If you’re looking for Japanese names, this Japanese name generator is built to be a starting point! Each name is computer-generated and we encourage you to do further research on naming traditions and meanings for your exact region. Generate from 1 to 1000 random names with surnames.

Best Japanese Name Generator

Name Generator - 1,000,000 Name Possibilities

With the increase in population, finding a good unique name is getting more difficult these days. To solve this problem, we created this name generator that generates thousands of Japanese names with just one click.

The Japanese name generator creates random Japanese first and last names. The generator can generate both male and female names.

The Japanese surname is used before the first name. Middle names are not generally used in Japan.

How to Use Random Japanese Name Generator?

To start, first choose gender MALE, FEMALE or BOTH and simply click on the button to generate random names. If Don't like the name? Simply click again to get a new random name.

Key Features of Japanese name generator:

Gender selection: Male, Female

Character setting selection: Capitalize, Lowercase, Uppercase

Format selection: Text, Jason, XML

Output selection: Display or Download

Quantity range slider: 1 to 1000

Did You Know? Japanese Name Facts

Members of The Imperial Family of Japan have only a first name and no surname.

In Japanese names, family name(surname) is placed before a given name.

Japanese names are written in kanji. Kanji are Chinese characters with Japanese pronunciation. Kanji name could be pronounced in many different ways, yet be spelled the same. It can be hard to know how to pronounce a certain name.

Japanese surnames are extremely varied, more than 100000 different surnames are in use today.

While family names(surnames) follow relatively consistent rules, given names are much more diverse in character usage and pronunciation. While many common Japanese names can be easily pronounced or spelled, many parents choose names with unusual pronunciations or characters and such names cannot be pronounced or spelled unless both pronunciation and the spelling are given.

Gender Use of Japanese Names

Male names mostly end in "ro" like in Kunihiro while female names mostly end in "ko" meaning child or "mi" that stands for beautiful like Masaomi.

Japanese Names in English

In modern-day, Japanese people use family name after the given name in English or other western languages.

Japanese people started adopting western naming order in European languages as part of proving to the world that Japan was a developed country rather than an undeveloped country.

Japanese Names in Chinese

In Chinese language, Japanese names are pronounced according to the Chinese pronunciation of the characters. A Japanese person wouldn’t understand their name when it is spoken in Chinese.