Dear Japanese名前と漢字

Masato

雅人まさと

A boy name with 3 common kanji spellings. The most typical, 雅人, combines elegant + person.

Hiragana
まさと
Katakana
マサト
Romaji (Hepburn)
Masato
Morae
3 まさと
Gender
Boy

Kanji spellings

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

Nicknames

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

  • まさくんmasa-kun
  • まさちゃんmasa-chan
  • まさとくんmasato-kun
  • まさとちゃんmasato-chan
  • まーちゃんma-chan

As a full name

In Japanese the surname comes first.

Names that share a kanji