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Gender Masculine
Usage Japanese
Scripts 吉宗, 義宗, 良宗, 慶宗, 芳宗, 美宗(Japanese Kanji) よしむね(Japanese Hiragana) ヨシムネ(Japanese Katakana)
Meaning & History
This name can be used to combine 吉 (kichi, kitsu, yoshi) meaning "good luck," 義 (gi, yoshi) meaning "morality, righteousness, justice, honour," 良 (ryou, (-)yo.i, (-)i.i, yoshi) meaning "good," 慶 (kei, yoroko.bu, yoshi) meaning "joy, delight, rejoicing, congratulation," 芳 (hou, kanba.shii, yoshi) meaning "perfume, fragrance" or 美 (bi, mi, utsuku.shii, yoshi) meaning "beauty" with 宗 (shuu, sou, mune) meaning "principle, aim."One noted bearer of this name was shōgun Tokugawa Yoshimune (徳川 吉宗) (1684-1751), considered among the best of the Tokugawa shōguns.