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Kanji Names & Meanings - 2 variations
In Japanese culture, kanji are characters that originated from Chinese script, and the meaning of a name changes depending on the kanji characters chosen. Even surnames with the same pronunciation can have different meanings based on the kanji used. Below are the kanji variations for "Maeeda," listed in order of popularity based on household usage in Japan.
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前 means "front, before."
Before - Refers to something that is ahead in time or space.
In Advance - Refers to something that is done beforehand.
Past - Refers to something that happened in the past.
Guide - Refers to something that leads or guides.
Allocation - Refers to the amount or portion assigned to someone. For example, three servings of food.
Honorific - Refers to a title of respect used to refer to a noble person.
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枝 means "branch, twig."
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Households : aprx. 20
Households : aprx. 20
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前田 Maeda 勘太朗 Kantarō Japanese association football player (2007- ) JP
前田 Maeda 陸 Riku Japanese rapper and dancer (2003- ) JP
前田 Maeda こころ Kokoro Japanese singer and idol (2002- ) JP
前田 Maeda 翔茉 Shōma Japanese association football player (2002- ) JP
前田 Maeda 拳太郎 Kentarō Japanese actor (1999- ) EN JP
前田 Maeda 椋介 Ryōsuke Japanese association football player (1998- ) EN JP
前田 Maeda 衣里奈 Erina Japanese female golfer (1996- ) JP
前田 Maeda 瀬奈 Sena Japanese actor and seiyū (1996- ) JP
前田 Maeda 穂南 Honami Japanese long-distance runner (1996- ) EN JP
前田 Maeda 佳織里 Kaori Japanese voice actress (1996- ) EN JP
前田 Maeda 美里 Misato Japanese idol (1996- ) JP
前田 Maeda 亜美 Ami Japanese singer (1995- ) JP
前田 Maeda 直輝 Naoki Japanese association football player (1994- ) EN JP
前田 Maeda 公平 Kōhei Japanese cyclist (1994- ) JP
前田 Maeda 凌佑 Ryōsuke Japanese association football player (1994- ) EN JP
前田 Maeda 柊 Shū Japanese association football player (1993- ) EN JP
前田 Maeda 潮里 Shiori Japanese child actor (1993- ) JP
前田 Maeda 希美 Nozomi Japanese fashion model and actress (1993- ) EN JP
前田 Maeda 誠二 Seiji Japanese voice actor (1993- ) EN JP
前田 Maeda 陽可 Haruka ice dancer (1992- ) JP
前田 Maeda 敦子 Atsuko Japanese singer, actress and former member of AKB48 (1991- ) EN JP
前田 Maeda 佳美 Yoshimi (1991- ) JP
前田 Maeda 邦宏 Kunihiro Japanese voice actor (1990- ) JP
前田 Maeda 陽介 Yōsuke basketball player (1989- ) JP
前田 Maeda 玲奈 Rena Japanese voice actress (1989- ) EN JP
前田 Maeda 綾香 Ayaka Japanese seiyū (1988- ) JP
前田 Maeda 健太 Kenta baseball player (1988- ) EN JP
前田 Maeda 将太 Shōta (1988- ) JP
前田 Maeda 一輝 Kazuki (1988- ) JP
前田 Maeda 裕二 Yūji Japanese businessman (1987- ) JP
