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Gender Feminine
Usage Japanese (Archaic)
Scripts 山(Japanese Kanji) やま(Japanese Hiragana) ヤマ(Japanese Katakana)
Meaning & History
Derived from the Japanese kanji 山 (yama) meaning "mountain". Yama was used in the early part of the Edo period (1603-1868), but the popularity of it remains unanswered. In the Meiji period (1868-1912) though, it was a really rare name.