Anime’s have been gaining a lot of popularity worldwide over the last few years.
They are something unique and special to use for your baby girls name and not overly used yet.
Anime names are cool and special.
A lot of famous Anime series or movies are to blame for that trend in naming girls after anime characters.
Anime characters are usually quirky, fun and over dramatic.
Below you can find a list of over 100 great girl names from popular animes.
This list of anime girl names is in the order of the anime they came from.
Top anime girl names and their meaning
The female names for anime characters usually have a pretty cool meaning behind it too.
Some names do not have a meaning or I couldn’t find the meaning of it.
Anime girl names starting with A
- Ai
meaning “love” or “affection”
2. Aiko
meaning “little loved one”
3. Aimi
meaning “beautiful love”
4. Aina
meaning “forever”
5. Airi
Airi is a combination of the name Ai meaning love or affection and the Name Ri meaning jasmine or pearl.
6. Akane
meaning “deep red”
7. Akeno
meaning “bright shining field”
8. Aki
meaning “autumn” or “bright”
9. Akiyama
meaning “autumn mountain”
10. Amaya
meaning “the end” or “pleasant place”
11. Anko
meaning “red bean paste” – this might sound like a weird thing to name a child but it is a quite popular name.
12. Aoki
meaning “green tree”
13. Asami
depending on how the kanji character is written this name can mean three different things – “hemp” or “beauty”, “morning” or “beauty” and “morning” or “sea”.
Either way it is a beautiful name.
14. Asuka
meaning “tomorrow”
15. Asuna
meaning “tomorrow” or “apple tree”
16. Atsuko
meaning “child of profound emotions”
17. Aya
meaning “woven silk”
18. Ayaka
this one also depends on how it is written and can mean “colorful” or “flower” and “colorful” or “summer”
19. Ayako
can have a variety of different meaning depending on the writing: “writings, child”, “coloring, child”, “twill, child”
20. Ayane
meaning “colorful sound”
21. Ayano
meaning “color” or “design”
22. Ayu
meaning “beautiful” or “gorgeous”
23. Ayumu
meaning “walk”, “dream” or “vision”
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Anime girl names with C
24. Chikako
meaning “friendly child” or “child of thousand joys” – I really love the meaning of this name.
25. Chiharu
depending on how the word is written it can mean “thousand, spring” or “thousand, sunny weather”
26. Chihiro
This name as well can have different meanings like “thousand fathoms”, “thousand gains” or “thousand, abundance”
It will forever remind me of the first anime movie I watched as a child called “spirited away”.
27. Chinatsu
And another name with different meaning depending on the writing.
It can mean “thousand summers”, “wise summer” or “intellect, summer”
28. Chiyo
meaning “thousand generations” or “thousand worlds”
29. Chiyoko
also meaning “thousand generations”
30. Chizuru
meaning “thousand cranes”
31. Chouko
meaning “butterfly child”
Anime girl names with D
32. Dai
meaning “large, to shine”
33. Daisuke
One of the many names with different meanings depending on the writing of the Kanji character.
It can mean “big, assist”, “big, mediate” or “big, bless”
Anime girl names with E
34. Eiko
meaning “flourishing” or “prosperous”
35. Emika
meaning “blossom, bloom” or “flower”
This name also has it’s origin in the slavic language where it means “charming”
36. Emiko
Emiko is a combination of Emi meaning child and Ko meaning region of origin.
It is usually used in the meaning for “blessed”
37. Eri
meaning “drawing”
38. Eto
meaning “river wisteria”
39. Etsuko
meaning “joy child”
Anime girl names with F
40. Fubuki
depending on the kunji character it can mean “blown” or “snow”
41. Fujiko
meaning “wisteria”
42. Fumiko
simply means “beautiful” or “child”
Anime girl names with H
43. Hana
meaning “happiness” or “flower”
44. Haruka
With the different writing it can mean either “spring, fragrance”, “spring, flower” or “distance, flower”
45. Hideko
meaning “excellence”, “beauty” or “child”
46. Himara
meaning “to become”
47. Himari
meaning “sunflower”, “ball of light” or “home of light and love”
48. Hinata
meaning “sunny place” or “in the sun”
Hinata is actually a unisex names and can be used for male, female and non-binary people.
