Chiharu
given name · Latin script
Meaning: ‘One thousand springs’
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/t͡ʃihɑɹu/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Chiharu is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Japan than in any other country.
- JPJapan≈1 in 1.6K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 921K
- AOAngola≈1 in 99K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Japan (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 112 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 1.6K (inferred from the name graph)
≈81,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Japan, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
‘One thousand springs’.
Sources 1
- A concise dictionary of first names
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Chiharu counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JP Japan | #262 | ≈81,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.6K | — | Chiharu | 112 |
| CN China | — | ≈3,100 est. | ≈1 in 447K | — | Chiharu | 5 |
| US United States | — | 361 | 1 in 921K | 344 | Chiharu | 112 |
| AO Angola | — | ≈330 est. | ≈1 in 99K | — | Chiharu | 1 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈44 est. | ≈1 in 1.5M | listed | Chiharu | 11 |
| SG Singapore | — | ≈20 est. | ≈1 in 312K | — | Chiharu | 9 |
| EE Estonia | — | ≈5 est. | ≈1 in 235K | listed | — | 1 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; the hanks-first-names-2001 register; the ee-siseministeerium-registry register. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Chiharu Igayab. 1931JPalpine skier
- Chiharu Matsuyamab. 1955JPJapanese folk singer and songwriter
- Chiharu Sakazakib. 1967JPJapanese illustrator (1967-)
- Chiharu Shiotab. 1972JPJapanese installation artist (born 1972)
- Chiharu Kawaib. 1973JPJapanese voice actress
- Chiharu Tamakib. 1980JPactor
- Chiharu Niiyamab. 1981JPJapanese actress
- Chiharu Nakaib. 1984JPJapanese AV actress
- Chiharu Sawashirob. 1987JPJapanese actor and voice actor
- Chiharu Shidab. 1997JPJapanese badminton player
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 13 sources across 10 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 344 | #26,023 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 17 | #26,023 |
| EE Estonia | Siseministeerium — population register name list 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| GB United Kingdom | A Concise Dictionary of First Names (Hanks & Hodges, 2001) | — | — | — |
Reference works 2
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Chiharu mean, and where does it come from?
- ‘One thousand springs’. Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names.
- How do you pronounce Chiharu?
- A machine transcription gives /t͡ʃihɑɹu/ (IPA) for Japanese.
- Is Chiharu a male or female name?
- Chiharu is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
- In which country does Chiharu have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 81 thousand people named Chiharu in Japan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled chiharu.
- How common is the name Chiharu?
- In the United States, the national register counted 361 people named Chiharu in 2020, about 1 in 921 thousand residents.
- How common is Chiharu compared with other names?
- In Japan, Chiharu is the 262nd most common given name of 366,905 given names recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/chiharuThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Chiharu” — the 262nd most common given name in Japan. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.