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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yachi | B | Yae | G | Yaeko | G |
| Yahei | B | Yaichiro | B | Yajirobei | B |
| Yakamochi | B | Yakumo | B | Yakuta | F |
| Yamabe | F | Yamada | F | Yamagata | F |
| Yamaguchi | F | Yamaguchiya | F | Yamaha | F |
| Yamahata | F | Yamakage | F | Yamakawa | F |
| Yamakazi | F | Yamamoto | F | Yamamura | F |
| Yamana | F | Yamanaka | F | Yamanouchi | F |
| Yamanoue | F | Yamaoka | F | Yamashita | F |
| Yamato | BF | Yamawaki | F | Yamazaki | F |
| Yamhata | F | Yamura | F | Yanagawa | F |
| Yanagi | F | Yanagimoto | F | Yanagita | F |
| Yano | F | Yasotaro | B | Yasu | G |
| Yasuda | F | Yasuhide | B | Yasuhiko | B |
| Yasuhiro | BF | Yasui | F | Yasujiro | B |
| Yasukawa | F | Yasukazu | B | Yasuko | G |
| Yasunari | B | Yasunobu | B | Yasuo | B |
| Yasuoka | B | Yasushi | B | Yasutake | F |
| Yasutoki | B | Yasuyuki | B | Yataro | B |
| Yatsuhiro | B | Yayoi | G | Yeijiro | B |
| Yo | B | Yodo | F | Yoemon | F |
| Yohachi | B | Yohei | B | Yoichi | B |
| Yoichibei | B | Yoko | G | Yokokawa | F |
| Yokoyama | F | Yonai | F | Yori | G |
| Yoriie | B | Yorikane | B | Yoriko | G |
| Yoringa | B | Yoritoki | B | Yoritomo | B |
| Yoriyoshi | B | Yoriyuki | B | Yosai | B |
| Yosano | F | Yoshi | BGF | Yoshiaga | B |
| Yoshiaki | B | Yoshida | F | Yoshifumi | B |
| Yoshifusa | B | Yoshihara | F | Yoshihide | B |
| Yoshihiro | B | Yoshihisa | B | Yoshihito | B |
| Yoshii | B | Yoshiiku | B | Yoshikawa | F |
| Yoshikazu | B | Yoshike | G | Yoshiki | B |
| Yoshiko | G | Yoshimasa | B | Yoshimatsu | BF |
| Yoshimi | B | Yoshimitsu | B | Yoshimochi | B |
| Yoshimune | B | Yoshinaka | B | Yoshinari | B |
| Yoshino | B | Yoshinobu | BF | Yoshinori | B |
| Yoshio | B | Yoshioka | F | Yoshisada | B |
| Yoshitaka | B | Yoshitake | B | Yoshiteru | B |
| Yoshitoki | B | Yoshitomi | F | Yoshitomo | B |
| Yoshitora | B | Yoshitoshi | B | Yoshitsune | B |
| Yoshiyuki | B | Yoshizaki | F | Yoshizawa | F |
| Yoson | B | Yosuke | B | Yozo | B |
| Yu | G | Yuasa | F | Yugoro | B |
| Yuhara | F | Yui | G | Yuichi | B |
| Yuifum | B | Yuji | B | Yujiro | B |
| Yuka | G | Yukako | G | Yukari | G |
| Yuki | BGF | Yukichi | B | Yukiko | G |
| Yukinaga | B | Yukio | B | Yukiyo | G |
| Yuko | G | Yuma | G | Yumako | G |
| Yumi | G | Yumiko | G | Yunokawa | F |
| Yunosuke | B | Yuri | G | Yuriko | G |
| Yushiro | B | Yusuke | B | Yutaka | B |
| Yutsuko | G | Yuya | G | Yuzuru | B |
(^.^)/~Thank you for your contributions: JJ, kam, moti, kai, Susumu Zenyoji, Trench...