Save Gender Masculine Usage Japanese Scripts 英文, 秀文, 秀史, etc.(Japanese Kanji) Pronounced Pron. KHEE-DEH-FOO-MEE [key] Meaning & History From Japanese 秀 (hide) meaning "excellent, outstanding" or 英 (hide) meaning "excellent, fine" combined with 文 (fumi) meaning "writing". Other kanji combinations can also form this name.