Inari
A girls’ name of Japanese origin, meaning rice deity; shinto goddess of fertility.
Babies a year
3
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#5927
3 babies
Inari by the numbers
In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Inari. In the US, 14 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.
Its American peak was 25 babies in 2008, making it a 2000s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Inari. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean God
Like Inari, each of these has God in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Isabellapledged to God15,112 in the US (2017)
- Elizabethmy God is an oath8,924 in the US (2017)
- Angelmessenger of God6,157 in the US (2017)
- Auroradawn; Roman goddess of sunrise1,030 in England and Wales (2025)
- SamanthaGod has heard; feminine form of Samuel4,308 in the US (2017)
- Micahwho is like God3,924 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Inari
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