Sakura
Sakura is a girl name of Japanese origin, ranked #90 in popularity, meaning Cherry blossom.
What Sakura means
Cherry blossom.
Sakura sits at 6 letters, and ends on a vowel, which tends to make a name sound open and carry well when called across a room.
Where Sakura 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.
Sakura is recorded as Japanese in origin. Browse other Japanese names.
How popular is Sakura?
Sakura is ranked #90, 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 Sakura
Two ideas meet in Sakura: flowers and growing things and the natural world. Names carrying more than one theme tend to be the ones that suit a wider range of siblings.
Names like Sakura
These share Sakura's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Hana — Flower, blossom.
- Tsubaki — Camellia flower.
- Daisy — The day's-eye flower.
- Daphne — The laurel tree.
- Iris — Rainbow; messenger of the gods.
- Lily — The lily flower — purity and beauty.
- Rose — The rose flower.
- Violet — The violet flower; the color purple.
- Acacia — Thorny tree; resurrection.
- Alani — Orange tree.
- Anthea — Flower; blossom.
- Azalea — The azalea flower.