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鈴
りん
Rin
REEN · a female name
“Small bell”
Bright · Charming · Traditional
The story of Rin
The bell-like Rin — a small, clear sound everyone turns toward.
Rin describes the feeling of cold, clear morning air — poised, awake, unbending. One of the most loved girls' names of the past two decades.
Kanji by kanji
bell
The kanji of the small bells that ring at shrines and on summer breezes — a sound that clears the air.
How it feels
The full story
About 鈴
鈴 gives the name a voice: the bright ring that announces something good. It suits a presence that lifts a room the moment it enters.
Popularity in Japan
Rin has ranked at or near the top of girls' charts throughout the 2010s and 2020s.
Through the decades
The defining one-syllable girls' name of modern Japan.
Deep dive
The word rin to shita — 'rin-like' — praises someone composed and quietly formidable. The name borrows winter's clearest quality: air so cold and pure it makes everything stand up straight.
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