Dear Japanese名前と漢字

Yamato

大和やまと

A boy name with 2 common kanji spellings. The most typical, 大和, combines big + harmony.

Hiragana
やまと
Katakana
ヤマト
Romaji (Hepburn)
Yamato
Morae
3 やまと
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 Yamato. See the guide to -chan and -kun.

  • やまくんyama-kun
  • やまちゃんyama-chan
  • やまとくんyamato-kun
  • やまとちゃんyamato-chan
  • やーちゃんya-chan

As a full name

In Japanese the surname comes first.

Names that share a kanji