The word Yuki or Yuuki are different and are quite popular. They are often used as names for people but also mean common words in the Japanese language. They can also refer to legends of Japanese folklore and various other things. In this article, we will investigate the meaning of the two words.
They are similar words, the only difference is in the lengthening of the [u] and sometimes it can be imperceptible if you don't pay attention. They are totally different words with no relationship at all. Both are interesting and popular words to add to your vocabulary, and many are curious to know what they mean as a name.
Before I want to make it clear that no matter how written, these words can have any meaning, depending on the ideogram they are written. In this article I will highlight the 2 main meanings of each word, but it is worth making it clear that the names are not written using the same ideogram as the word used in the Japanese language.
Yuki may also end up becoming a nickname. For this reason, we recommend that you also read our article on Japanese Nicknames (clicking here) to learn more about how nicknames are chosen and work in Japan.
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The meaning of the word Yuki
The word yuki [雪] literally means snow. There is even a Japanese legend called Yuki-Onna [雪女] that is quite popular and appears in animes like Detective Conan, Pokémon, Bleach, and many others. In the legend, the woman sings to seduce men in the snowy mountains amidst a snowstorm so they get lost and die frozen.
Yuki is also a feminine name but it is not usually written with the ideograms of snow, although some relate the person's name to snow. The name Yuki can be written with different characters such as love [愛], fiber [維] and respect [恭].
As a name, it is more popular to use more than one ideogram as Yuki Amano's name [由季] from Steins;Gate where Yuki means reason, motive [由] and seasons or weather [季]. The possibilities are endless, something very promising when choosing names in Japanese, but we want to make it clear that as a name, Yuki is entirely uncommon if written with the ideogram for snow.
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The meaning of the word Yuuki
The word yuuki [勇気] means courage, bravery, valor, and boldness. Be careful because it can also mean ghost or spirit [幽鬼] or simply something organic [有機]. It is an interesting word that can give a good meaning to a Japanese name. Unfortunately, it is also not usually written with the ideograms for courage [勇気].
[愛喜] is a common way to write yuuki which means love and rejoice. [優希] which means tenderness, kindness and hope and prayer. Besides [優輝] which means tenderness and brightness. There are countless ways to write names in Japanese that you can see at jisho.org;
I hope you enjoyed this quick explanation of the words yuki and yuuki, despite it seems to be a strange topic, thousands of people search for this word daily, probably looking for the meaning of the name. Our goal is to clarify that they are 2 different names and that their meanings may vary according to the ideogram chosen in the name.
