Save Gender Masculine & Feminine Usage Japanese Scripts 蓮也, 蓮夜, etc.(Japanese Kanji) Pronounced Pron. ṘEN-YAH [key] Meaning & History From Japanese 蓮 (ren) meaning "lotus" combined with 也 (ya) meaning "also" or 夜 (ya) meaning "night, evening". Other kanji combinations can also make up this name.