Save Gender Masculine Usage Japanese Scripts 明篤, 昭篤, etc.(Japanese Kanji) Pronounced Pron. AH-KEE-AH-TSOO [key] Meaning & History From Japanese combined with 明 (aki) or 昭 (aki) both meaning "bright" combined with 篤 (atsu) meaning "honest". Other combinations of kanji characters can also form this name.