Comments for the name Sayuri

Sayuri is the name of a Geisha (sort of a dancer in Japan) in the film called 'SAYURI'.

Kanji possibilities:
"sa":
-a kind of fabric
-save/rescue
-fast
-small
-joyous (celebration)

"yu"
-freedom
-together/friend (rare pronunciation for this one more often "tomo")
-bear (produce as in bear fruit)
-kind/smart
-play

"ri":
-science
-village
-pear
-benefit

It is a name of main character of Arthur Golden's book "Memories of Geisha", Nitta Sayuri.

This name belongs to a geisha named Sayuri (fomerly named Chiyo), the woman who's life story is told in the novel "Memoirs of a Geisha". The story takes place in the 30's and 40's.

Absolutely beautiful, wonderful meaning, I shall be using this name.

Sayuri is the name of character in the anime 'Tokimeki Memorial Only Love'.

My name is Sayuri too. It's a lovely name.

I like this name! Pretty meaning, pretty spelling, and pretty pronunciation!

What can I say? I love Japanese names and this is a very pretty one. It has a nice, strong meaning; and a flair to it. Not too strong, but not weak, either. Just pretty.

I think Sayuri is a very, very beautiful name, but for me, it was ruined by the book "Memoirs of a Geisha". No offense to Mr Golden, but I feel his book misrepresented the Geisha. Contrary to what it says in "Memoirs of a Geisha", Geisha are NOT prostitutes, they are artisans - dancers and musicians who preserve the Japanese traditional arts.

This is a really beautiful name, but unfortunately Memoirs of a Geisha ruined it. What a shame.