Save Gender Masculine Usage Japanese Scripts 文雄, 文夫, 文男, etc.(Japanese Kanji) ふみお(Japanese Hiragana) Pronounced Pron. FOO-MEE-O [key·IPA] Meaning & History From Japanese 文 (fumi) meaning "writing" combined with 雄 (o) meaning "hero, manly" or 夫 (o) meaning "husband, man". Other kanji combinations can also form this name.