Misaki (name)

Misaki (みさき, ミサキ) is a popular[1] feminine Japanese given name which can also be used as a surname.

Misaki
Pronunciation(MEE-sah-kee)
GenderFemale
Origin
Word/nameJapanese
Meaningdifferent meanings depending on the Kanji
Other names
Related namesMisa
Misako
Misumi

Possible writings

Misaki can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:

As a given name

  • 美咲 "beautiful, blossom"
  • 美沙紀 "beautiful, sand, chronicle"
  • 海咲 “ocean, blossom”

The given name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

As a surname

  • 岬 "cape/promontory"
  • 三崎 "three promontories"
  • 三咲 "three blossoms"
  • 美崎 "beautiful promontory"
  • 見崎 "to look, promontory"

People with the given name

  • Misaki Kuno (久野 美咲, born 1993), Japanese voice actress and singer
  • Misaki Ito (美咲, born 1977), Japanese actress, model, and idol
  • Misaki Iwasa (岩佐 美咲, born 1995), Japanese idol, enka singer, and a member of Jpop group AKB48
  • Misaki Kobayashi (小林 海咲, born 1990), Japanese squash player
  • Misaki Kumakura (熊倉 美咲, born 1983), Japanese rower
  • Misaki Morizono (森薗 美咲, born 1992), Japanese table tennis player
  • Misaki Ohata (美咲, born 1989), Japanese professional wrestler
  • Misaki Watada a Japanese voice actress
  • Misaki Yamaguchi (山口 美咲, born 1990), Japanese swimmer

People with the surname

Characters

References

  1. "Given name best 100 (2007)" (in Japanese). Meiji Yasuda Seimei. 2008-08-31. Archived from the original on 2008-09-13. Retrieved 2008-08-31.
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