or Yu or Yuu (ゆう, ユウ) is a very common Japanese given name used by either sex.

Yū Darvish, a Japanese starting pitcher
PronunciationSimilar to the English word "You"
GenderUnisex
Origin
Word/nameJapanese
MeaningIt can have many different meanings depending on the kanji used.
Region of originJapan
Other names
Related namesYūji
Yūka
Yūki
Yūko
Yūri
Yūsuke
Yūta
Yūto

Possible writings

Yū can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:

  • 優, "tenderness" or "superiority"
  • 夕, "evening"
  • 友, "friend"
  • 有, "qualified"
  • 勇, "courage"
  • 祐, "help"
  • 裕, "abundant"
  • 雄, "masculine"
  • 悠, "permanence"
  • 由宇, "reason, eaves"
  • 侑, "assist"

The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.

People

with the given name Yū
  • Yu Aida (裕), a Japanese manga artist and illustrator
  • Yū Aoi (優), a Japanese actress
  • Yū Asagiri (夕), a Japanese manga artist
  • Yū Asakawa (悠), a Japanese voice actress
  • Yu Darvish (有), an Iranian-Japanese starting pitcher
  • Yū Hayami (優), a Japanese pop singer and actress
  • Yuu Kashii (由宇), a Japanese actress and model
  • Yuu Kikkawa (友), a Japanese pop singer
  • Yū Kikumura (憂), a member of the Japanese Red Army
  • Yu Kimura (boxer) (木村 悠, born 1983), Japanese boxer
  • Yu Kimura (footballer) (木村 裕, born 1994), Japanese footballer
  • Yū Kobayashi (ゆう), a Japanese voice actress
  • Yu Kobayashi (footballer) (小林 悠, born 1987), Japanese footballer
  • Yū Koyama (ゆう), a Japanese manga artist
  • Yu Minobe (美濃部 ゆう, born 1990), Japanese artistic gymnast
  • Yu Miyahara (宮原 優), Japanese sport wrestler
  • Yuu Miyake (優), a Japanese composer and sound engineer
  • Yū Mizushima (裕), a Japanese voice actor
  • Yu Nakajima (悠), a Japanese Rubik's Cube solver
  • Yu Nakasato (中里 優, born 1994), Japanese women's footballer
  • Yū Sasahara (篠原 侑), Japanese voice actress
  • Yū Shimaka (裕), a Japanese voice actor
  • Yū Shimamura (嶋村 侑, born 1985), Japanese voice actress
  • Yuu Shirota (優), a Japanese-Spanish actor and singer
  • Yuu Shiroyama (優), real name of The Gazette's guitarist Aoi
  • Yū Sugimoto (ゆう), a Japanese voice actress
  • Yu Suzuki (裕), a Japanese game designer and producer
  • Yu Takahashi (高橋 優), a Japanese singer-songwriter
  • Yū Terashima (優), a Japanese manga artist
  • Yu Todoroki (悠), a Japanese Takarasienne
  • Yū Wakui: (優和久井), a Japanese voice actress
  • Yuu Watase (悠宇), a Japanese shōjo manga artist
  • Yuu Yabuuchi (優), a Japanese manga artist
  • Yu Yagami (裕), a Japanese manga artist
  • Yu Yamada (優), a Ryukyuan model, actress, and singer
  • Yu Yokoyama (裕), a member of the Japanese idol group Kanjani8

Fictional characters

with the given name Yū
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