Save Gender Feminine Usage Japanese Scripts きくや(Japanese Hiragana) 菊弥, etc.(Japanese Kanji) Pronounced Pron. KEE-KOO-YA [key] Meaning & History Derived from the Japanese kanji 菊 (kiku) meaning "chrysanthemum flower" combined with 弥 (ya) meaning "widely, increasingly, more and more, for a long time". Other kanji combinations are also possible.