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蒼空
そら
Sora
SOH-rah · a unisex name
“Deep-blue sky”
Vivid · Adventurous · Deep
The story of Sora
A deep-blue Sora — the sky at its boldest hour.
Sora is the Japanese word for the sky itself. Genderless as weather, easy in any language, it names a spirit that refuses small rooms.
Kanji by kanji
deep blue
The color of a deep sky or sea — a kanji with a cool, poetic atmosphere.
sky, emptiness
The everyday kanji for the sky — and, in Buddhism, for the freeing emptiness at the heart of things.
How it feels
The full story
About 蒼空
蒼空 saturates the name with color: midsummer blue, high and cloudless. It suits an adventurer whose optimism has real depth.
Popularity in Japan
Sora has ranked highly for both boys and girls since the 2000s — one of Japan's signature unisex names.
Through the decades
A leading name of the era when sky-and-nature names took over Japanese naming.
Deep dive
The sky belongs to no one, which is exactly why Sora suits anyone. Japanese poetry returns to the sky constantly — its changing weather as feelings, its blue depth as honesty, its openness as freedom.
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