Japanese Dog Names

Hooked on Japanese culture? We get it. Here are some of the coolest and most distinctive Japanese names to give you to your puppy.

Japanese Dog Names

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All Japanese Dog Names

  • Meaning: red bean
  • Meaning: child of love
  • Meaning: love jasmine
  • Meaning: bright beautiful
  • Aki
    Meaning: Bright / autumn
  • Meaning: great brightness
  • Meaning: bright child
  • Meaning: bright man
  • Meaning: Bright, clear, ideal.
  • Meaning: night rain
  • Meaning: new, fresh
  • Meaning: Morning beauty
  • Meaning: tomorrow perfume, fragrance
  • Meaning: industrious director
  • Meaning: iris
  • Meaning: my color
  • Meaning: walk dream, vision
  • Meaning: child of splendor
  • Meaning: child of intelligence, wisdom
  • Meaning: scatter flowers
  • Meaning: One thousand generations
  • Meaning: child of a thousand generations
  • Dai
    Meaning: great, large
  • Meaning: great glory / great nobility
  • Meaning: great help
  • Meaning: eternity order
  • Emi
    Meaning: Beautiful blessing
  • Meaning: Beautiful blessing child
  • Eri
    Meaning: blessed prize
  • Meaning: child of joy
  • Meaning: child of abundant beauty
  • Meaning: literature, scholarly hero
  • Meaning: Flower
  • Meaning: flower child
  • Meaning: Spring
  • Meaning: shining sun
  • Meaning: spring child
  • Meaning: spring vegetables
  • Meaning: sun flying
  • Meaning: smooth
  • Meaning: sound, echo
  • Meaning: excellent timber trees
  • Meaning: child of excellence
  • Meaning: excellent man
  • Meaning: light, radiance
  • Meaning: light, radiance
  • Meaning: sun vegetables
  • Meaning: sunflower / facing towards the sun
  • Meaning: open, expand
  • Meaning: Generous
  • Meaning: wide, spacious light
  • Meaning: vast timber trees
  • Meaning: generous child
  • Meaning: generous beauty
  • Meaning: generous
  • Meaning: great journey
  • Meaning: child of long life
  • Meaning: pupil of the eye
  • Meaning: motivated person
  • Meaning: harmony flower
  • Meaning: star
  • Meaning: star child
  • Meaning: tall grain
  • Meaning: firefly
  • Meaning: first son
  • Meaning: brave, courageous
  • Meaning: timber trees
  • Meaning: spring, fountain
  • Meaning: second son
  • Meaning: obedient first son
  • Meaning: maple
  • Meaning: ocean flying
  • Meaning: superior child
  • Meaning: fragrance
  • Meaning: firm
  • Meaning: victory
  • Meaning: victorious beauty
  • Meaning: child of harmony
  • Meaning: harmonious beauty
  • Meaning: Blessed child / respectful child
  • Meaning: strong, healthy first son
  • Meaning: Strong, healthy second son
  • Meaning: modest truthful
  • Meaning: large strong, healthy
  • Meaning: Wise One
  • Meaning: lucky son
  • Meaning: chronical child
  • Meaning: Noble
  • Meaning: empress child
  • Meaning: pure beauty
  • Meaning: purity
  • Meaning: Stork
  • Meaning: great peace
  • Meaning: long-time beautiful child
  • Meaning: country man
  • Meaning: walnut
  • Kyo
    Meaning: Cooperation
  • Meaning: respectful child
  • Meaning: Circle, round
  • Meaning: child of dance
  • Meaning: Dance
  • Meaning: True hope
  • Meaning: Sincere
  • Meaning: True beauty
  • Meaning: love
  • Meaning: loving beautiful
  • Mao
    Meaning: dance cherry blossom
  • Meaning: true village child
  • Meaning: Just / true
  • Meaning: pleasing brightness
  • Meaning: great timber tree
  • Meaning: victory
  • Meaning: righteous aspiration
  • Meaning: righteous person
  • Meaning: righteous, honorable
  • Meaning: righteous blessing
  • Meaning: True clarity
  • Meaning: true gentle beauty
  • Meaning: blessing
  • Mi
    Meaning: beautiful
  • Meaning: Pathway
