The word Yuki or Yuuki are different and are quite popular. They are often used as names of people but they also mean words in common use in the Japanese language. It can also refer to Japanese folklore legends and many 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 can also end up becoming a nickname. For this reason, we recommend that you also read our article on Japanese Nicknames (click here) to learn more about choosing and how nicknames 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] which is quite popular and appears in anime like Detective Conan, Pokémon, Bleach and many others. In the legend the woman sings to seduce men in the snowy mountains in the midst of a blizzard for them to get lost and freeze to death.
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, he is most popular using more than one ideogram like Yuki Amano's name [由季] from Steins;Gate where Yuki means reason, motive [由] and seasons or seasons [季]. The possibilities are endless, something quite promising to choose Japanese names, but we want to make it clear that as a name, Yuki is totally unusual if it is written with snow ideogram.
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The meaning of the word Yuuki
The word yuuki [勇気] means courage, bravery and daring. Beware that it can also mean ghost or spirit [幽鬼] or simply something organic [有機]. It's an interesting word that can give a good meaning to a Japanese name. Unfortunately, it is also not usually written with the ideograms of courage [勇気].
[愛喜] is a common way of writing yuuki which means love and rejoice. [優希] which means tenderness, kindness and hope and pray. In addition to [優輝] which means tenderness and brightness. There are endless ways to write Japanese names that you can see in desu;
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.
