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Japanese Name Generator – Generate Japanese Name online, free. If you’re looking for Japanese names, this Japanese name generator is built to be a starting point! Each name is computer-generated and we encourage you to do further research on naming traditions and meanings for your exact region. Generate from 1 to 1000 random names with surnames. Using Japanese girl name generator to find full list of perfect Japanese baby girl names and their meanings. Translate your name with our Japanese Name Translator (above). Alternatively select kanji from our popular kanji list or four kanji idiom list.Then create an image to design your own Japanese T-shirt or other customizable product. Japanese Name Generator is not a professional Japanese name translator service, but is designed to generate a Japanese name that sounds as close as possible to the given name. Japanese Name Generator generates the Japanese name in kanji, katakana and romaji form, and provides the meaning of each kanji character in the generated Japanese name. In Japanese, the surname comes before the given name. Thus, a person with surname Yamamoto and given name Sanae is referred to as Yamamoto Sanae. In the name order of English, this would be 'Sanae Yamamoto'. Japanese names are usually written in kanji (Chinese characters, see Kanji). Surnames are almost always in kanji.
How does it work?
The Japanese Name Converter uses a combination of dictionary lookup, substitution rules, and machine learning to convert English characters into katakana.
For common English names, a dictionary lookup of about 4,000 English names is used. For other names, a learned substitution model trained on these names is applied instead. This method is very similar to the Transformation-Based Learner (TBL) invented by Eric Brill. Essentially, given a list of English/Japanese name pairs, the system learns a series of substitution rules to apply to the English input in order to get the Japanese output. For instance, the first rule the system learns is to replace the letter 'L' with the letter 'R', because there is no 'L' in Japanese. Later on. more subtle rules are applied, such as 'replace G with J if it's followed by an E.' Here is the full list of rules.
This blog post gives more details, for those interested in a complete answer.
Hey, doofus, you messed up my name! I'm Daenerys Targaryen, and you got the last vowel wrong!
Congratulations, you took high-school Japanese. This web site was not designed for you.
The machine learning method sometimes makes mistakes. In my own tests, it had an accuracy of about 95% on a per-character basic, but your mileage may vary.
In my defense, transliteration is not an easy task, especially with a language as orthographically challenged as English. The vowel system is very irregular, and some names are even ambiguous. For instance, is Jaime pronounced /'jeɪmi:/ (JAY-mee) or /'haɪmeɪ/ (HIGH-may)?
In any case, always check with a Japanese friend before getting any badass tattoos based on this web site. And check with Mom too. Mom always knows best.
Your app fascinates me. How can I contribute to this wonderful project?
Now stop, you're going to make me blush. The code is open-source on GitHub and awaits your modifications.
Looking for more good Japanese God names?
Feel free to use any of the names that this Japanese God name generator provides. Be sure to tell us the success story at service@reedsy.com! And if you’re still some distance away from the right name, the rest of the Internet’s got you covered. Here are some of our other favorite Japanese God name generators on the web:
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Or if you think that generators are fun and all — but that you’d rather create your own Japanese God name? Great 👍 Head to this post, which is all about naming a character.