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Gender Feminine
Usage Japanese
Scripts 生, 郁, 幾, 伊久, 伊玖(Japanese Kanji) いく(Japanese Hiragana) イク(Japanese Katakana)
Meaning & History
This name can be used as 生 (shou, sei, i.kiru, i.keru, -u, u.mare, o.u, ki, na.ru, ha.eru, iku) meaning "birth, genuine, life," 郁 (iku) meaning "cultural progress, perfume," 幾 (ki, iku-, iku.tsu, iku.ra) meaning "how far/long/many/much" or it can be used to combine 伊 (i, kare) meaning "Italy, that one" with 久 (kyuu, ku, hisa.shii) meaning "long time, old story" or 玖 (kyuu, ku) meaning "beautiful black jewel, nine (used in legal documents)."It's not known how popular Iku was in the early and middle part of the Edo period (1603-1868), but it was uncommon in the latter part of that period and in the first half of the Meiji period/era (1868-1912) before it became really uncommon, and eventually rare, in the second half and into the Taishō period (1912-1926).