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Gender Feminine
Scripts 黄金, 小金(Japanese Kanji) こがね(Japanese Hiragana) コガネ(Japanese Katakana)
Pronounced Pron. KO-GAH-NE  [key]

Meaning & History

This name is used as either 黄金 or 小金 with 黄 (ou, kou, ki, ko-) meaning "yellow", 小 (shou, o-, ko-, sa-, chii.sai) meaning "little, small" and 金 (kin, kon, gon, kana-, kane, -gane) meaning "money, metal."

As a word, Kogane (黄金 & 小金) means "gold" and "a small sum of money" respectively.
Kogane is also used as a surname and place name.

It is very rarely given to girls, if given at all.
Added 2/3/2015 by m4yb3_daijirou
Edited 3/8/2020 by Mike C and m4yb3_daijirou