Search gender: all male female Motoba Name Meaning, Kanji Variations. 1 names found. gender: all male female Name: motoba Katakana: モトバ 0 Kanji: 元芭 Meaning: 元Original. Root. Beginning. First. The first year of an era. Chief. Monarch. The first person. Head. Neck. Big. Righteous. Beautiful. 芭Characters used for the perennial plant "Basho". You can save your favorite names with NAZUKE PON > About Japanese Names > Search For Japanese Names > Motoba Name Meaning, Kanji Variations.