Gender Feminine Usage Japanese Scripts 優菜, 優奈, 柚菜, etc.(Japanese Kanji) ゆうな(Japanese Hiragana) Pronounced Pron. YOO-NA Meaning & History From Japanese 優 (yū) meaning "excellence, superiority, gentleness" or 柚 (yū) meaning "grapefruit, pomelo, citrus fruit" combined with 菜 (na) meaning "vegetables, greens" or 奈 (na), a phonetic character. Other combinations of kanji are also possible.