Hotaru
蛍
A girl name with 1 common kanji spelling. The most typical, 蛍, combines firefly.
- Hiragana
- ほたる
- Katakana
- ホタル
- Romaji (Hepburn)
- Hotaru
- Morae
- 3 ほたる
- Gender
- Girl
Kanji spellings
The same name can be written with different characters. Parents choose the kanji for its meaning.
蛍
- 蛍firefly
Nicknames
How friends and family might shorten Hotaru. See the guide to -chan and -kun.
- ほたちゃんhota-chan
- ほたるちゃんhotaru-chan
- ほーちゃんho-chan
As a full name
In Japanese the surname comes first.