Forename 源

Around the globe, 源 (源 , Мото , Гэн , among others...) is a widespread gender-neutral first name. The first name 源 is characteristic of Eastern Asia, particularly China, where it is quite a common gender-neutral name. Much less frequently, 源 is the last name as well as the forename.

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name 源

name Minato, name Motoshi, name Мотоси, name 長, name 源氏, name Motosi, name Yuan, name 新, name 湊, name Genji, name Минато, name Hajime, name 原, name Hajimu, name Gen, name 袁, name Minamoto, name Хадзимэ, name 秦, name Гэн, name Moto, name 源, name Мото, name 御, name Yuen, name もと

VARIANT	COUNTRY
源	China
Мото	Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan
Минато, Мотоси, Гэн, Хадзимэ	Russia

First names said to be same

Gen, Genji, Hajime, Hajimu, Minamoto, Minato, Moto, Motoshi, Motosi, Yuan, Yuen, もと, 原, 御, 新, 湊, 源氏, 秦, 袁, and 長

First name 源 in the context

源 is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Hajime Kindaichi , the character in the Kindaichi Case Files.

Notable namesakes

	源杲 person, CBDB = 140420, CN (b. 643)
	源溥 Tang dynasty person CBDB = 141248, CN (b. 728)
	源為義 Japanese samurai, JP (b. 1096)
	源義朝 samurai of the late Heian period; the head of the Minamoto clan, JP (b. 1123)
	源顕通 (b. 1081)
	源頼朝 1st shogun of the Kamakura shogunate (1147-1199), JP (b. 1147)
	源範頼 samurai of the late Heian and early Kamakura period, JP (b. 1150)
	源義経 Samurai of the late Heian and early Kamakura period, JP (b. 1159)
	源義高 son of Yoshinaka, JP (b. 1173)
	源頼家 2nd shogun of Kamakura shogunate, JP (b. 1182)
	源実朝 3rd shogun of Kamakura shogunate and poet, JP (b. 1192)
	源在子 court lady of Japanese emperor Go-Toba. mother of Tsuchimikado (b. 1171)
	陈源 Chinese writer, TW (b. 1896)
	源了圓 Japanese historian, JP (b. 1920)
	源家祥 CN (b. 1940)