Gender Feminine
Usage Japanese
Scripts 八千代, 八智代, 弥千代, 矢千世, 矢千代, 矢千夜, 矢智代, 矢知世, 矢知代, 矢知夜(Japanese Kanji) やちよ(Japanese Hiragana)
Meaning & History
Japanese feminine name derived from 八 (ya) meaning "eight", 弥 (ya) meaning "increasingly" or 矢 (ya) meaning "arrow"; 千 (chi) meaning "thousand", 智 (chi) meaning "wisdom, reason" or 知 (chi) meaning "wisdom"; and 代 (yo) or 世 (yo) meaning "world, generation", or 夜 (yo) meaning "night, evening".