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Gender Masculine & Feminine
Usage Japanese
Scripts 北斗, 北都, 北翔(Japanese Kanji) ほくと(Japanese Hiragana) ホクト(Japanese Katakana)
Meaning & History
As a unisex name, this name combines 北 (hoku, kita) meaning "north" with 斗 (to, tou) meaning "Big Dipper, sake dipper" or 都 (tsu, to, miyako) meaning "capital, metropolis."
As a masculine name, it is used as 北翔 with 翔 (shou, kage.ru, to.bu) meaning "fly, soar."Fictional bearers of this name include Hokuto Sumeragi (皇 北都 - female) from manga/anime Tōkyō Babylon and Hokuto Dan (弾 北斗 - male) from tokusatsu TV program Kagaku Sentai Dynaman (科学戦隊ダイナマン).As a word, Hokuto (北斗) refers to the constellation, The Big Dipper, or The Plough.Even though this name is used on girls, Hokuto, for 99.9% of the time, is exclusively used for boys.
As a masculine name, it is used as 北翔 with 翔 (shou, kage.ru, to.bu) meaning "fly, soar."Fictional bearers of this name include Hokuto Sumeragi (皇 北都 - female) from manga/anime Tōkyō Babylon and Hokuto Dan (弾 北斗 - male) from tokusatsu TV program Kagaku Sentai Dynaman (科学戦隊ダイナマン).As a word, Hokuto (北斗) refers to the constellation, The Big Dipper, or The Plough.Even though this name is used on girls, Hokuto, for 99.9% of the time, is exclusively used for boys.