Haruka (はるか)
Haruka is read はるか and has 3 beats. Our data lists 5 spellings: 春花, 遥, 羽留香, 羽瑠香 and 栄佳. All five are feminine. Some of them are on our hand-reviewed list of everyday names.
Reading
は·る·か (3 beats)
Kanji spellings
5 in our data
Gender
Feminine
Source
Hand-reviewed list of everyday names and JMnedict, the open name dictionary
Kanji spellings of Haruka
One sound can be written with different kanji. Each spelling below is a different name on paper.
- 春花はるかCommonFeminine
Spring flower
- 春(はる)— spring
- 花(か)— flower
- 遥はるかCommonFeminine
Far away
- 羽留香はるかFeminine
Feather + scent
- 羽(は)— feather
- 留(る)— chosen for sound
- 香(か)— scent
- 羽瑠香はるかFeminine
Feather + scent
- 羽(は)— feather
- 瑠(る)— chosen for sound
- 香(か)— scent
- 栄佳はるかFeminine
Glory + beautiful
- 栄— glory
- 佳— beautiful
The kanji in Haruka
What each kanji means on its own, and in how many of the spellings above it appears.
- 羽feather2 spellings
- 香scent2 spellings
- 春spring1 spelling
- 花flower1 spelling
- 遥distant1 spelling
- 留chosen for sound1 spelling
- 瑠chosen for sound1 spelling
- 栄glory1 spelling
- 佳beautiful1 spelling
Haruka with common surnames
Full names with a different spelling and surname on each card. Tap a card for the kanji breakdown.
Names that sound similar
Names that start or end with the same sounds.
Other names that use 春 (spring)
Haruka on our lists
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Questions about Haruka
Is Haruka a boy's or a girl's name?
In our data every spelling of Haruka is feminine.
What does Haruka mean?
Haruka is a sound, so the meaning comes from the kanji: 春花 reads as "spring flower", 遥 reads as "far away" and 羽留香 reads as "feather + scent". Those come from what each kanji means by itself, and parents may have had a fuller picture in mind.
How many ways can Haruka be written in kanji?
Our data lists 5: 春花, 遥, 羽留香, 羽瑠香 and 栄佳. Other spellings exist, so ask how a person writes their own name before you write it for them.
How do you pronounce Haruka?
はるか is 3 beats: は · る · か. Give every beat the same length and keep vowels short and clear; Japanese has no stressed syllable the way English does.
Where this comes from
The spellings are from our hand-reviewed list of everyday names and from JMnedict, the open Japanese name dictionary. Meanings are built from what each kanji means on its own, so they describe the characters, not what a particular family had in mind.
How we check names · Content last reviewed: 2026-11-08.
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