Entry № 4731 · Japanese origin

Izanami Izanami — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ ee-zah-NAH-mee /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Japanese
Meaning
"A creator goddess"
Syllables
4
First recorded
Antiquity

A name that means "a creator goddess".

Izanami is a creator goddess of Japanese myth, who with Izanagi shaped the islands and gave birth to many kami.

Her name belongs to the very beginning of the world.

A creator goddess — a name from Japanese myth.

The name in its native script.

Izanami
Transliteration
Izanami
Pronunciation
/ i.zaˈna.mi /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Izanami stands.

Izanami does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Izanamis before her.

Real people

In fiction

Names connected to Izanami.

The number behind Izanami.

1

The Leader

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Izanami reduce to 1, The Leader. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.