Dear Japanese名前と漢字

Nozomi

希のぞみ

A girl name with 3 common kanji spellings. The most typical, 希, combines hope.

Hiragana
のぞみ
Katakana
ノゾミ
Romaji (Hepburn)
Nozomi
Morae
3 のぞみ
Gender
Girl

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 Nozomi. See the guide to -chan and -kun.

  • のぞちゃんnozo-chan
  • のぞみちゃんnozomi-chan
  • のーちゃんno-chan

As a full name

In Japanese the surname comes first.

Names that share a kanji