90%RatingSave Gender Masculine & Feminine Usage Japanese Scripts 優, 悠, 勇, etc.(Japanese Kanji) ゆう(Japanese Hiragana) Pronounced Pron. /jɨᵝː/ [key·simplify] Meaning & History From Japanese 優 (yū) meaning "excellence, superiority, gentleness", 悠 (yū) meaning "permanence", 勇 (yū) meaning "brave", or other kanji that are pronounced the same way. Related NamesFamily Tree·Details VariantYuuOther Languages & CulturesYong(Chinese) Yong(Korean) Dũng(Vietnamese) Other ReadingsIsamu, Masaru(Japanese) Same SpellingYuUser SubmissionYu PopularityDetails Last ranked #918 in 2010 England and Wales People think this name isRate·Details youthful wholesome refined strange simple Categories brave, courage, D.Gray-man characters, gentleness, Good Morning Call characters, Japanese words, Jujutsu Kaisen characters, Magical Girls, The Kindaichi Case Files characters, YuYu Hakusho characters