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The same 馬鹿 "horse deer" characters that transcribe baka are also used for names in Chinese zoological nomenclature and Japanese mythology. In Chinese, mǎlù (馬鹿) refers to the red deer (Cervus elaphus), Japanese akashika 赤鹿. Mumashika is a rare alternate Japanese reading of 馬鹿 that names a yōkai demon with a horse's head and ...
Pages in category "Japanese feminine given names" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 553 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Yuri Ebihara (友里, born 1979), Japanese model and actress; Yuri Ichii (由理, born 1972), Japanese singer and rapper; Yuri Kanō (由理, born 1978), Japanese long-distance runner; Yuri Kasahara (由里), Japanese opera singer; Yuri Kochiyama (百合, 1921–2014), Japanese-American activist; Yuri Komura (born 1992), Japanese ice hockey player
Keiko Kitagawa (北川 景子), a Japanese model/actress; Keiko Kubota (窪田啓子), a Japanese singer and a member of the J-pop groups FictionJunction and Kalafina; Keiko Masuda (増田恵子), member of the J-pop duo Pink Lady; Keiko Matsui (松居慶子), a Japanese pianist and composer; Keiko Miura (三浦恵子), a Japanese field hockey ...
Akane (あかね, アカネ) is the Japanese word for 'deep red' (茜, Akane, Rubia cordifolia) and is associated with red [3] (from the red dye made from its roots) and brilliant red. [4] Akane (written in a variety of forms) is both a female Japanese given name , ranked #9 of names to give girls in Japan, [ 5 ] as well as a surname .
Chihiro can be written using various kanji, which can alter the name's meaning: . 千尋, "thousand fathoms" 千博, "thousand gains" 千裕, "thousand, abundance" 千紘, "thousand, large or huge"
The meaning of the name differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable. There are 62 hanja with the reading "yu" and 33 hanja with the reading "mi" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names. [ 1 ]
Rei is both a Japanese given name and a Hebrew given name. In Japanese it could have different meanings depending on the used kanji and can be used for (or by) either gender. In Hebrew, the name Rei (רעי Re`eeY) originates in biblical texts which mean "my shepherd; my companion; my friend".