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21,378 first names, 70,620 last names, 317,184 kanji variations.
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In Japanese, there is a culture of kanji which is a set of characters that originated from Chinese characters, and the meaning of the name changes according to the choice of kanji characters.
Even surnames with the same reading have different meanings depending on how the kanji characters are applied.
For Shibata, kanji choices are listed below, sorted by the households number in Japan.
Introduction to how Japanese names work About this site's data of last names
柴 means "firewood, brushwood." Details are below.
A small shrub that grows in the mountains and fields.
Bundles of branches cut from the shrub.
A festival in which the shrub is burned to honor the gods.
田 means "rice field, rice paddy." Details are below.
Field - A general term for cultivated land.
Tillage - To cultivate the land.
Place of Production - A metaphor for a place that produces something.
Countryside - A rural area.
Hunting - To hunt or go hunting.
芝 means "shiba, turf, lawn." Details are below.
Grass/Turf - A type of perennial grass that is planted in gardens and on sports fields.
Mushroom - A type of mushroom called Mannentake, which is considered a symbol of good luck.
田 means "rice field, rice paddy." Details are below.
Field - A general term for cultivated land.
Tillage - To cultivate the land.
Place of Production - A metaphor for a place that produces something.
Countryside - A rural area.
Hunting - To hunt or go hunting.
新 means "new, fresh, modern." Details are below.
New - Refers to something that is fresh and has not been experienced before.
Renew - To make something new or to change something.
Fresh - Refers to something that is new and has not been experienced before.
発 means "emit, issue, start, depart, publish." Details are below.
To depart, to leave, to set off, to go forward - To go on a journey, to start a journey, to move forward.
To reveal, to make clear, to express, to appear - To uncover, to make known, to show, to manifest.
To open, to unlock - To open up, to unlock a door.
To extend, to lengthen, to become prosperous, to grow - To stretch, to expand, to become prosperous, to increase in size.
To arise, to occur - To come into being, to happen.
To shoot, to fire a gun - To launch, to shoot an arrow, to fire a gun.
To send - To dispatch, to send out.
田 means "rice field, rice paddy." Details are below.
Field - A general term for cultivated land.
Tillage - To cultivate the land.
Place of Production - A metaphor for a place that produces something.
Countryside - A rural area.
Hunting - To hunt or go hunting.
芝 means "shiba, turf, lawn." Details are below.
Grass/Turf - A type of perennial grass that is planted in gardens and on sports fields.
Mushroom - A type of mushroom called Mannentake, which is considered a symbol of good luck.
波 means "wave, billow, surge." Details are below.
Wave - Movement of the water surface caused by the wind. Also, something in a wave-like shape.
Ripple - When a wave is created.
Something that is transmitted like a wave. Something that moves like a wave.
Abbreviation of the country name "Poland" (波蘭).
田 means "rice field, rice paddy." Details are below.
Field - A general term for cultivated land.
Tillage - To cultivate the land.
Place of Production - A metaphor for a place that produces something.
Countryside - A rural area.
Hunting - To hunt or go hunting.
篠 means "bamboo, slender bamboo, bamboo shoot." Details are below.
Bamboo - A type of grass used to make arrows.
Bamboo Shoot - A young bamboo plant.
Bamboo Grass - A type of grass with long, thin leaves.
田 means "rice field, rice paddy." Details are below.
Field - A general term for cultivated land.
Tillage - To cultivate the land.
Place of Production - A metaphor for a place that produces something.
Countryside - A rural area.
Hunting - To hunt or go hunting.
紫 means "purple, violet." Details are below.
田 means "rice field, rice paddy." Details are below.
Field - A general term for cultivated land.
Tillage - To cultivate the land.
Place of Production - A metaphor for a place that produces something.
Countryside - A rural area.
Hunting - To hunt or go hunting.
司 means "administer, manage, control." Details are below.
To serve in an official capacity - This refers to someone who is responsible for a certain role or task.
To manage or oversee - This refers to taking charge of a certain task or responsibility.
To inquire - This refers to investigating a situation or gathering information.
馬 means "horse." Details are below.
Horse - A hoofed mammal of the family Equidae, kept as a domesticated animal.
Metaphor - A large animal used as a metaphor.
Chess Piece - The pieces in the game of shogi, such as the "dragon horse(竜馬)" and the "keima(桂馬)".
田 means "rice field, rice paddy." Details are below.
Field - A general term for cultivated land.
Tillage - To cultivate the land.
Place of Production - A metaphor for a place that produces something.
Countryside - A rural area.
Hunting - To hunt or go hunting.
四 means "four." Details are below.
Four - The number four.
Four Times - Four times or four degrees.
Four Directions - The four cardinal directions.
Ten O'Clock - An old way of referring to 10am (the hour of the snake) or 10pm (the hour of the boar).
馬 means "horse." Details are below.
Horse - A hoofed mammal of the family Equidae, kept as a domesticated animal.
Metaphor - A large animal used as a metaphor.
Chess Piece - The pieces in the game of shogi, such as the "dragon horse(竜馬)" and the "keima(桂馬)".
田 means "rice field, rice paddy." Details are below.
Field - A general term for cultivated land.
Tillage - To cultivate the land.
Place of Production - A metaphor for a place that produces something.
Countryside - A rural area.
Hunting - To hunt or go hunting.
新 means "new, fresh, modern." Details are below.
New - Refers to something that is fresh and has not been experienced before.
Renew - To make something new or to change something.
Fresh - Refers to something that is new and has not been experienced before.
發 means "shooting arrows. shooting a gun. departure."
田 means "rice field, rice paddy." Details are below.
Field - A general term for cultivated land.
Tillage - To cultivate the land.
Place of Production - A metaphor for a place that produces something.
Countryside - A rural area.
Hunting - To hunt or go hunting.
Last names that have the same initial of S.
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This is the order of names with many variations of kanji.
Basically, names with more variations are more common and familiar to the Japanese.
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The names are sorted by the number of times they have been viewed on this site. This ranking is based on the behavior of users around the world, including Japan, so it does not mean that the names are commonly viewed by Japanese people only.
Please note that just because a name has been viewed more times does not mean it is a famous name in Japan.
What is Hiragana?
Hiragana is a syllabary used in written Japanese, which originated from the cursive style of Kanji.
What is Katakana?
Katakana is also a Japanese syllabary. Basically, the characters don't have any meaning by themselves, they only represent the sounds.
Japanese try to express the words came from foreign languages with the most similar sounds in Japanese using Katakana.
Households?
The names are sorted by the number of Japanese households where the surname is used.
The more households there are, the more famous and common the surname is.
About this site's data of last names