Save Gender Feminine Usage Japanese Scripts 乃衛, 乃衣, 乃依, 暖愛, 伸恵, 希咲, 延笑, 乃会, 乃咲, 望笑, etc.(Japanese Kanji) のえ(Japanese Hiragana) Pronounced Pron. NO-E [key] Meaning & History From Japanese 乃 (no), a possessive particle combined with 衛 (e) meaning "defense". Other combinations of kanji characters can also form this name. A famous bearer was Noe Ito, a Japanese anarchist, social critic, author and feminist.