Gender Masculine & Feminine
Usage Chinese
Scripts 阳子, 洋子, 杨子, etc.(Chinese) 陽子, 洋子, 楊子, etc.(Traditional Chinese)
Other Forms FormsYōko (Japanese), Yang-ja (Korean)
Meaning & History
From Chinese 阳/陽 (yáng) meaning "light, sun, male" (which is typically only masculine), 洋 (yáng) meaning "ocean", or 杨/楊 (yáng) meaning "poplar tree" combined with 子 (zǐ) meaning "child". Other Chinese characters can form this name as well.