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Gender Masculine & Feminine
Usage Japanese
Scripts 万里, 万理, 伴吏, etc.(Japanese Kanji) ばんり(Japanese Hiragana) バンリ(Japanese Katakana)
Pronounced Pron. BAN-RYEE  [key·IPA]

Meaning & History

From 万里 (banri) meaning "thousands of miles​," the second kanji referring to a unit of distance called ri.
Other kanji can be used for this name, such as 伴 meaning "companion" for the first element and 理 meaning "reason, logic" or 吏 meaning "officer" for the second element.

One bearer of this name is politician and former president of the Democratic Party of Japan, Banri Kaieda (海江田 万里) (1949-).
Added 3/23/2015 by m4yb3_daijirou
Edited 3/8/2020 by Mike C and m4yb3_daijirou