Miyazaki especially is known for his strong, well-developed female characters, so I thought it'd be fun to go through all the Ghibli films (totally not an excuse for a movie binge night....or week, really) and collect every girls' name mentioned.
[in some cases, the characters are only named in the credits]
Main / important secondary characters:
- Anna (When Marnie Was There)
- Arrietty (The Secret World of Arrietty)
- Chihiro "Sen" (Spirited Away)
- Dola (Castle in the Sky)
- Eboshi (Princess Mononoke)
- Fio (Porco Rosso)
- Gina (Porco Rosso)
- Haru (The Cat Returns)
- Homily (The Secret World of Arrietty)
- Kaguya (The Tale of Princess Kaguya)
- Kiki (Kiki's Delivery Service)
- Kushana (Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind [okay, not strictly Studio Ghibli, made before its formation, but I'm including it anyway])
- Lin (Spirited Away)
- Lisa (Ponyo)
- Lusheeta "Sheeta" (Castle in the Sky)
- Marnie (When Marnie Was There)
- Matsuko (My Neighbors the Yamadas)
- Mei (My Neighbor Totoro)
- Nahoko (The Wind Rises)
- Nausicaä (Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind)
- Nonoko (My Neighbors the Yamadas)
- Osono (Kiki's Delivery Service)
- Ponyo (Ponyo)
- Rikako (Ocean Waves)
- San (Princess Mononoke)
- Satsuki (My Neighbor Totoro)
- Sayaka (When Marnie Was There)
- Setsuko (Grave of the Fireflies)
- Shige (My Neighbors the Yamadas)
- Shizuku (Whisper of the Heart)
- Sophie (Howl's Moving Castle)
- Taeko (Only Yesterday)
- Tenar (Tales from Earthsea)
- Therru (Tales from Earthsea)
- Umi (From Up on Poppy Hill)
- Yubaba (Spirited Away)
- Yuki (The Cat Returns)
Minor characters / only mentioned:
- Aiko, Kiyoko, Naoko, Rie, Suzuki, Toko, Tsuneko (Only Yesterday)
- Akiko, Yumi (Ocean Waves)
- Anna, Constance, Donna, Giliora, Laura, Maria, Marietta, Monica, Sandra, Silvana, Sophia, Tina, Valentina (Porco Rosso)
- Asako, Kinuyo, Louise, Nao, Shiho, Yuko (Whisper of the Heart)
- Dora, Kokiri, Maki, Ursula (Kiki's Delivery Service)
- Emily, Hisako, Nobuko, Setsu, Yoriko (When Marnie Was There)
- Hana, Miki, Nobuko, Ryoko, Sachiko, Saori, Sora, Yuko (From Up on Poppy Hill)
- Hara, Jessica (The Secret World of Arrietty)
- Hiromi, Naoko (The Cat Returns)
- Honey, Lettie, Madge (Howl's Moving Castle)
- Karen, Kayo, Kumiko, Noriko, Toki, Yoshie (Ponyo)
- Kaya, Kiyo, Moro, Toki (Princess Mononoke)
- Kayo, Kinu (The Wind Rises)
- Kita, Me, Sagami (The Tale of Princess Kaguya)
- Lastelle, Obaba (Nausicaä of the Valley of the Winds)
- Madge, Okami (Castle in the Sky)
- Michiko, Ryouko, Yasuko (My Neighbor Totoro)
- Yuko, Zeniba (Spirited Away)
