Gender Masculine
Usage Japanese
Scripts 喜代隆, 潔孝, 潔貴, 潔嵩, 潔隆, 浄隆, 清尭, 清孝, 清孝, 聖考, etc.(Japanese Kanji)
Meaning & History
From Japanese 喜 (ki) meaning "rejoice", 代 (yo) meaning "generation" combined with 隆 (taka) meaning "noble". Other kanji combinations are possible. Famous bearers are Kiyotaka Tsurisaki, a Japanese photographer who specializes in photographing dead bodies and Kiyotaka Kanai, a Japanese amateur astronomer.