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Name Genta
Gender Masculine
Usage Japanese
Scripts ジェンタ, 拳太, 元太, 厳多, 厳太, 弦多, 弦太, 源太, 玄多, 玄太, 玄汰, 彦太, 愿太, 元多, etc.
Pronounced Pron. gen-tah
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Meaning & History
From Japanese 拳 (gen) meaning "fist", 元 (gen) meaning "beginning, former time, origin", 厳 (gen) meaning "stern, strictness, severity, rigidity", 弦 (gen) meaning "bowstring, chord, hypotenuse", 源 (gen) meaning "source, origin", 玄 (gen) meaning "mysterious, occultness, black, deep, profound", 彦 (gen) meaning "boy, prince" or 愿 (gen) meaning "respectful, honest" combined with 太 (ta) meaning "thick, big", 多 (ta) meaning "many, frequent, much" or 汰 (ta) meaning "washing, sieving, filtering, weeding out, luxury". Other kanji combinations are possible. A famous bearer is Genta Matsuo, a former Japanese football player.