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Gender Masculine & Feminine
Usage Japanese
Scripts 勇, 勇海, 功己, 勇美, 衣紗美(Japanese Kanji) いさみ(Japanese Hiragana) イサミ(Japanese Katakana)
Meaning & History
In the case for males, this uncommonly used name is used as 勇 "yuu, isa.mu" meaning "bravery, be in high spirits, courage, heroism", although it's more often used as Isamu. Rarer examples of Isami include 勇海 with 海 (kai, umi) meaning "ocean, sea" and 功己 with 功 (isao) meaning "achievement, credit, honour, merits" and 己 (ki, onore, mi) meaning "self, serpent, snake."For females, this is a very rare name. If it's used, it usually consists of 2 or 3 kanji. Examples include 勇美 with 美 (mi) meaning "beauty, beautiful" (although it's more often written as Yūmi) and 衣紗美 with 衣 (i) meaning "clothes, dressing, garment" and 紗 (sa, sha) meaning "gauze, gossamer."One famous bearer is Isami Kondō (近藤 勇), the leader of Shinsengumi, a pro-shogunate group that was around in the last decades of the Edo era (1603-1868).