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Gender Masculine
Usage Japanese
Scripts 一秀, 一州, 一秋, 一舟, 一脩(Japanese Kanji) いっしゅう(Japanese Hiragana) イッシュウ(Japanese Katakana)
Pronounced Pron. EE-SH:UU:  [key]
Other Forms FormsIsshu, Isshuu

Meaning & History

This name combines 一 (ichi, itsu, hito-, hito.tsu, i') meaning "one" with 秀 (shuu, hii.deru, ho) meaning "beauty, excel(lence), surpass", 州 (shuu, su, su, kuni) meaning "province, state", 秋 (shuu, aki, toki) meaning "autumn", 舟 (shuu, funa-, fune, -bune) meaning "boat, ship" or 脩 (shuu, osa.meru, naga.i, hojishi) meaning "dried meat."

Note that the sh: represents a long 'sh' sound.
Added 4/14/2015 by m4yb3_daijirou
Edited 3/8/2020 by Mike C and m4yb3_daijirou