noun

  1. giving one's name, self-introduction.
  2. announcing one's name, rank, lineage, etc. (of a samurai on the battlefield). Messages.hist.
  3. name given to male members of the nobility and samurai class upon coming of age. Messages.hist.
  4. Japanese kanji reading used in names.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
名乗り なのり
 
名告り なのり
 
 
名のり なのり

Contained Kanji Breakdown

name, noted, distinguished
な メイ ミョウ (1st, N5)
evening
ゆう セキ ゆ (1st, N4)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
ride, power, multiplication
の.る ジョウ のり (3rd, N3)
droop, suspend, hang
た.れる スイ たる (6th, N1)
thousand
セン ち かず (1st, N5)
grass, grass radical (no. 140)
soil, earth, ground
ド つち は (1st, N5)
tree, wood
き モク こ- (1st, N5)