Hoshi
Hoshi is a girl name of Japanese origin, ranked #102 in popularity, meaning Star.
What Hoshi means
Star.
Hoshi sits at 5 letters, and ends on a vowel, which tends to make a name sound open and carry well when called across a room.
Where Hoshi 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.
Hoshi is recorded as Japanese in origin. Browse other Japanese names.
How popular is Hoshi?
Hoshi is ranked #102, near the outer edge of the top hundred. Names here are often on the way up or on the way down, so this is the band where a name can feel fresh and established at the same time.
The character of Hoshi
Two ideas meet in Hoshi: Star and the stars and sky. Names carrying more than one theme tend to be the ones that suit a wider range of siblings.
Names like Hoshi
These share Hoshi's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Haruse — Star.
- Nanase — Star.
- Hesper — The evening star.
- Nova — New; a blazing star.
- Stella — Star. Shining and celestial.
- Astra — Of the stars.
- Bituin — Star.
- Csilla — Morning star.
- Danica — Morning star.
- Dara — Star; maiden.
- Estelle — Star.
- Lyra — Lyre; harp.