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Japanese Names Ending in -to

The ending -to often uses 斗 (the Big Dipper) or 人 (person). It is very common in modern boys' names such as Haruto and Kaito.

Names ending in -to

Name	Kanji	Reading	Literal meaning
Misato girl	美里	みさと	beauty + ri
Makoto unisex	誠	まこと	sincerity
Chisato girl	千理	ちさと	thousand + logic
Mikoto girl	実思	みこと	reality + think
Yoshito boy	可人	よしと	can + person
Haruto boy	春人	はると	springtime + person
Yuto boy	優斗	ゆうと	tenderness + Big Dipper
Akito boy	明人	あきと	bright + person
Hayato boy	隼人	はやと	falcon + person
Naoto boy	直人	なおと	straightaway + person
Kaito boy	海斗	かいと	sea + Big Dipper
Yamato boy	大人	やまと	large + person
Masato boy	政人	まさと	politics + person
Mito girl	三十	みと	three + ten
Moto unisex	大生	もとお	large + life
Keito girl	京十	けいと	capital + ten
Yoshihito boy	住人	よしひと	dwell + person
Koto girl	言生	ことお	say + life
Hiroto boy	広人	ひろと	wide + person
Akihito boy	明一	あきひと	bright + one
Minato unisex	三都	みなと	three + metropolis
Hisato girl	央人	ひさと	center + person
Masahito boy	政人	まさひと	politics + person
Oto girl	想人	おと	concept + person

The sound -to can be written with different characters. These are the ones used most often in the names above.

Kanji	Meaning	Readings	Strokes	Seen in
人	person (taught in grade 1)	ジン、ニン、ひと、り	2	Masato, Yoshihito, Hiroto
斗	Big Dipper, ten sho, sake dipper (secondary school)	ト、トウ	4	Yuto, Kaito
十	ten (taught in grade 1)	ジュウ、ジッ、ジュッ、とお	2	Soichiro, Mito, Toshi
生	life, genuine, birth (taught in grade 1)	セイ、ショウ、い、う	5	Saki, Toshio, Masaki
一	one, one radical (taught in grade 1)	イチ、イツ、ひと	1	Hitomi, Koichiro, Azusa
理	logic, arrangement, reason (taught in grade 2)	リ、ことわり	11	Yoshiyuki, Aeri, Satoshi
誠	sincerity, admonish, warn (taught in grade 6)	セイ、まこと	13	Seiichiro, Makoto
思	think (taught in grade 2)	シ、おも、おもえら、おぼ	9	Mikoto, Yushi, Chikashi

What does -to mean in Japanese names?

The ending -to often uses 斗 (the Big Dipper) or 人 (person).