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Yūki
Yūki (ゆうき) is a Japanese name for boys and girls. Its best-known spelling is 悠希, 悠 distant + 希 hope. It is popular today and has reached No. 1 in 2 different years between 2004 and 2005.
ゆ · う · き · ゆうき · ユウキ
Ways to write Yūki
The same sound can be written with different kanji, and each choice changes the meaning. These are the spellings that have appeared in Japan's yearly baby name rankings, most popular first.
悠希
悠distant, calm希hope, rare
Boy, best No. 10 (2004–2025)優希
優gentle, kind, excellent希hope, rare
Boy, best No. 15 (2004–2012)悠生
悠distant, calm生life, to live
Boy, best No. 21 (2004–2022)優輝
優gentle, kind, excellent輝to shine, radiance
Boy, best No. 37 (2005–2009)優希
優gentle, kind, excellent希hope, rare
Girl, best No. 43 (2004–2014)悠樹
悠distant, calm樹tree
Boy, best No. 44 (2008)裕貴
裕abundant貴precious, noble
Boy, best No. 59 (2005–2007)優樹
優gentle, kind, excellent樹tree
Boy, best No. 59 (2005)優生
優gentle, kind, excellent生life, to live
Boy, best No. 76 (2004)勇輝
勇brave輝to shine, radiance
Boy, best No. 83 (2006–2007)柚希
柚yuzu citron希hope, rare
Boy, best No. 92 (2022)悠輝
悠distant, calm輝to shine, radiance
Boy, best No. 96 (2014)悠貴
悠distant, calm貴precious, noble
Boy, best No. 100 (2010)祐樹
祐divine help樹tree
Boys and girls, 13 notable people on Wikidata勇樹
勇brave樹tree
Boys and girls, 8 notable people on Wikidata勇希
勇brave希hope, rare
Boy, 4 notable people on Wikidata勇紀
勇brave紀chronicle, era
Boys and girls, 4 notable people on Wikidata祐希
祐divine help希hope, rare
Boys and girls, 3 notable people on Wikidata裕樹
裕abundant樹tree
Boy, 3 notable people on Wikidata雄樹
雄hero, masculine樹tree
Boys and girls, 3 notable people on Wikidata有希
有to have, exist希hope, rare
Boys and girls, 3 notable people on Wikidata裕毅
裕abundant毅strong-willed
Boy, 2 notable people on Wikidata勇貴
勇brave貴precious, noble
Boys and girls, 2 notable people on Wikidata雄規
雄hero, masculine規standard
Boys and girls, 1 notable person on Wikidata祐輝
祐divine help輝to shine, radiance
Boys and girls, 1 notable person on WikidataRarer spellings
These spellings of Yūki appear in Japanese name records but are uncommon. Each uses a standard reading of its kanji.
結葵to tie + hollyhockGirl
結喜to tie + joyGirl
結希to tie + hopeGirl
結季to tie + seasonGirl
結稀to tie + rareGirl
結紀to tie + chronicleGirl
結貴to tie + preciousGirl
結起to tie + to riseGirl
Popularity in Japan
Where Yūki has ranked among the most popular name readings each year. It reached No. 1 in 2 different years, most recently 2005.
Show the numbers
| Year | Girls | Boys |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | – | No. 40 |
| 2020 | – | No. 45 |
| 2019 | – | No. 33 |
| 2018 | – | No. 30 |
| 2017 | – | No. 21 |
| 2016 | – | No. 18 |
| 2015 | – | No. 13 |
| 2014 | No. 47 | No. 23 |
| 2013 | – | No. 13 |
| 2012 | – | No. 4 |
| 2011 | – | No. 7 |
| 2010 | – | No. 4 |
| 2009 | – | No. 3 |
| 2008 | – | No. 3 |
| 2007 | No. 66 | No. 2 |
| 2006 | – | No. 4 |
| 2005 | – | No. 1 |
| 2004 | No. 43 | No. 1 |
Source: Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance yearly baby name survey. It covers the top 10 names each year from 1912 to 2003, and the top 100 names and top 50 readings from 2004.
Famous people named Yūki
Yūki Mutō 雄樹Japanese association football player (born 1988)
Yuki Otsu 大津 祐樹Japanese association football player
Yuki Tsunoda 角田 裕毅Japanese racing driver
Yūki Sōma 勇紀Japanese association football player
Yuki Horigome 勇輝Japanese association football player
Yuki Matsushita 松下 裕樹Japanese association football player
From Wikidata: notable Japanese people with this given name.