Save Gender Masculine Usage Japanese Scripts 福次郎, etc.(Japanese Kanji) Pronounced Pron. FOO-KOO-ZHEE-RO [key] Meaning & History From 福 (fuku) meaning "happiness, good fortune, blessing", 道 (ji) meaning "course, journey, road, street, moral principle", and 郎 (ro) meaning "son". This name can also be formed by other combinations of kanji.