Save Gender Feminine Usage Japanese Scripts 瀬蕗里, etc.(Japanese Kanji) Pronounced Pron. SE-ṘO-ṘEE [key] Meaning & History From Japanese 瀬 (se) meaning "rapids", 蕗 (ro) meaning "butterbur" combined with 里 (ri) meaning "village". Other kanji combinations are possible.Usage of this name is, most likely, influenced by the word celery.