Names Categorized "Japanese prime ministers"

Fumio is a masculine Japanese given name. It is typically written using kanji characters that combine fumi, meaning "writing" or"script", with either o meaning "hero, manly" (as in 雄) or o meaning "husband, man" (as in...

Hayato is a masculine Japanese given name. Its primary meaning comes from the kanji 隼 (haya) meaning 'falcon' (using a nanori reading) and 人 (to) meaning 'person'. Thus, one common interpretation is 'falcon person'. Ho...

Hideki is a common masculine Japanese given name. It is composed of the element 秀 (hide) meaning "excellent, outstanding" or 英 (hide) meaning "excellent, fine" combined with 樹 (ki) meaning "tree". Other kanji combinat...

Ichirō is a Japanese masculine given name composed of the ichi (一) element meaning "one" and the rō (郎) element meaning "son". Originally, it was traditionally given to the first-born son in a family, following the cus...

Kōki is a Japanese given name that can be used for both males and females, though it is primarily masculine. The name is composed of two kanji characters. The first element, kō, can mean light (光) or happiness, good luc...

Makoto is a unisex Japanese name, though it is more commonly used by males. It carries profound meaning, derived from the native Japanese word makoto, which can be written with kanji such as 誠 (meaning "sincerity") or...

Noboru is a Japanese masculine given name that fundamentally means "rise" or "ascend". It is written primarily with the kanji element noboru (e.g. 昇, 登, and others), but it is also commonly rendered in hiragana (のぼる...

Etymology and MeaningNobuyuki is a masculine Japanese given name composed of two kanji elements. The first element, nobu, can be written with various characters such as 信 (nobu), meaning "trust," or 伸 (nobu), meaning "...