Meaning & History
Derived from the Japanese kanji 義 (yoshi) meaning "righteous" or 吉 (yoshi) meaning "good luck" or 良 (yoshi) meaning "good, virtuous, respectable" or 善 (yoshi) meaning "virtue, goodness" or 由 (yoshi) meaning "cause, reason, from, arising from" combined with 人 (to) meaning "person" or 斗 (to) meaning "Big Dipper (the constellation Ursa Major)" or referred to an old unit of liquid measure. Other kanji combinations are possible.