Save Gender Masculine Usage Japanese Scripts 頼夫, 頼雄, 頼男, 頼郎, etc.(Japanese Kanji) Pronounced Pron. YO-ṘEE-O [key] Meaning & History From Japanese 頼 (yori) meaning "rely" combined with 夫 (o) meaning "man, husband", 雄 (o) meaning "hero, manly", 男 (o) meaning "male" or 郎 (o) meaning "son". Other kanji combinations are possible.