Japanese names associated with season: Autumn

Following the previous article about names associated with summer, this time it’s about names associated with autumn.

In the traditional calender, autumn in Japan officially begins on Risshu (立秋) around the 7^th of August and ends on Ritto (立冬) around the 7^th of November.

Names with the kanji that represents autumn

Autumn is aki in Japanese and represented by this kanji: 秋. The kanji 秋 symbolizes good harvest and abundance. Here are some cool names that include 秋.

Boy names

Akio 秋生 autumn + life

Akiyoshi 秋吉 autumn + luck

Akira 秋良 autumn + goodness

Masaaki 正秋 right, correct + autumn

Hideaki 英秋 excellence, honor + autumn

Girl names

Akina 秋奈 autumn + big tree

Akie 秋江 autumn + bay, creek

Akiho 秋帆 autumn + sail, sailing boat

Akine 秋音 autumn + sound

Chiaki 智秋 wisdom + autumn

The best season for art

For Japanese people autumn is the season for art. Japanese people believe that autumn is the best season to enjoy, appreciate, and create art. In Japan, the 3rd of November is a national holiday called Culture Day. It’s for the purpose of promoting art and academic endeavor. Also, a variety of special events related to art are held in autumn such as art festivals and ceremonies. Including kanji that are related to art is very popular for names for autumn-born children.

Boy names

Fumiya 文夜 literature + night

Shimon 詩門 poetry + gate

Soichiro 奏一郎 play (the instrument) + one + young man, son

Genki 弦輝 string, chord + shine

Makoto 真琴 truth + Japanese harp

Girl names

Maiko 舞子 dance + child

Manaka 愛奏 love + play (the instrument)

Wakana 和奏 peace + play (the instrument)

Sae 咲絵 bloom + picture, painting

Shiori 詩織 poetry + weave

Crimson leaves

As temperature drops after hot summer, the colors of the leaves change into vivid shades of yellow, orange and red. In Japanese this natural phenomenon is called koyo and represented by two kanji that mean crimson and leaf. The color crimson has always been special for Japanese people for centuries, traditionally used in literature, textiles such as kimono, and other Japanese arts, and it’s associated with autumn because of the burning autumnal tints. The kanji for crimson is 紅. Here are some beautiful names that include this kanji.

Boy names

Kouma 紅馬 crimson + horse

Kouji 紅士 crimson + samurai

Kouki 紅季 crimson + season

Kousei 紅星 crimson + star

Koutarou 紅太郎 crimson + big + young man, son

Girl names

Miku 美紅 beauty + crimson

Akane 紅音 crimson + sound

Kunika 紅二香 crimson + two + scent

Kurea 紅怜亜 crimson + wise + Asia

Kouko 紅恋 crimson + romantic love

Maples: momiji and kaede

The two most popular autumn leaves in Japan are momiji and kaede. They are both in the maple family and so lovely and elegant that often used for names associated with autumn.

Boy names

Shuuto 椛人 momiji + human

Shuuji 椛慈 momiji + mercy

Fuuto 楓都 kaede + city

Fuuga 楓我 kaede + myself

Fuuma 楓磨 kaede + polish, brush

Girl names

Momoka 椛音 momiji + sound

Mona 椛奈 momiji + big tree

Maika 舞楓 dance + kaede

Yuka 優楓 gentle + kaede

Kaera 楓来 kaede + come, future

Good harvest, abundance

Because autumn is the season of blessings of natural abundance, the kanji for harvest 穂 and fruit 実 are often used for names associated with autumn.

Boy names

Kazuho 和穂 peace + harvest

Yuuho 有穂 presence + harvest

Hodaka 穂高 harvest + high

Minoru 実 fruit

Katsumi 克実 be able to + fruit

Girl names

Akiho 秋穂 autumn + harvest

Mizuho 瑞穂 auspicious + harvest

Shiho 幸穂 happiness + harvest

Mio 実緒 fruit + cord, thread

Emiri 絵実里 picture, painting + fruit + village

I look forward to introducing names associated with winter in the final article in this series.