Saori

Saori is a girl name of Japanese origin, meaning Mile.

What Saori means

Mile.

Saori 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 Saori 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.

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

How popular is Saori?

Saori sits outside the top 100 girl names we currently track. For many parents that is the appeal: a name with genuine history behind it that has not been picked up by everyone at once.

Names like Saori

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

  • Sachiko — Child of happiness.
  • Sakura — Cherry blossom.
  • Sora — Sky.
  • Akari — Light, brightness.
  • Aoi — Hollyhock; the color blue.
  • Emi — Beautiful blessing; smile.
  • Hana — Flower, blossom.
  • Haruka — Distant; spring.
  • Himari — Facing the sun; sunflower.
  • Hina — Sun, light.
  • Hoshi — Star.
  • Kaede — Maple leaf.

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