Save Gender Feminine Usage Japanese Scripts 菜郁絵, etc.(Japanese Kanji) Pronounced Pron. NAH-YOO-E [key] Meaning & History From Japanese 菜 (na) meaning "vegetables, greens", 郁 (yu) meaning "fragrance" combined with 絵 (e) meaning "picture, painting, drawing, sketch". Other combinations of kanji characters can also form this name.