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Japanese Names Starting with M
217 Japanese first names begin with M, from Maasa (真朝) to Myu (海結). They are grouped below into girl, boy and unisex names, each with its kanji, reading and literal meaning. Open any name to see every spelling.
On average these names have 2.9 syllables. The most varied is Miki, which can be written many ways; the most common spelling means “beauty + timber”.
Girl names starting with M (165)
| Name | Kanji | Reading | Literal meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maasa | 真朝 | まあさ | true + morning |
| Machi | 真地 | まち | true + ground |
| Machiko | 都子 | まちこ | metropolis + child |
| Madoka | 円日 | まどか | circle + day |
| Mae | 真愛 | まえ | true + love |
| Maho | 間保 | まほ | interval + protect |
| Mai | 真生 | まい | true + life |
| Maika | 舞加 | まいか | dance + add |
| Maiko | 米子 | まいこ | rice + child |
| Maimi | 米実 | まいみ | rice + reality |
| Maki | 牧 | まき | breed |
| Makie | 巻江 | まきえ | scroll + creek |
| Makiko | 真紀子 | まきこ | true + chronicle + child |
| Makino | 槙野 | まきの | twig + plains |
| Makio | 巻男 | まきお | scroll + male |
| Mako | 正子 | まこ | correct + child |
| Mami | 午実 | まみ | noon + reality |
| Mamia | 真実愛 | まみあ | true + reality + love |
| Mamika | 真実加 | まみか | true + reality + add |
| Mamiko | 真美子 | まみこ | true + beauty + child |
| Mamoru | 真守 | まもる | true + guard |
| Mana | 真生 | まな | true + life |
| Manae | 愛重 | まなえ | love + heavy |
| Manaka | 愛華 | まなか | love + splendor |
| Manako | 真子 | まなこ | true + child |
| Manami | 学実 | まなみ | study + reality |
| Mao | 真央 | まお | true + center |
| Mari | 真理 | まり | true + logic |
| Maria | 麻里亜 | まりあ | hemp + ri + Asia |
| Marie | 真理恵 | まりえ | true + logic + favor |
| Marii | 茉莉 | まりい | jasmine + jasmine |
| Marika | 球加 | まりか | ball + add |
| Mariko | 麻里子 | まりこ | hemp + ri + child |
| Marimo | 毬望 | まりも | burr + ambition |
| Marin | 真鈴 | まりん | true + small bell |
| Marina | 海夏 | まりな | sea + summer |
| Marino | 海乃 | まりの | sea + from |
| Mario | 毬生 | まりお | burr + life |
| Masa | 真早 | まさ | true + early |
| Masae | 政衛 | まさえ | politics + defense |
| Masako | 雅子 | まさこ | gracious + child |
| Masami | 雅美 | まさみ | gracious + beauty |
| Masayo | 政代 | まさよ | politics + substitute |
| Masue | 増江 | ますえ | increase + creek |
| Masuko | 和子 | ますこ | harmony + child |
| Masumi | 真澄 | ますみ | true + lucidity |
| Masuo | 増生 | ますお | increase + life |
| Mayako | 真矢 | まやこ | true + dart |
| Mayo | 真四 | まよ | true + four |
| Mayu | 間由 | まゆ | interval + wherefore |
| Mayuka | 黛加 | まゆか | blackened eyebrows + add |
| Mayuki | 真行 | まゆき | true + going |
| Mayuko | 麻由子 | まゆこ | hemp + wherefore + child |
| Mayumi | 真実 | まゆみ | true + reality |
| Mayuna | 真結 | まゆな | true + tie |
| Mayuri | 眉利 | まゆり | eyebrow + profit |
| Megu | 愛来 | めぐ | love + come |
| Megumi | 愛生 | めぐみ | love + life |
| Mei | 芽衣 | めい | bud + garment |
| Meika | 明日 | めいか | bright + day |
| Meiko | 明子 | めいこ | bright + child |
| Mia | 美亜 | みあ | beauty + Asia |
| Miaki | 実空 | みあき | reality + empty |
| Michi | 道 | みち | road-way |
| Michie | 務重 | みちえ | task + heavy |
| Michiho | 道保 | みちほ | road-way + protect |
| Michika | 教加 | みちか | teach + add |
| Michiko | 行子 | みちこ | going + child |
| Michiru | 満 | みちる | full |
| Michiyo | 道代 | みちよ | road-way + substitute |
| Midori | 緑 | みどり | green |
| Mie | 美恵 | みえ | beauty + favor |
| Mieko | 美恵子 | みえこ | beauty + favor + child |
| Mifuyu | 三冬 | みふゆ | three + winter |
| Miharu | 美春 | みはる | beauty + springtime |
| Miho | 美穂 | みほ | beauty + ear |
| Mihoko | 美鉾 | みほこ | beauty + halberd |