49. Hikari
also a gender neutral name meaning “light”
50. Hiraki
This is more common used as a last name and can either mean “even, flat” or “castle”
51. Hitagi
meaning “battelfield”
52. Hitomi
meaning “wisdom” or “intellect”
53. Holo
meaning “whole” or “entire”
54. Hoshi
meaning “star”
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Anime girl names with I
55. Ichigo
meaning “strawberry”
56. Ichika
meaning “one thousand flowers”
57. Ino
meaning “wild boar”
This name is well known from the anime series Naruto.
58. Inori
meaning “prayer”
59. Isamu
meaning “courage” or “bravery”
60. Itsuki
Depending on the kanji characters it can either mean “tree” or “servant of god” and “fiber, moon” or “that one moon”
61. Izumi
meaning “spring” or “fountain”
While this name is mainly used for girls it is actually also a unisex name.
Anime girl names with K
62. Kaeda
meaning “assembling a small dragon”
63. Kaede
meaning “maple tree”
Kaede is also a gender neutral name.
64. Kagome
meaning “fragrance”
65. Kagura
meaning “entertaining the gods” or “god entertainment”
66. Kaguya
meaning “radiant light”
67. Kamiko
meaning “little goddess”
68. Kan
meaning “citrus”
69. Kaori
meaning “scent or aroma”, “fabric or weave” and sometimes also “perfume”
70. Karui
meaning “light” or “non-serios”
71. Keiko
meaning “be glad” or “rejoicing child”
72. Kiko
A variation of keiko also meaning “be glad”
73. Kin
meaning “golden”
Can also be used as a unisex name.
74. Kobato
meaning “little dove”
75. Kokoro
meaning “heart” or “mind”
76. Kurenai
meaning “crimson”
77. Kurisu
meaning “chestnut”
78. Kurumi
meaning “walnut” is a common name for females in japan even though you can occasionally find a male with that name.
79. Kushina
meaning “wondrous inada princess”
80. Kyoka
meaning “a mirror” or “fragrant capital”
81. Kyoko
meaning “mirror”
Anime girl names with L
82. Lin
meaning “forest” or “sun goddess”
Anime girl names with M
83. Madoka
usually means “circle”
84. Maki
Either means “true, precious” or “true, timber trees” depending on the writing.
85. Mao
meaning “true center”
86. Masami
has a few different meaning including “prosperous beauty”, “gracious beauty” or “become beautiful”
87. Mashiro
meaning “white”
88. Mayu
meaning “true” or “gentleness”
89. Megumi
meaning “blessing” or “grace”
90. Mei
meaning “beautiful”
91. Michiko
meaning “beautiful wise child” or “child of beautiful wisdom or knowledge” or “child of thousand beauties”
92. Mikasa
meaning “bamboo” or “three hats of bamboo”
93. Miku
meaning “a beautiful sky” or “a beautiful time”
94. Minori
meaning “beautiful harbor”
95. Mio
meaning “beautiful cherry blossom”
96. Mirajane
meaning “master”, “educated” or “cheerful”
97. Misako
Misako is a name with many meanings depending on the kanji characters used.
It can mean “beauty, blossom, child” or “fascination, help, child”
In general it is a combination of Mi (meaning beautiful), Sa (meaning sand) and Ko (meaning child).
98. Misato
meaning “beautiful knowledge” or “beautiful village”
99. Mitsuri
meaning “honey”
100. Mitsuru
meaning “fullness”
Mitsuru is also a beautiful gender neutral name.
101. Miu
meaning “beautiful feather”
102. Miwa
Can mean “tree, harmony” or “beauty, harmony”
103. Mizuki
meaning “beautiful moon” or “water moon”
104. Momo
meaning “peach”
105. Momoe
meaning “a hundred blessings”
106. Mononoke
meaning “the spirit of a thing”
That is basically the japanese form of paranormal – when unexplainabe things happen the Mononoke or spirits are blamed.