前田 Maeda 俊介 Shunsuke Japanese association football player (1986- ) EN JP
前田 Maeda 祐二 Yūji Japanese baseball player (1986- ) JP
前田 Maeda 美順 Miyuki badminton player (1985- ) EN JP
前田 Maeda 亜季 Aki Japanese actress and singer (1985- ) EN JP
前田 Maeda 高孝 Takanori Japanese association football player (1985- ) EN JP
前田 Maeda 彩名 Ayana (1985- ) JP
前田 Maeda 悠佑 Yūsuke Japanese association football player (1984- ) EN JP
前田 Maeda 海嘉 Mika Japanese announcer (1984- ) JP
前田 Maeda 知香 Tomoka Japanese singer (1984- ) JP
前田 Maeda 和也 Kazuya Japanese association football player (1984- ) EN JP
前田 Maeda 阿希子 Akiko (1983- ) JP
前田 Maeda 綾花 Ayaka Japanese actress (1983- ) JP
前田 Maeda 和樹 Kazuki Japanese volleyball player (1983- ) JP
前田 Maeda 弘喜 Hiroki Japanese voice actor (1983- ) JP
前田 Maeda 章宏 Akihiro baseball player (1983- ) EN JP
前田 Maeda 雅文 Masafumi Japanese association football player (1983- ) EN JP
前田 Maeda 恵実 Emi Japanese composer (1983- ) JP
前田 Maeda 智洋 Tomohiro Japanese guitarist, composer, arranger (1982- ) JP
前田 Maeda 和哉 Kazuya Japanese association football player (1982- ) EN JP
前田 Maeda 圭治 Keiji field hockey player (1982- ) JP
前田 Maeda 吉朗 Yoshirō Japanese martial artist (1981- ) EN JP
前田 Maeda 遼一 Ryōichi Japanese association football player (1981- ) EN JP
前田 Maeda 和浩 Kazuhiro Japanese long-distance runner (1981- ) EN JP
前田 Maeda 知恵 Chie Japanese actress (1981- ) JP
前田 Maeda 利恵 Rie Japanese actress (1981- ) JP
前田 Maeda 有紀 Yuki Japanese announcer (1981- ) JP
前田 Maeda 芳美 Yoshimi (1980- ) JP
前田 Maeda 真理子 Mariko (1980- ) JP
前田 Maeda 涼子 Ryōko Japanese pianist (1980- ) JP
前田 Maeda 賢一朗 Ken'ichirō Japanese voice actor (1980- ) JP
前田 Maeda のえみ Noemi Japanese mangaka (1973- ) JP
前田 Maeda ゆきえ Yukie Japanese voice actress (1973- ) JP
前田 Maeda 信弘 Nobuhiro Japanese association football player (1973- ) EN JP
前田 Maeda 真宏 Masahiro Japanese announcer (1973- ) JP
前田 Maeda 宏行 Hiroyuki Japanese boxer (1972- ) JP
前田 Maeda 有一 Yūichi Japanese film critic (1972- ) JP
前田 Maeda 綾子 Ayako (1971- ) JP
前田 Maeda 勝宏 Katsuhiro Japanese baseball player (1971- ) EN JP
前田 Maeda 智徳 Tomonori Japanese baseball player (1971- ) EN JP
前田 Maeda 健 Ken Japanese actor, owarai tarento and dancer (1971-2016) EN JP
前田 Maeda 幸長 Yukinaga baseball player (1970- ) EN JP
前田 Maeda 勝久 Katsuhisa (1970- ) JP
前田 Maeda 登 Noboru Japanese seiyū (1970- ) JP
前田 Maeda 尚紀 Naoki Japanese composer (1969- ) EN JP
前田 Maeda 浩二 Kōji Japanese association football player and manager (1969- ) EN JP
前田 Maeda 健 Ken (1968- ) JP
前田 Maeda 晃一 Kōichi actor (1968- ) JP
前田 Maeda 憲作 Kensaku Japanese kickboxer (1968- ) EN JP
前田 Maeda 拓哉 Takuya (1968- ) JP
前田 Maeda 圭見 Tamami Japanese announcer (1968- ) JP
前田 Maeda 幸嗣 Kōshi (1968- ) JP
前田 Maeda ちあき Chiaki Japanese voice actress (1967- ) JP
前田 Maeda 一男 Kazuo politician (1966- ) JP
前田 Maeda 和明 Kazuaki Japanese association football player (1966- ) JP
