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Name Iemon
Gender Masculine
Usage Japanese (Archaic)
Scripts 伊右衛門, 猪右衛門 (kanji), 伊右エ門, 猪右エ門 (kanji/katakana), いえもん (hiragana), イエモン (katakana)
Pronounced Pron. [ì.é̞.mṍ̞ɴ́]
Other Forms FormsIyemon
Edit Status Status3. usages AND description are verified

Meaning & History

From 右衛門/右エ門 (emon), shortened from UEMON, prefixed with an i kanji, like 伊 or 猪, the latter referring to a wild boar.

One fictional bearer of this name is Iemon Tamiya (or Tamiya Iemon) (田宮 伊右衛門), the main character in the horror story Yotsuya Kaidan (四谷怪談) and its subsequent adaptations.
Added 11/18/2016 by m4yb3_daijirou