Message: "Yoshimi?" - Behind the Name

[Facts] Yoshimi?

by guest_user (guest)

1/21/2008, 7:28 PM

Does anyone know the meaning of the name Yoshimi?

It is from a song by The Flaming Lips called "Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots" from their album of the same name. The song is about a girl, I'm guessing that the name is of Eastern-Asian background.

If anyone has information on this name, please let me know! Thanks (:

#Yoshimi

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- তন্ময় ভট (guest) +1

1/21/2008, 11:43 PM

Wikipaedia says that it could be named after Yoshimi Yokota (Yoshimi P-we). That name in Kanji (Yokota Yoshimi, that is) with various pronounciations is given below. For Japanese names, it is the On and Kun entries (and the meaning attached to the Kanji, not the sound) that are relevant. The meaning of Yoshimi therefore comes from the words for good and beautiful.

But, of course, 佳美 is not the only Kanji spelling for a name pronounced Yoshimi, and almost every spelling will have a different meaning. The webpage at http://tinyurl.com/3xuj5q gives you a lot of different Kanji spellings, just to show you that pronounciation is not a good guide to name meanings in Japanese.

- ClaudiaS

1/22/2008, 8:14 AM

Ditto that Yoshimi is Japanese and the kanji (Chinese characters) for a Japanese name must be seen before the meaning can be determined. "Good and beautiful" is a common meaning and very intuitive in Japanese. "Beautiful reason" is also possible, and there are many other potential meanings.

This message was edited 1/22/2008, 8:18 AM

- Nicola

1/21/2008, 10:18 PM

Its a Japanese girls name, meaning "Beautiful reason".

Yoshi means good/respectful.

This message was edited 1/21/2008, 10:19 PM

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