Kanade (かなで)

Kanade is read かなで and has 3 beats. Our data lists one spelling, 奏. It is a name for either gender on our hand-reviewed list of everyday names.

Reading

か·な·で (3 beats)

Kanji spellings

1 in our data

Gender

Either gender

Source

Hand-reviewed list of everyday names

Kanji spellings of Kanade

One sound can be written with different kanji. Each spelling below is a different name on paper.

  • 奏
    かなで
    CommonEither gender

    Play music

The kanji in Kanade

What each kanji means on its own, and in how many of the spellings above it appears.

  • 奏play music1 spelling

Kanade with common surnames

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Names that sound similar

Names that start or end with the same sounds.

Kanade on our lists

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Questions about Kanade

Is Kanade a boy's or a girl's name?

Our data treats Kanade as a name for either gender.

What does Kanade mean?

Kanade is a sound, so the meaning comes from the kanji: 奏 reads as "play music". Those come from what each kanji means by itself, and parents may have had a fuller picture in mind.

How many ways can Kanade be written in kanji?

Our data lists 1: 奏. Other spellings exist, so ask how a person writes their own name before you write it for them.

How do you pronounce Kanade?

かなで is 3 beats: か · な · で. 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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