Save Gender Feminine Usage Japanese Scripts 八千恵, 八知恵, 弥千恵, 弥知恵(Japanese Kanji) やちえ(Japanese Hiragana) Meaning & History Japanese feminine given name derived from 八 (ya) meaning "eight" or 弥 (ya) meaning "increasingly"; 千 (chi) meaning "thousand" or 知 (chi) meaning "wisdom"; and 恵 (e) meaning "favour, blessing".