Kaede

Kaede is a girl name of Japanese origin, ranked #105 in popularity, meaning Maple leaf.

What Kaede means

Maple leaf.

Kaede 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 Kaede 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.

Kaede is recorded as Japanese in origin. Browse other Japanese names.

How popular is Kaede?

Kaede is ranked #105, 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 Kaede

The thread we file Kaede under is the natural world — worth following if that association is what caught your attention in the first place.

Themes: Nature

Names like Kaede

These share Kaede's themes, origin, or both — closest first.

• Hana — Flower, blossom.
• Haruka — Distant; spring.
• Kazuha — Leaf.
• Kiyoha — Leaf.
• Kotoha — Leaf.
• Kureha — Leaf.
• Mei — Sprout; bright.
• Midori — Green.
• Sakura — Cherry blossom.
• Yuki — Snow; happiness.
• Akiba — Leaf.
• Ayaha — Leaf.

More Japanese names

• Kachiko — Child.
• Kaeko — Child.
• Junko — Child.
• Kaguya — Question mark.
• Jitsuko — Child.
• Kahoko — Child.
• Jinko — Child.
• Kahori — Plum.
• Izumiko — Child.
• Kahoruko — Child.