Save Gender Masculine Usage Japanese Scripts 順也, 純也, 淳也, etc.(Japanese Kanji) Pronounced Pron. JOON-YAH [key] Meaning & History From Japanese 順 (jun) meaning "obey, submit", 純 (jun) meaning "pure, clean, simple" or 淳 (jun) meaning "pure" combined with 也 (ya) meaning "also". Other combinations of kanji characters can also form this name.