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Gender Masculine
Usage Japanese
Scripts 国雄, 国男, 国夫, 州雄, 州男, 州夫, 訓雄, 訓男, 訓夫, 邦雄, 邦男, 邦夫, 都雄, 都男, 都夫, 九二雄, 久二男, 久仁夫(Japanese Kanji) くにお(Japanese Hiragana) クニオ(Japanese Katakana)
Pronounced Pron. KUU-NEE-O  [key]

Meaning & History

This name combines 国 (koku, kuni) meaning "country," 州 (shuu, su, su, kuni) meaning "province, state," 訓 (kin, kun, oshi.eru, kun.zuru, yo.mu, kuni) meaning "teach, instruct," 邦 (hou, kuni) meaning "country, home country" or 都 (tsu, to, miyako, kuni) meaning "capital, metropolis" with 雄 (yuu, o-, osu, on) meaning "male, masculine," 男 (dan, nan, o, otoko) meaning "man, male" or 夫 (fu, fuu, bu, otto, sore, o) meaning "husband, man."
Examples of Kunio with 3 kanji include 九二雄, 久二男 and 久仁夫 with 九 (kyuu, ku, kokono, kokono.tsu) meaning "nine," 久 (kyuu, ku, hisa.shii) meaning "long time," 二 (ji, ni, futa, futata.bi, futa.tsu) meaning "two" and 仁 (jin, ni, nin) meaning "benevolence, charity, humanity, virtue."

Bearers of this name include professional shōgi player Kunio Yonenaga (米長 邦雄) (1943-2012) and actor & voice actor Kunio Murai (村井 国夫) (1944-).
Added 3/6/2015 by m4yb3_daijirou
Edited 3/8/2020 by Mike C and m4yb3_daijirou