| Mii | 三井 | みい | three + well |
| Miina | 実稲 | みいな | reality + rice plant |
| Mika | 美香 | みか | beauty + incense |
| Mikae | 実加江 | みかえ | reality + add + creek |
| Mikako | 三日子 | みかこ | three + day + child |
| Mikana | 三奏 | みかな | three + play music |
| Mikari | 深光 | みかり | deep + ray |
| Miki | 美樹 | みき | beauty + timber |
| Mikie | 幹衛 | みきえ | tree trunk + defense |
| Mikiko | 美樹子 | みきこ | beauty + timber + child |
| Mikina | 幹奈 | みきな | tree trunk + Nara |
| Mikiyo | 教代 | みきよ | teach + substitute |
| Miko | 三子 | みこ | three + child |
| Mikoto | 実思 | みこと | reality + think |
| Miku | 未来 | みく | un- + come |
| Mimi | 美々 | みみ | beauty |
| Mimiko | 美命 | みみこ | beauty + fate |
| Mina | 美奈 | みな | beauty + Nara |
| Minae | 水絵 | みなえ | water + picture |
| Minako | 美奈子 | みなこ | beauty + Nara + child |
| Minami | 南 | みなみ | south |
| Minamo | 水面 | みなも | water + mask |
| Mine | 三子 | みね | three + child |
| Mineko | 棟子 | みねこ | ridgepole + child |
| Minobu | 実信 | みのぶ | reality + faith |
| Mio | 澪 | みお | water route |
| Mioko | 三生子 | みおこ | three + life + child |
| Mion | 実音 | みおん | reality + sound |
| Miori | 実織 | みおり | reality + weave |
| Mirai | 未来 | みらい | un- + come |
| Mirano | 美蘭 | みらの | beauty + orchid |
| Mirei | 美玲 | みれい | beauty + sound of jewels |
| Miri | 美理 | みり | beauty + logic |
| Miru | 実流 | みる | reality + current |
| Miruku | 美来 | みるく | beauty + come |
| Misa | 美沙 | みさ | beauty + sand |
| Misae | 美彩 | みさえ | beauty + coloring |
| Misaki | 美咲 | みさき | beauty + blossom |
| Misako | 操子 | みさこ | maneuver + child |
| Misao | 美青 | みさお | beauty + blue |
| Misato | 美里 | みさと | beauty + ri |
| Misora | 明空 | みそら | bright + empty |
| Misuzu | 三鈴 | みすず | three + small bell |
| Mito | 三十 | みと | three + ten |
| Mitsue | 三衛 | みつえ | three + defense |
| Mitsuho | 三保 | みつほ | three + protect |
| Mitsuki | 三月 | みつき | three + month |
| Mitsuko | 光子 | みつこ | ray + child |
| Mitsumi | 三美 | みつみ | three + beauty |
| Mitsuru | 三留 | みつる | three + detain |
| Mitsuyo | 三四 | みつよ | three + four |
| Miu | 美羽 | みう | beauty + feathers |
| Miwa | 三和 | みわ | three + harmony |
| Miwako | 三和子 | みわこ | three + harmony + child |
| Miyabi | 都実 | みやび | metropolis + reality |
| Miyako | 実京 | みやこ | reality + capital |
| Miyo | 美代 | みよ | beauty + substitute |
| Miyoko | 美代子 | みよこ | beauty + substitute + child |
| Miyu | 三結 | みゆ | three + tie |
| Miyuka | 心結歌 | みゆか | heart + tie + song |
| Miyuki | 美雪 | みゆき | beauty + snow |
| Miyuna | 海結奈 | みゆな | sea + tie + Nara |
| Miyuri | 珠揺 | みゆり | pearl + swing |
| Mizue | 水江 | みずえ | water + creek |
| Mizuho | 水保 | みずほ | water + protect |
| Mizuka | 水風 | みずか | water + wind |
| Moe | 文映 | もえ | sentence + reflect |
| Moeka | 萌日 | もえか | show symptoms of + day |
| Moeko | 炎子 | もえこ | inflammation + child |
| Moemi | 望笑 | もえみ | ambition + laugh |
| Moka | 萌花 | もか | show symptoms of + flower |
| Momo | 桃 | もも | peach |
| Momoe | 百会 | ももえ | hundred + meeting |
| Momoka | 桃花 | ももか | peach + flower |
| Momoko | 百子 | ももこ | hundred + child |
| Monami | 面波 | もなみ | mask + waves |
| Mone | 百音 | もね | hundred + sound |
| Monika | 文花 | もにか | sentence + flower |
| Morie | 護英 | もりえ | safeguard + England |
| Morio | 衛生 | もりお | defense + life |
| Motoaki | 統明 | もとあき | overall + bright |
| Motoe | 元衛 | もとえ | beginning + defense |
| Motoka | 元日 | もとか | beginning + day |
| Motoko | 素子 | もとこ | elementary + child |
| Motomi | 本実 | もとみ | book + reality |
| Mutsuki | 一月 | むつき | one + month |
| Mutsumi | 六三 | むつみ | six + three |
| Myu | 海結 | みゅう | sea + tie |
Boy names starting with M (39)
