shibasawa | F |
| Shibata | F | Shibukji | F | Shichirobei | B |
| Shidehara | F | Shiga | F | Shigahara | F |
| Shiganori | F | Shige | G | Shigeaki | B |
| Shigekazu | B | Shigeki | B | Shigeko | B |
| Shigemasa | B | Shigematsu | B | Shigemitsu | F |
| Shigemori | B | Shigenaga | B | Shigenobu | B |
| Shigeru | B | Shigetaka | B | Shigetoki | B |
| Shigi | F | Shigochiyo | B | Shihei | B |
| Shihi | B | Shiho | G | Shiki | B |
| Shikitei | F | Shiko | B | Shikuk | F |
| Shima | F | Shimada | F | Shimakage | F |
| Shimamura | F | Shimanouchi | F | Shimaoka | F |
| Shimazaki | F | Shimazu | F | Shimedzu | F |
| Shimei | B | Shimizu | F | Shimohira | F |
| Shimpei | B | Shimura | F | Shingen | B |
| Shinichi | B | Shinji | B | Shinkichi | B |
| Shinko | F | Shino | B | Shinobu | BG |
| Shinozaki | F | Shinozuka | F | Shinrikiyaru | B |
| Shinsaku | B | Shinsui | B | Shintaro | B |
| Shinzo | B | Shiokawa | F | Shioko | G |
| Shiomi | F | Shionoya | F | Shiori | G |
| Shiotani | F | Shioya | F | Shirahata | F |
| Shirai | F | Shiraishi | F | Shirane | F |
| Shirasu | F | Shiratori | F | Shiro | B |
| Shirokawa | F | Shirosama | B | Shiroyama | F |
| Shiskikura | F | Shizu | G | Shizue | GF |
| Shizuka | G | Shizuma | F | Sho | B |
| Shobo | F | Shoda | F | Shogo | B |
| Shohei | B | Shoichi | B | Shoin | B |
| Shoji | B | Shojiro | B | Shoken | G |
| Shoko | BG | Shoraku | B | Shosuke | B |
| Shotaro | B | Shoyo | B | Shozaburo | B |
| Shozo | B | Shuichi | B | Shuji | B |
| Shukishi | B | Shuko | B | Shumei | B |
| Shumkichi | B | Shun | B | Shuncho | B |
| Shungen | B | Shungyosai | B | Shunichi | B |
| Shunji | B | Shunko | B | Shunmyo | B |
| Shunsen | F | Shunsho | B | Shunso | B |
| Shunsuke | B | Shusake | B | Shusaku | B |
| Shusui | B | Shuzo | B | Siagyo | F |
| Soetsu | B | Sofu | B | Soga | F |
| Soh | B | Sohda | F | Soho | F |
| Soichiro | B | Sojuro | B | Soma | F |
| Someya | F | Sone | F | Sonoda | F |
| Sorai | B | Sosa | B | Soseki | BF |
| Soshitsu | B | Soshu | B | Sosuke | B |
| Sotan | B | Sotaro | B | Sotatsu | B |
| Sotomura | F | Sozen | B | Sozui | B |
| Ssekien | B | Su? | G | Subaru | B |
| Suenami | F | Suezo | B | Sugai | F |
| Sugase | F | Sugawara | F | Sugihara | F |
| Sugimoto | B | Sugimura | F | Sugisata | F |
| Sugita | F | Sugitani | F | Sugiyama | F |
| Sui | G | Sukejuro | B | Sukenobu | B |
| Suketsune | B | Sukeyasu | B | Suko | G |
| Sumi | G | Sumie | G | Sumiko | G |
| Sumio | B | Sumiteru | B | Sumitimo | F |
| Sumitomo | B | Sunada | F | Susumu | B |
| Suzambo | F | Suzue | G | Suzuki | F |
| Suzuko | G |
(^.^)/~Thank you for your contributions: JJ, kam, moti, kai, Susumu Zenyoji, Trench...