  • Meaning: beautiful wise child
  • Meaning: man on a journey
  • Meaning: green
  • Meaning: beautiful blessing child
  • Meaning: protected, guaranteed beauty
  • Meaning: Beautiful fragrance
  • Meaning: beautiful princess
  • Meaning: beautiful sky
  • Meaning: beautiful child
  • Meaning: truth
  • Mio
    Meaning: beautiful cherry blossom
  • Meaning: beautiful blossom
  • Meaning: child of light
  • Meaning: shining hero
  • Meaning: Satisfy, full
  • Meaning: beautiful hamony, peace
  • Meaning: beautiful night child
  • Meaning: Beautiful gentle
  • Meaning: beautiful blessing
  • Meaning: peach
  • Meaning: peach tree flower
  • Meaning: child of the forest
  • Meaning: Seven
  • Meaning: seven seas
  • Nao
    Meaning: Honest
  • Meaning: honest timber tree
  • Meaning: honest child
  • Meaning: Honest beautiful
  • Meaning: summer hope
  • Meaning: beautiful summer
  • Meaning: ascend, rise
  • Meaning: faithful, trustworthy child
  • Meaning: To rule
  • Meaning: lawful child
  • Meaning: lawful man
  • Meaning: disciplined, studious
  • Meaning: a classic Japanese name
  • Ren
    Meaning: Lotus / love
  • Meaning: true fragrance
  • Meaning: child of truth
  • Meaning: land
  • Meaning: person of land
  • Rin
    Meaning: dignified
  • Meaning: Jasmine
  • Rio
    Meaning: village cherry blossom
  • Meaning: sixth son
  • Ryo
    Meaning: refreshing, cool
  • Meaning: good first son
  • Meaning: refreshing child
  • Meaning: great refreshment
  • Meaning: dragon
  • Meaning: Joyful, happy child
  • Meaning: blossom of hope
  • Meaning: cherry blossom
  • Meaning: wise child
  • Meaning: beautiful and wise
  • Meaning: wise, fast learner
  • Meaning: Brushwood
  • Meaning: growing child
  • Meaning: deer
  • Meaning: true second son
  • Meaning: Pearl
  • Meaning: endurance
  • Meaning: poem
  • Meaning: fourth son
  • Meaning: quiet summer
  • Meaning: quiet child
  • Meaning: To fly
  • Meaning: big flying
  • Meaning: Sky
  • Meaning: child of clarity
  • Meaning: Raw Fish
  • Meaning: to advance, proceed
  • Meaning: Sparrow
  • Meaning: Loyal, faithful man
  • Meaning: Loyal, faithful
  • Meaning: large first son
  • Meaning: great radiance, shine
  • Meaning: of great value, nobility
  • Meaning: noble child
  • Meaning: treasure
  • Meaning: prosperous, noble
  • Meaning: noble journey
  • Meaning: warrior hero
  • Meaning: artisan
  • Meaning: child of many beauties
  • Meaning: protector, keeper
  • Meaning: large son
  • Meaning: shining child
  • Meaning: child of wealth, fortune
  • Meaning: beautiful friend
  • Meaning: wise
  • Meaning: advantageous light
  • Meaning: Clever child
  • Meaning: genius leader, hero
  • Meaning: strong
  • Meaning: plum child
  • Meaning: harmonious music
  • Meaning: Japanese horseradish condiment.
  • Meaning: great harmony
  • Meaning: Peace
  • Meaning: child of peace
  • Meaning: peaceful
  • Meaning: Child of sunlight
  • Meaning: trust
  • Meaning: Lucky / righteous
  • Meaning: beautiful stream
  • Meaning: child of goodness
  • Meaning: joyful life
  • Meaning: righteous son
  • Meaning: ceremonial, correct person
  • Meaning: great sunlight
  • Yua
    Meaning: binding love
  • Yui
    Meaning: bind clothing
  • Meaning: heroic first son
  • Meaning: bind together
  • Meaning: heroic second son
  • Meaning: gentle flower
  • Meaning: beautiful pear tree
  • Meaning: Happiness / snow
  • Meaning: child of snow / child of happiness
  • Meaning: blessed hero
  • Meaning: Gentle child
  • Meaning: Reason beautiful
  • Meaning: reason beautiful child
  • Meaning: Lily
  • Meaning: lily child
  • Meaning: gentle

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