Studio Ghibli character names
Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata's animation studio — quietly responsible for many modern short Japanese girl names crossing west.
11 character names from Studio Ghibli. Names linked in teal have their own popularity page with yearly birth counts.
- KikiKiki — apprentice witch (Kiki's Delivery Service)
- SophieSophie Hatter — cursed hatmaker (Howl's Moving Castle)
- HowlHowl — the wandering wizard
- ChihiroChihiro Ogino — the girl trapped in the bathhouse (Spirited Away)
- HakuHaku — river spirit and Chihiro's guide
- SanSan — the wolf-raised princess (Princess Mononoke)
- AshitakaAshitaka — the Emishi prince
- SatsukiSatsuki — older sister (My Neighbor Totoro)
- MeiMei — younger sister, Totoro's first friend
- PonyoPonyo — the fish-girl
- MarnieMarnie — the ghostly companion (When Marnie Was There)
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