Dear Japanese名前と漢字

Ichiro

一郎いちろう

A boy name with 1 common kanji spelling. The most typical, 一郎, combines one + son.

Hiragana
いちろう
Katakana
イチロウ
Romaji (Hepburn)
Ichirō
Morae
4 いちろう
Gender
Boy

Kanji spellings

The same name can be written with different characters. Parents choose the kanji for its meaning.

  • 一郎

    1. 一one
    2. 郎son

Nicknames

How friends and family might shorten Ichiro. See the guide to -chan and -kun.

  • いちくんichi-kun
  • いちちゃんichi-chan
  • いちろうくんichirō-kun
  • いちろうちゃんichirō-chan
  • いーちゃんi-chan

As a full name

In Japanese the surname comes first.

Names that share a kanji