前田 Maeda 京子 Kyōko Japanese psychologist (1966- ) JP
前田 Maeda 知洋 Tomohiro Japanese stage magician (1965- ) JP
前田 Maeda 邦博 Kunihiro Japanese politician (1965- ) JP
前田 Maeda 達朗 Tatsurō Japanese teacher (1965- ) JP
前田 Maeda 典子 Noriko Model (1965- ) JP
前田 Maeda 珠子 Tamako Japanese writer (1965- ) JP
前田 Maeda 治 Osamu Japanese association football player (1965- ) EN JP
前田 Maeda 俊郎 Toshio Japanese baseball player (1965- ) JP
前田 Maeda 亘輝 Nobuteru Japanese singer (1965- ) EN JP
前田 Maeda 知巳 Tomomi (1965- ) JP
前田 Maeda 耕司 Kōji baseball player (1964- ) JP
前田 Maeda たかひろ Takahiro Japanese music producer (1964- ) JP
前田 Maeda 真宏 Mahiro Japanese animator, character designer, animation director (1963- ) EN JP
前田 Maeda 一浩 Kazuhiro Japanese bureaucrat (1963- ) JP
前田 Maeda 浩 Hiroshi (1961- ) JP
前田 Maeda 浩 Hiroshi Japanese stuntman (1961- ) EN JP
前田 Maeda 栄治 Eiji (1961- ) JP
前田 Maeda 隆司 Takashi Japanese association football player (1960- ) JP
前田 Maeda 正子 Masako Japanese politician (1960- ) JP
前田 Maeda 雅弘 Masahiro jurist (1960- ) JP
前田 Maeda 育男 Ikuo Japanese car designer (1959- ) JP
前田 Maeda 日明 Akira Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist (1959- ) EN JP
前田 Maeda 憲司 Kenji Japanese teacher (1959- ) JP
前田 Maeda 達也 Tatsuya Japanese musician (1958- ) EN JP
前田 Maeda 哲 Satoshi Japanese bureaucrat (1958- ) JP
前田 Maeda 哲 Tetsu Japanese film director (1958- ) JP
前田 Maeda 敦 Atsushi Japanese architect (1958- ) JP
前田 Maeda 匡史 Tadashi Japanese banker (1957- ) EN JP
前田 Maeda 昭 Akira Japanese animator (1956- ) JP
前田 Maeda 勉 Tsutomu Japanese teacher (1956- ) JP
前田 Maeda 朗 Akira Japanese teacher (1955- ) JP
前田 Maeda 秀樹 Hideki Japanese association football player and manager (1954- ) EN JP
前田 Maeda 博 Hiroshi (1954- ) JP
前田 Maeda 実 Minoru Japanese animator (1954- ) JP
前田 Maeda 祐司 Yūji Japanese Shogi player (1954- ) JP
前田 Maeda 雅之 Masayuki Japanese teacher (1954- ) JP
前田 Maeda 隆平 Ryūhei Japanese diplomat (1954- ) JP
前田 Maeda 俊夫 Toshio Dibujante profesional de manga (1953- ) EN JP
前田 Maeda 三郎 Saburō Japanese baseball player (1952- ) JP
前田 Maeda 恵 Megumu Japanese politician, the 2nd mayor of Kaiyō, Tokushima prefecture (1952- ) JP
前田 Maeda 英樹 Hideki (1951- ) JP
前田 Maeda 順司 Junji (1951- ) JP
前田 Maeda 亨 Tōru Japanese baseball player (1950- ) JP
前田 Maeda 恵一 Keiichi Japanese teacher (1950- ) JP
前田 Maeda 光一 Kōichi Japanese architect (1950- ) JP
前田 Maeda 俊明 Toshiaki Japanese arranger and composer (1949-2020) JP
前田 Maeda 雅英 Masahide Japanese legal scholar (1949- ) JP
前田 Maeda 三夫 Mitsuo Japanese teacher (1949- ) JP
前田 Maeda 幸治 Kōji Japanese businessman (1949- ) JP
前田 Maeda 健 Ken Japanese businessperson (1948- ) JP
前田 Maeda 終止 Shūji Japanese politician (1947- ) JP
前田 Maeda 嘉昭 Yoshiaki (1947- ) JP
前田 Maeda 新造 Shinzō (1947- ) JP
前田 Maeda 卓郎 Takurō Japanese preparatory cram school teacher, founder of Nozomi Gakuen (1947- ) JP
