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Gender Feminine & Masculine
Usage Japanese
Scripts 千里, 千理, 千利, 千莉, 千璃, 千梨, 千吏, 扇利, 扇里, 扇梨, 扇理, 泉里, 泉理, 泉理, 泉李(Japanese Kanji) せんり(Japanese Hiragana) センリ(Japanese Katakana)
Pronounced Pron. SEN-ṘEE  [key]

Meaning & History

As a unisex name, this name combines 千 (sen, chi) meaning "thousand" with 里 (ri, sato) meaning "league, parent's home, ri (unit of distance - equal to 3.927 km), village", 理 (ri, kotowari) meaning "arrangement, justice, logic, reason, truth", 利 (ri, ki.ku) meaning "advantage, benefit, profit", 莉 (rai, ri, rei) meaning "jasmine" or 璃 (ri) meaning "glassy, lapis lazuli."
As a feminine name, it can be used as 千梨, 千吏, 扇利, 扇里, 扇梨, 扇理, 泉里, 泉理, 泉理 or 泉李 with 扇 (sen, ougi) meaning "fan, folding fan", 泉 (sen, izumi) meaning "fountain, spring", 梨 (ri, nashi) meaning "pear tree", 吏 (ri) meaning "an official, officer" and 李 (ri, sumomo) meaning "plum."

As a word, Senri (千里) means "1000 ri" (a ri is equivalent to 3.927 km or 2.44 miles) or, in other words, "a long distance."

Senri is also used as a surname.
Added 3/23/2015 by m4yb3_daijirou
Edited 3/8/2020 by Mike C and m4yb3_daijirou