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Gender Feminine
Usage Japanese
Scripts 三(Japanese Kanji) さん(Japanese Hiragana) サン(Japanese Katakana)
Meaning & History
This name is used as 三 (san, zou, mi, mi'.tsu, mi.tsu) meaning "three."According to Suzuki Sakaye, numerals used as names like 三 refer mostly to the order of birth, so in a way, San is given to the third daughter.San was popular in the middle of the Edo period (1603-1868) but it was uncommon by the end of that period.