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Japanese Names Meaning Snow

Snow is 雪 (yuki). Yuki is used for boys and girls and suggests purity and calm.

First names

Name	Kanji	Reading	Literal meaning
Yukiko girl	由紀子	ゆきこ	wherefore + chronicle + child
Miyuki girl	美雪	みゆき	beauty + snow
Yukie girl	由紀恵	ゆきえ	wherefore + chronicle + favor
Yukina girl	雪菜	ゆきな	snow + vegetable
Yukino girl	雪乃	ゆきの	snow + from
Koyuki girl	来幸	こゆき	come + happiness
Sayuki girl	早由	さゆき	early + wherefore
Yukiho girl	由歩	ゆきほ	wherefore + walk
Yukika girl	千歌	ゆきか	thousand + song
Chiyuki girl	千由	ちゆき	thousand + wherefore
Yuzuka girl	結束	ゆづか	tie + bundle
Yuni girl	有日	ゆに	possess + day
Fuyuki girl	二幸	ふゆき	two + happiness
Teruyuki boy	映五	てるゆき	reflect + five

Last names

Name	Kanji	Reading	Literal meaning
Sekita	関田	せきた	connection + rice field

Kanji behind these names

These are the characters in the names above that carry this meaning, with their readings. Mix them to see why one reading can have many spellings.

Kanji	Meaning	Readings	Strokes	Seen in
雪	snow (taught in grade 2)	セツ、ゆき	11	Miyuki, Yukina, Yukino

How to choose a spelling

When two spellings share the same sound, compare the literal meanings in the table and say both aloud. Pick the one whose meaning you like and whose characters look balanced together. If the name is for something permanent, ask a native speaker to read it back to you.

Questions

What is the Japanese word for snow?

Snow is 雪 (yuki).

Can any kanji be used in a name?

No. Japanese law limits given names to an approved list of about three thousand kanji, so names are built from those characters.

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