indicate the level to which a name has been verified.
Gender Masculine
Usage Japanese
Scripts 拳哉, 元哉, 元也, 弦矢, 源哉, 源也, 源弥, 玄也, 玄冶, 玄弥, 元弥, etc.(Japanese Kanji)
Meaning & History
From Japanese 拳 (gen) meaning "fist", 元 (gen) meaning "beginning, former time, origin", 弦 (gen) meaning "bowstring, chord, hypotenuse" or 玄 (gen) meaning "mysterious, occultness, black, deep, profound" combined with 哉 (ya), an exclamation, 也 (ya) meaning "also", 矢 (ya) meaning "dart, arrow", 弥 (ya) meaning "all the more, increasingly" or 冶 (ya) meaning "melting, smelting". Other kanji combinations are possible.