前田 Maeda 正 Tadashi Japanese politician (1946-2013) EN JP
前田 Maeda 穣 Minoru Japanese politician (1945-2023) JP
前田 Maeda 勝敏 Katsutoshi Japanese businessperson (1945- ) JP
前田 Maeda 晃伸 Terunobu Japanese banker (1945- ) EN JP
前田 Maeda 芳實 Yoshizane Japanese agricultural scientist (1945- ) JP
前田 Maeda 吟 Gin Japanese actor (1944- ) EN JP
前田 Maeda 富士男 Fujio Japanese historian (1944- ) JP
前田 Maeda 正博 Masahiro Japanese bureaucrat (1944- ) JP
前田 Maeda 昇 Noboru (1944- ) JP
前田 Maeda 豪 Takeshi (1943- ) JP
前田 Maeda 勲男 Isao Japanese politician (1943-2016) JP
前田 Maeda 重行 Shigeyuki (1943- ) JP
前田 Maeda 高行 Takayuki (1943- ) JP
前田 Maeda 久明 Hisaaki (1940- ) JP
前田 Maeda 健治 Kenji (1939-2006) JP
前田 Maeda 浩 Hiroshi Japanese pharmacologist and chemist (1938-2021) EN JP
前田 Maeda 武志 Takeshi Japanese politician (1937- ) EN JP
前田 Maeda 一郎 Ichirō (1937- ) JP
前田 Maeda 正二 Masaji Japanese announcer (1936-2016) JP
前田 Maeda 憲二 Kenji Japanese film director (1935- ) JP
前田 Maeda 利祐 Toshiyasu (1935- ) JP
前田 Maeda 陽一 Yōichi Japanese film director (1934-1998) JP
前田 Maeda 憲男 Norio Japanese jazz pianist, composer, arranger, conductor (1934-2018) EN JP
前田 Maeda 通子 Michiko Japanese actress (1934- ) EN JP
前田 Maeda 耕作 Kōsaku Japanese Asian culture researcher (1933-2022) JP
前田 Maeda 一昭 Kazuaki Japanese judge (1932-2023) JP
前田 Maeda 敏子 Toshiko Japanese voice actress (1932- ) JP
前田 Maeda 昌明 Masaaki actor (1932-2024) JP
前田 Maeda 庸 Hitoshi Japanese legal scholar (1931-2013) JP
前田 Maeda ケイ Kei (1931- ) JP
前田 Maeda 祐吉 Yūkichi Japanese baseball player (1930-2016) JP
前田 Maeda 耕一 Kōichi Japanese business manager (1930-2013) JP
前田 Maeda 三恵子 Mieko Japanese translator (1930- ) JP
前田 Maeda 武彦 Takehiko Japanese actor (1929-2011) JP
前田 Maeda 重治 Shigeharu Japanese psychiatrist (1928- ) JP
前田 Maeda 宏 Hiroshi Japanese lawyer (1926-2017) JP
前田 Maeda 優 Masaru Japanese military personnel (1925-2011) JP
前田 Maeda 真三 Shinzō Japanese photographer (1922-1998) EN JP
前田 Maeda 幸市郎 Kōichirō Japanese conductor (1921-1989) JP
前田 Maeda 敬作 Keisaku Japanese translator (1921-2003) JP
前田 Maeda 諭治 Satoji Japanese baseball player (1920- ) JP
前田 Maeda 和雄 Kazuo Japanese business manager (1919-2009) JP
前田 Maeda 寿 Hisashi (1918-1991) JP
前田 Maeda 利貴 Yoshitaka Japanese military personnel (1917-1948) JP
前田 Maeda 嘉明 Yoshiaki (1916-2000) JP
前田 Maeda 光嘉 Mitsuyoshi (1916-2009) JP
前田 Maeda 豊 Yutaka (1915-1997) JP
前田 Maeda 直衞 Naoe Japanese painter (1915-2008) JP
前田 Maeda 透 Tōru Japanese tanka poet (1914-1984) JP
前田 Maeda 昌保 Masayasu Japanese basketball player (1914- ) EN JP
前田 Maeda 泰次 Yasuji Japanese teacher (1913-1982) JP
前田 Maeda 正男 Masao Japanese politician (1913-2008) JP
前田 Maeda 喜代士 Kiyoshi Japanese baseball player (1912-1938) JP
前田 Maeda 光子 Mitsuko (1912-1983) JP
前田 Maeda 陽一 Yōichi Japanese teacher (1911-1987) JP
前田 Maeda 佳都男 Sumio Japanese politician (1910-1978) JP
