Gender Masculine
Usage Japanese
Scripts 恭夜, 京夜, 鏡夜, 姜夜, 杏夜, 恭矢, 京矢, 鏡矢, 姜矢, 杏矢, 恭也, 京也, 鏡也, 姜也, 杏也, 恭弥, 京弥, 鏡弥, 姜弥, 杏弥, 恭屋, 京屋, 鏡屋, 姜屋, 杏屋, etc.(Japanese Kanji) きょうや(Japanese Hiragana) キョウヤ(Japanese Katakana)
Other Forms FormsKyouya, Kyoya, Kyohya
Meaning & History
From Japanese 恭 (kyō) meaning "respectful, polite", 京 (kyō) meaning "capital city", 鏡 (kyō) meaning "mirror", 姜 (kyō) meaning "ginger", or 杏 (kyō) meaning "apricot" combined with 夜 (ya) meaning "night", 矢 (ya) meaning "dart, arrow", 也 (ya) meaning "also", 弥 (ya) meaning "all the more, increasingly", and 屋 (ya) meaning "shop". Other combinations of kanji characters can also form this name. Kyōya Ōtori (鳳 鏡夜) from the shōjo manga series Ouran High School Host Club and Kyōya Takamachi (高町 恭也) from the Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha series are a fictional bearers of this name.