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Gender Masculine
Usage Japanese
Scripts すなお(Japanese Hiragana) 質, 悌, 素, 沙郎, 素直, etc.(Japanese Kanji)
Pronounced Pron. SOO-NAH-OH  [key]

Meaning & History

From 質 (sunao) meaning "confirm, content, natural appearance, characteristic", 悌 (sunao) meaning "obedience, filial piety, brotherly love" or a combination of 沙 (suna) meaning sand" and 郎 (o) meaning son". As a word, 素直 (sunao) means "straightforwardness, directness". It is spelled with 素 (su) meaning "basic, plain" and 直 (nao) meaning "straight, direct".

Other kanji or kanji combinations can be used to spell this name.
Added 12/28/2007 by Sunao
Edited 1/17/2025 by ShioTanbo1 and Evil