107. Motoko
meaning “beginning” or “fountain”
Anime girl names with N
108. Naigsa
meaning “a calm beach”
109. Nami
meaning “beautiful”, “red apple” or “wave”
110. Nana
meaning “seven”
111. Nanami
this name has different meaning depending on the writing and can mean “seven, sea” or “seven, beauty”
112. Nao
meaning “love” or “affection”
113. Naoko
depending on the writing can mean “obedient, child” or “esteem, child”
114. Name
meaning “peaceful”, “quiet” or “preferably”
115. Naru
meaning “someone charming and wholesome”
116. Natsu
meaning “summer”
117. Natsuki
Again depending on the writing can have different meanings – “summer, rare” or “summer, life”
118. Nezuko
meaning “snowball flower”
119. Nobara
meaning “wild rose”
120. Nobuko
meaning “child of faith”
121. Nori
meaning “belief”
Nori can also be used for any gender since it is considered a unisex name.
122. Noriko
meaning “law” or “order”
Anime girl names with O
123. Ochako
meaning “tea child”
124. Oiwa
meaning “large” or “big”
125. Origami
meaning “folding” and is also the name of the famous paper folding technique.
126. Orihime
meaning “weaving princess”
Anime girl names with R
127. Rei
meaning “law” or “rule”
128. Rias
meaning “natural born leader”
129. Rika
meaning “pear blossom”
130. Rikka
meaning “snowflake”
131. Riko
meaning “jasmine” or “truth”
132. Rin
meaning “companion”
Can also be used as a gender neutral name.
133. Rina
meaning “jasmine”, “village”, “vegetables” or “greens”
Anime girl names with S
134. Saeko
meaning “accomplish”, “truth” or “child” and can also be used as a unisex name for babies.
135. Saki
meaning “blossom” or “hope”
136. Sakura
meaning “cherry blossom”
Sakura is probably one of the most popular anime names mostly thanks to the character with that name in Naruto.
137. Sayomi
can mean “honor” or “beauty” depending on the writing.
138. Sayuri
meaning “small lilly”
139. Shinobu
meaning “endurance” and can be used gender neutral.
140. Shizuka
meaning “quiet” or “calm”
141. Shizune
meaning “quiet”
142. Shoko
meaning “bright”, “clear” or “happiness”
143. Sora
meaning “sky”
Sora is a unisex name that can be used for any gender.
144. Sumiko
meaning “child of goodness” or “beautiful child”
145. Sumire
meaning “violet”
Anime girl names with T
146. Taiga
meaning “large river” also another name that can be used gender neutral too.
147. Takara
meaning “treasure”
148. Temari
meaning “hand ball” – also a popular craft.
149. Tenten
meaning “thanks”
150. Tora
meaning “tiger”
151. Toshiko
meaning “quick”, “clever” or “sharp”
152. Touka
meaning “good perfume”
153. Tsubaki
meaning “camellia flower”
154. Tsukiko
meaning “moon”
155. Tsunade
commonly translated to “mooring rope”
Anime girl names with U
156. Uiharo
meaning “early spring”
157. Usagi
meaning “rabbit”
Anime girl names with W
158. Wakana
meaning “harmony”
Anime girl names with Y
159. Yasu
meaning “calm”
In general a gender neutral names but often used for females.
160. Yoi
meaning “born in the evening”
161. Yoko
meaning “good” or “positive”
162. Yubaba
meaning “elderly women of the hot water” and also the name of a famous character in spirited away.
163. Yui
meaning “superior garment”
164. Yukino
meaning “be like snow”
165. Yumi
can mean “reason or cause”, “abundant beauty” or “evening fruit” depending on the use of the kanji characters.
Anime girl names with Z
166. Zuiko
meaning “light of the gods”
Which one of these cute anime girl names is your favorite?
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