Anju
Anju is a girl name of Japanese origin, meaning Pearl.
What Anju means
Pearl.
Anju is short — 4 letters, and ends on a vowel, which tends to make a name sound open and carry well when called across a room.
Where Anju comes from
Japanese given names are written in kanji, and the characters chosen carry the meaning as much as the sound does. The same pronunciation can be written several different ways, each shading the sense differently, so parents pick characters as deliberately as they pick the name itself.
Anju is recorded as Japanese in origin. Browse other Japanese names.
How popular is Anju?
Anju is not in the current top 100 girl names we track. In practice that means a child called Anju is unlikely to be one of three in a classroom — the name is established and recognisable, just not in heavy circulation right now.
The character of Anju
Anju sits in our Gem group. Following that theme is usually the fastest way to find the handful of other names that feel the way this one does.
Themes: Gem
Names like Anju
These share Anju's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Anzu — Pearl.
- Otama — Jewel.
- Satou Tamao — Pearl, thong.
- Kohaku — Amber.
- Amber — Golden fossilized resin.
- Amethyst — The calming purple gem.
- Greta — Pearl.
- Jade — The green gemstone of the side.
- Margaret — Pearl.
- Margot — Pearl.
- Pearl — A precious pearl.
- Ruby — The deep-red gemstone.