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Gender Masculine
Usage Japanese (Rare)
Scripts 幹之介, 幹之助, 造酒之助, 三木之助, etc.(Japanese Kanji) みきのすけ(Japanese Hiragana) ミキノスケ(Japanese Katakana)
Meaning & History
From 幹 (miki) meaning "(tree) trunk, base" or 造酒 (Miki), referring to 造酒司 (miki/sake no tsukasa), the office under the Ministry of the Imperial Household in charge of the brewing of sake and vinegar, combined with the genitive particle の (no), written as 之, 乃 or the katakana equivalent ノ, and suke, originally denoting a kokushi (provincial governor) with the 2nd-highest level of suke (介), also written with other kanji like 助.One bearer of this name was samurai Mikinosuke Miyamoto (宮本 三木之助) (1604-1626), the first of three adopted sons of swordsman Musashi Miyamoto. In this case, the first element is written with a combination of 三 (mi) meaning "three" and 木 (ki) meaning "tree."This name is very rarely used.