Entry № 5583 · Other origin

Kotori Kotori — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ koh-TOH-ree /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Other
Meaning
"Little bird (Japanese + Minami Kotori Love Live anime)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient (Japanese)

A name that means "little bird (japanese + minami kotori love live anime)".

Kotori is from the Japanese 小鳥 (Kotori — little bird, small bird). Kotori is one of the Japanese feminine names — central to traditional Japanese heritage. The Japanese 小 (ko- small/little) prefix family is central to Japanese diminutive-affection-naming heritage kawaii (cute) aesthetic.

Little bird (Japanese).

The name in its native script.

小鳥 / ことり
Transliteration
Kotori
Pronunciation
/ koʊˈtoʊ.ri /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Kotori stands.

Kotori does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Kotoris before her.

Real people

In fiction
Minami Kotori
Love Live! School Idol Project anime character + μ's idol group.
Love Live!

Names connected to Kotori.

The number behind Kotori.

7

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Kotori reduce to 7, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.