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Name Tenchi
Gender Masculine & Feminine
Usage Japanese (Modern, Rare)
Scripts 天地, 天智, 天知 (kanji), てんち (hiragana), テンチ (katakana)
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Meaning & History
This name combines 天 (ten, ama-, amatsu, ame) meaning "heavens, imperial, sky" with 地 (ji, chi) meaning "earth, ground", 智 (chi) meaning "intellect, reason, wisdom" or 知 (chi, shi.raseru, shi.ru) meaning "know, wisdom."One fictional bearer of this name is Tenchi Masaki (柾木 天地), the main protagonist of the Tenchi Muyo! (天地無用!) metaseries.This name began to be used in the early 1990s and it peaked in 1995 (25 boys), just after the first Tenchi Muyo! manga series came out. This name can be used for girls as well, but it's much rarer to encounter a girl named Tenchi than a boy with that same name.