前田 Maeda 俊彦 Toshihiko Japanese politician (1909-1993) JP
前田 Maeda 憲一 Ken'ichi Japanese teacher (1909-1995) JP
前田 Maeda 敏男 Toshio (1908-1991) JP
前田 Maeda 陳爾 Nobuaki Japanese Go player (1907-1975) EN JP
前田 Maeda 幸蔵 Kōzō (1907-1986) JP
前田 Maeda 義徳 Yoshinori Japanese journalist (1906-1983) JP
前田 Maeda 菊子 Kikuko Japanese critic (1903-1986) JP
前田 Maeda 精 Tadashi Japanese admiral (1898-1977) JP
前田 Maeda 一 Hajime (1895-1978) JP
前田 Maeda 正実 Masami Japanese military personnel (1892-1953) JP
前田 Maeda 健二郎 Kenjirō Japanese architect (1892-1975) JP
前田 Maeda 巳之助 Minosuke Japanese landscape architect (1889- ) JP
前田 Maeda 鼎 Kanae Japanese medical researcher (1886-1961) JP
前田 Maeda 利為 Toshinari Japanese general (1885-1942) JP
前田 Maeda 多門 Tamon Japanese businessperson (1884-1962) JP
前田 Maeda 晁 Akira (1879-1961) JP
前田 Maeda 勇 Isamu Japanese Army soldier and politician (1879-1967) JP
前田 Maeda 卯之助 Unosuke (1877-1937) JP
前田 Maeda 利定 Toshisada Japanese politician (1874-1944) JP
前田 Maeda 栄次郎 Eijirō Japanese businessman (1874-1961) JP
前田 Maeda 利行 Toshiyuki Japanese dentist (1872-1966) JP
前田 Maeda 信兆 Nobuyoshi (1861-1934) JP
前田 Maeda 隆礼 Takanori (1848-1905) JP
前田 Maeda 慶寧 Yoshiyasu daimyo (1830-1874) JP
前田 Maeda 利保 Toshiyasu Japanese entomologist (1800-1859) JP
前田 Maeda 重教 Shigemichi daimyo (1741-1786) JP
前田 Maeda 重靖 Shigenobu daimyo (1735-1753) JP
前田 Maeda 重煕 Shigehiro daimyo (1729-1753) JP
前田 Maeda 吉徳 Yoshinori daimyo (1690-1745) JP
前田 Maeda 光高 Mitsutaka Japanese daimyo of the Edo period (1616-1645) JP
前田 Maeda 秀継 Hidetsugu samurai of the Sengoku period (1550-1586) JP
前田 Maeda 利家 Toshiie general of Oda Nobunaga following the Sengoku period (1539-1599) JP
前田 Maeda 利益 Keiji Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period (1533-1605) JP
Similar Names to Maeeda
Last names that have the same initial of M.
松本 松 means "pine tree."
本 means "book, main, true, real."
5 more vars Households : aprx. 200,000
前田 前 means "front, before."
田 means "rice field, rice paddy."
10 more vars Households : aprx. 90,000
松田 松 means "pine tree."
田 means "rice field, rice paddy."
4 more vars Households : aprx. 70,000
丸山 丸 means "circle, round, perfection."
山 means "mountain."
3 more vars Households : aprx. 50,000
松井 松 means "pine tree."
井 means "well, water hole, pit."
10 more vars Households : aprx. 50,000
増田 増 means "increase, growth, expansion."
田 means "rice field, rice paddy."
8 more vars Households : aprx. 50,000
松尾 松 means "pine tree."
尾 means "tail, end, suffix."
5 more vars Households : aprx. 50,000
松岡 松 means "pine tree."
岡 means "hill, knoll."
4 more vars Households : aprx. 40,000
松下 松 means "pine tree."
下 means "below, down, under."
2 more vars Households : aprx. 30,000
松浦 松 means "pine tree."
浦 means "bay, inlet, cove."
2 more vars Households : aprx. 30,000
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