Chiura

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Revisions not set
Gender Masculine
Usage Japanese (Rare)
Scripts 千浦(Japanese Kanji) ちうら(Japanese Hiragana) チウラ(Japanese Katakana)
Pronounced Pron. CHEE-UU-ṘAH  [key]

Meaning & History

This name is used as 千浦 with 千 (sen, chi) meaning "thousand" and 浦 (ho, ura) meaning "inlet, seacoast, seashore."

One bearer of this name was Japanese-American artist Chiura Obata (小圃 千浦) (1885-1975).

This name is very rarely given to boys, if given at all.
Chiura is also used as a surname.
Added 3/13/2015 by m4yb3_daijirou
Edited 3/9/2020 by Mike C and m4yb3_daijirou