The Japanese culture is rich with beautiful names honoring nature. The spirits of the Shinto faith also have interesting names worth exploring.
Kotori -Kotori is a Japanese name that could mean "bird of blessing (luck/happiness)" or "little bird" but is probably meant to mean both.
Mitsuaki -Mitsuaki 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".
Ren -Ren is a Japanese name meaning "water lily" or "lotus".
Ryouma -Ryouma is a Japanese name from the characters ryu meaning "dragon" or "imperial" and ma meaning "horse"
Ryutaro -Ryutaro is a Japanese name from the characters ryuu meaning "imperial" or "dragon" and ta meaning "thick" or "plump" and ro meaning "son"
So this name means roughly, son of the fat dragon!
Ryuu -Ryuu is a Japanese name meaning "dragon" or "imperial".
Sakura -Sakura is a Japanese name meaning "cherry blossom" the symbolism of this is fleeting beauty.
Sora -Sora is a Japanese name meaning pale blue sky.
Suzume -Suzume is a Japanese name meaning "sparrow".
Tatsuhiko -Tatsuhiko is a Japanese boy's name from the kanji letters tatsu meaning "dragon" or "imperial" or "accomplished" and hiko meaning "boy" or "lad".
Tatsuyoshi -The name Tasuyoshi comes to us from Japan. It is written with the kanji characters tatsu meaning either "imperial" "dragon" or "accomplished" and yoshi meaning "beautiful" "excellent" or "good".
Tora -Tora is a Japanese name meaning "tiger".
Yasahira -Yasahiro is a name of Japanese origin meaning "serene".
