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Name Shouyou
Gender Masculine & Feminine
Usage Japanese
Scripts 逍遥 etc.
Pronounced Pron. sho:-yo:
Theme sun
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Meaning & History
From Japanese 逍 (shou) meaning "shining" combined with 遥 (you) meaning "sun, light". Other combinations of kanji characters can also form this name.A famous male bearer of this name is Tsubouchi Shōyō, he was a Japanese author, critic, playwright, translator, editor, educator, and professor at Waseda University.