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Gender Feminine
Usage Japanese (Rare)
Scripts 天梨, 天里, 天理(Japanese Kanji) てんり(Japanese Hiragana) テンリ(Japanese Katakana)
Meaning & History
This name combines 天 (ten, ama-, amatsu, ame) meaning "heavens, imperial, sky" with 梨 (ri, nashi) meaning "pear tree", 里 (ri, sato) meaning "league, parent's home, ri (unit of distance - equal to 3.927 km), village" or 理 (ri, kotowari) meaning "arrangement, justice, logic, reason, truth."As a word, Tenri (天理) means "natural laws, rule of heaven."This name is very rarely given to girls, if given at all.Tenri (天理) is also used a place name.