Save Gender Masculine Usage Japanese Scripts 歌一, 歌市, etc.(Japanese Kanji) Pronounced Pron. OO-TAH-EE-CHEE [key] Meaning & History From Japanese 歌 (uta) meaning "song, poetry" combined with 一 (ichi) meaning "one" or 市 (ichi) meaning "market". Other combinations of kanji characters can also form this name.