Dear Japanese名前と漢字

Naoki

直樹なおき

A boy name with 3 common kanji spellings. The most typical, 直樹, combines straight + tree.

Hiragana
なおき
Katakana
ナオキ
Romaji (Hepburn)
Naoki
Morae
3 なおき
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 Naoki. See the guide to -chan and -kun.

  • なおくんnao-kun
  • なおちゃんnao-chan
  • なおきくんnaoki-kun
  • なおきちゃんnaoki-chan
  • なーちゃんna-chan

As a full name

In Japanese the surname comes first.

Names that share a kanji