The Japanese culture is rich with beautiful names honoring nature. The spirits of the Shinto faith also have interesting names worth exploring.
Aina -Aina is a name used in many cultures. As a Japanese name it means (roughly) "my favorite vegetable side dish". As a Finnish name, it means "Always". As a Yuroban name, it means "a difficult birth".
Akari -Akari is a Japanese name meaning roughly: bright light in the home of our parents.
Akatasuki -Akatasuki is a Japanese name meaning dawn.
Aki -Aki is Japanese for "autumn"
Akie -Akie is a Japanese name meaning "autumn painting"
Akiho -Akiho is a Japanese name meaning "autumn blade of a plant"
Akiko -Akiko can mean either "autumn child" or "bright child"
Akimi -Akimi is a Japanese name meaning "autumn fruit" or "bright fruit".
Akimitsu -Akimitsu is a Japanese name that can be translated a variety of ways. Aki can mean either "autumn" or "bright, shining, radiant" or "spirit or fairy" and mitsu means "ray of light"
So this name can mean "autumn light" "bright ray of light" or "Spirit light".
Akina -Akina is a Japanese name meaning "autumn greens" or "bright greens". The greens refer to vegetables.
Akinobu -Akinobu is a Japanense name with various meaning according to the kanji characters used to write it. It may mean "autumn faith" or "shining proclamation"
Amaterasu -Amaterasu is the Shinto sun Goddess. Her name means "shining over heaven".
Fuyoko -Fuyoko is a Japanese name meaning "child of winter".
Fuyuki -Fuyuki is a Japanese name. It may mean "winter snow" or "blowing snow" and "hope" may also be implied (depending on how it is written in Kanji).
Fuyumi -Fuyumi is a Japanese name which means either "winter beauty" or "beautiful lotus of truth" (roughly)
Hideharu -Hideharu is a Japanese name which means "flourishing in springtime"
Koto -Koto is the word for a Japanese musical instrument that is much like a harp.
Kotori -Kotori is a Japanese name that could mean "bird of blessing (luck/happiness)" or "little bird" but is probably meant to mean both.
