Iroha is from the Japanese iroha (いろは — the foundational Japanese syllabary alphabet). A modern American baby name in the broader Japanese-Korean K-pop + Japanese literary heritage aesthetic. Iroha in Japanese tradition — the foundational iconic Iroha poem (Iroha-uta) — widely considered one of the foundational works of classical Japanese literature* (c. 9th-10th century CE) — a foundational pangram containing every kana once except n (ん); attributed to the iconic foundational Buddhist monk Kūkai (Kōbō-Daishi, 774-835 CE) — one of the foundational figures of Japanese Buddhism; central to traditional Japanese poetic + linguistic tradition for over 1,000 years. Lim Iroha (임이로하, born 2007) — iconic Japanese-Korean K-pop singer + dancer; iconic foundational member of the iconic foundational K-pop girl group ILLIT (아일릿); widely considered one of the foundational 5th-generation K-pop girl groups + the iconic foundational Belift Lab (HYBE Labels) group; her foundational ILLIT career includes all the iconic foundational singles from *Magnetic (March 2024) through Almond Chocolate (March 2025); widely celebrated for her iconic foundational visual + her foundational dance abilities; her foundational role as a foundational Japanese-Korean K-pop bridge figure is widely studied; appeared on the iconic foundational survival reality show R U Next? (JTBC + Hybe, 2023) — the foundational reality competition that formed ILLIT; over 1 million Instagram followers; brand ambassador for major Japanese + Korean fashion brands. Princess Iroha** — modern Japanese-Korean + classical Japanese heritage naming.
Featured throughout Japanese heritage and K-pop.
Iroha reduces to three.