Gender Feminine
Usage Japanese (Modern, Rare)
Scripts 四葉(Japanese Kanji) 四つ葉, よつ葉(Kanji/Hiragana) よつば(Japanese Hiragana) ヨツバ(Japanese Katakana)
Meaning & History
This name can be used as 四葉, 四つ葉 or よつ葉 with 四 (shi, yo, yo'.tsu, yo.tsu, yon) meaning "four" and 葉 (you, ha) meaning "blade, fragment, leaf, lobe, needle, piece, plane, spear."As a word, Yotsuba (四つ葉) refers to a plant having four leaves on one stalk.Fictional bearers of this name include Yotsuba (四葉) from Sister Princess and Yotsuba Koiwai (小岩井 よつば), the lead character from Yotsuba&! (よつばと! in Japanese).This name is rarely given to girls, if given at all.