Gender: Masculine
Usage: Japanese
Other Scripts: 秀良, 秀吉, etc.(Japanese Kanji) ひでよし(Japanese Hiragana)
Pronounced: KHEE-DEH-YO-SHEE
From Japanese
秀 (hide) meaning "excellent, outstanding" combined with
良 (yoshi) meaning "good, virtuous, respectable" or
吉 (yoshi) meaning "good luck". Other kanji combinations are possible. Toyotomi Hideyoshi (Hideyoshi
秀吉 being his given name) was a 16th-century daimyo who unified Japan and attempted to conquer Korea. He also banned the ownership of weapons by the peasantry, and banished Christian missionaries.