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Gender Feminine
Usage Japanese
Scripts 日和, 日依, 妃和, 妃依, 妃由, 姫依, 姫和, 姫由, 陽依, 陽和, 陽由, 日葉里, 日依梨, 妃和理, 比世里, 陽代莉(Japanese Kanji) ひより(Japanese Hiragana) ヒヨリ(Japanese Katakana)
Pronounced Pron. /çi.jo̞.ɾʲi/  [key·simplify]

Meaning & History

This name can be used as 日和, referring to fine weather, made up of 日 (jitsu, nichi, -ka, hi, -bi) meaning "day, sun," 和 (wa, o, ka, yawa.ragu/eru, nago.mu, nago.yaka, a.eru, yori) meaning "harmony, peace,"
This name can be used as 日依 with 依 (i, e, yo.ru, yori) meaning "depend, rely" or it can combine 妃 (hi, kisaki), 姫 (ki, hime, hi), both meaning "princess," or 陽 (you, hi) meaning "sunshine" with 和, 依 or 由 (yu, yui, yuu, yoshi, yo.ru, yori) meaning "reason, cause."

Examples of Hiyori with 3 kanji include 日葉里, 日依梨, 妃和理, 比世里 and 陽代莉 with 比 (hi, kura.beru) meaning "compare, contrast, ratio," 世 (se, sei, sou, yo) meaning "generation, public, society, world," 代 (tai, dai, ka.eru, ka.waru, kawa.ru, shiro, yo) meaning "age, generation," 里 (ri, sato), referring to a unit of distance called ri, or otherwise meaning "village," 梨 (ri, nashi) meaning "pear," 理 (ri, kotowari) meaning "justice, logic, reason, truth" and 莉 (rai, ri, rei), part of 茉莉 (matsuri), which refers to the Arabian jasmine.
Added 1/17/2015 by m4yb3_daijirou
Edited 3/9/2020 by Mike C and m4yb3_daijirou