Dear Japanese名前と漢字

Hayato

隼人はやと

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

Hiragana
はやと
Katakana
ハヤト
Romaji (Hepburn)
Hayato
Morae
3 はやと
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 Hayato. See the guide to -chan and -kun.

  • はやくんhaya-kun
  • はやちゃんhaya-chan
  • はやとくんhayato-kun
  • はやとちゃんhayato-chan
  • はーちゃんha-chan

As a full name

In Japanese the surname comes first.

  • 近藤 隼人Hayato Kondo
  • 林 隼人Hayato Hayashi
  • 坂本 隼人Hayato Sakamoto

Names that share a kanji