Baby name

RISING GIRL · JAPANESE
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Mirai

/mee · RYE/


“Future”

Japanese name meaning 'future'; used for girls and increasingly boys, carrying an optimistic forward-looking meaning rare in Western naming traditions.

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gentle

How it ages.

Modern and aspirational; ages well as Japanese names gain international recognition.

The cultural moment.

Popular in Japan throughout the 2000s and 2010s; growing niche use in Brazilian Japanese diaspora communities.