Japanese Female Names 



MatsuH . . ("Pine-branch") ........ 1 



Micbi . . ("The Way," doctrine) ..... 4 



Mti . . . ("Triple Branch") ....... 1 



MiU'e . . ("Main-branch") ........ 1 



Mine. . . ("Peak") .......... 2 



Mitsu . . ("Light") .......... 5 



MitsuV . . ("Shining Branch") ....... 1 



Moris . . ("Service-Bay") 1 ....... 1 



Naka . . (" The Midmost ") ....... 4 



Nami . . ("Wave") .......... 1 



Nobu. . . ("Fidelity") ......... 6 



Nobu . . . ("The Prolonger") 2 ...... 1 



NobuS . . ("Lengthening-branch") ..... 1 



Nui . . . ("Tapestry," or, Embroidery) . . . 1 



Orino . . ("Weaving-Field") ....... 1 



Raku. . . ("Pleasure") ......... 3 



Ren . . . ("The Arranger") ....... 1 



Riku . . . (" Land," ground) ...... 1 



Roku . . . ("Emolument") ........ 1 



Ryo . . . ("Dragon") ......... 1 



Ryu . . . ("Lofty") .......... 3 



Sada . . . ("The Chaste") ........ 8 



Saki . . . (" Cape," promontory) ..... 1 



Saku . . . ("Composition") 8 ....... 3 



Sato . . . (" Home," native place) ..... 2 



Sawa . . . ("Marsh") ......... 1 



Set . . . ("Force") .......... 1 



Seki . . . ("Barrier," city-gate, toll-gate, etc.) . 3 



1 The word " service " here refers especially to attendance at meal 

 time, to the serving of rice, etc. 



2 Perhaps in the hopeful meaning of extending the family-line ; but 

 more probably in the signification that a daughter's care prolongs the 

 life of her parents, or of her husband's parents. 



3 Abbreviation of sakubun, a literary composition. 