| Name | Kanji | Reading | Literal meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maaya | 真理 | まあや | true + logic |
| Mahiro | 真大 | まひろ | true + large |
| Manabu | 学海 | まなぶ | study + sea |
| Masaaki | 正明 | まさあき | correct + bright |
| Masaharu | 政治 | まさはる | politics + reign |
| Masahide | 正任 | まさひで | correct + responsibility |
| Masahiko | 政彦 | まさひこ | politics + lad |
| Masahiro | 正大 | まさひろ | correct + large |
| Masahito | 政人 | まさひと | politics + person |
| Masakatsu | 政勝 | まさかつ | politics + victory |
| Masakazu | 政一 | まさかず | politics + one |
| Masamitsu | 正三 | まさみつ | correct + three |
| Masanobu | 全進 | まさのぶ | whole + advance |
| Masanori | 正中 | まさのり | correct + in |
| Masao | 正雄 | まさお | correct + masculine |
| Masaru | 正流 | まさる | correct + current |
| Masashi | 政市 | まさし | politics + market |
| Masataka | 雅貴 | まさたか | gracious + precious |
| Masato | 政人 | まさと | politics + person |
| Masatomo | 政和 | まさとも | politics + harmony |
| Masatoshi | 正敏 | まさとし | correct + cleverness |
| Masatsugu | 正二 | まさつぐ | correct + two |
| Masaya | 正八 | まさや | correct + eight |
| Masayasu | 政安 | まさやす | politics + relax |
| Masayoshi | 正義 | まさよし | correct + righteousness |
| Masayuki | 政行 | まさゆき | politics + going |
| Maya | 麻耶 | まや | hemp + question mark |
| Michiaki | 通明 | みちあき | traffic + bright |
| Michihiko | 通彦 | みちひこ | traffic + lad |
| Michinori | 通教 | みちのり | traffic + teach |
| Michiyoshi | 通義 | みちよし | traffic + righteousness |
| Mihiro | 美尋 | みひろ | beauty + inquire |
| Minori | 実 | みのり | reality |
| Minoru | 実乗 | みのる | reality + ride |
| Mitsuhiro | 三公 | みつひろ | three + public |
| Mitsuo | 光雄 | みつお | ray + masculine |
| Mitsuyoshi | 三資 | みつよし | three + assets |
| Miya | 実野 | みや | reality + plains |
| Motoyoshi | 本義 | もとよし | book + righteousness |
Unisex names starting with M (13)
| Name | Kanji | Reading | Literal meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| Makoto | 誠 | まこと | sincerity |
| Masafumi | 正人 | まさふみ | correct + person |
| Masaki | 政生 | まさき | politics + life |
| Masasuke | 政資 | まさすけ | politics + assets |
| Michiharu | 通明 | みちはる | traffic + bright |
| Michio | 通生 | みちお | traffic + life |
| Mikio | 幹夫 | みきお | tree trunk + husband |
| Minato | 三都 | みなと | three + metropolis |
| Mitsunori | 三記 | みつのり | three + scribe |
| Mizuki | 水木 | みずき | water + tree |
| Moto | 大生 | もとお | large + life |
| Motoki | 本基 | もとき | book + fundamentals |
| Motonori | 要教 | もとのり | need + teach |
Kanji most used in M names
These characters appear most often in the names above.
| Kanji | Meaning | Readings | Strokes | Seen in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 美 | beauty, beautiful (taught in grade 3) | ビ、ミ、うつく | 9 | Ayumi, Hiromi, Miki |
| 子 | child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM (taught in grade 1) | シ、ス、ツ、こ | 3 | Yukiko, Akiko, Yoshiko |
| 真 | true, reality, Buddhist sect (taught in grade 3) | シン、ま、まこと | 10 | Masumi, Mayumi, Makiko |
| 三 | three (taught in grade 1) | サン、ゾウ、み、みっ | 3 | Miyu, Hitomi, Emi |
| 実 | reality, truth, seed (taught in grade 3) | ジツ、シツ、み、みの | 8 | Yumi, Mayumi, Ami |
| 政 | politics, government (taught in grade 5) | セイ、ショウ、まつりごと、まん | 9 | Noriko, Masaki, Masae |
Questions
Are there more girl or boy names starting with M?
In this list, M has 165 girl names, 39 boy names and 13 unisex names.
What is the most popular Japanese name starting with M?
Miki (美樹) can be written in the most different ways of the M names here. It means: beauty + timber.
How long are Japanese names starting with M?
They average 2.9 syllables, counting each kana beat.