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Gender Masculine
Usage Japanese
Scripts 伝助, 伝輔, 伝亮, 伝佑, 伝甫(Japanese Kanji) でんすけ(Japanese Hiragana) デンスケ(Japanese Katakana)
Meaning & History
This name combines 伝 (ten, den, tsuta.u, tsuta.eru, tsuda.u, tsute, -dzuta.i) meaning "communicate, legend, tradition, transmit" with 助 (jo, suke, su.keru, tasu.karu, tasu.keru) meaning "assist, help, save, rescue," 輔 (fu, ho, tasu.keru, suke) meaning "help," 亮 (ryou, akiraka, suke) meaning "clear, help," 佑 (u, yuu, tasu.keru, suke) meaning "assist, help" or 甫 (fu, ho, haji.mete, suke) meaning "beginning, for the first time."This name was occasionally used from the Edo Period (1603-1868) to the first half of the 20th century but nowadays, it is very rarely given to boys, if given at all.