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Gender Masculine
Usage Japanese
Scripts 一輝, 一貴, 一稀, 一希, 一樹, 一気, 一喜, 一期(Japanese Kanji) いっき(Japanese Hiragana) イッキ(Japanese Katakana)
Pronounced Pron. eek̚-kee  [key]

Meaning & History

This name combines 一 (ichi, itsu, hito-, hito.tsu, i') meaning "one" with 輝 (ki, kagaya.ku) meaning "radiance, shine, sparkle, brilliance," 貴 (ki, tatto.i, touto.i) meaning "precious, prize, value," 稀 (ki, ke, mabora, mare) meaning "rare," 希 (ki, ke, mare) meaning "few, hope, wish, rare," 樹 (ju, ki) meaning "timber, wood, tree," 気 (ki, ke, iki) meaning "air, atmosphere, mind, mood, spirit," 喜 (ki, yoroko.bu) meaning "rejoice, pleasure" or 期 (ki, go) meaning "date, period, term, time."

Ikki (一気, 一樹 & 一期) can also be used as words. The first one is used repeatedly as a party cheer, something along the lines of "chug!" and "drink!" The second one refers to a tree or one tree and the third one refers to one term/period or the first term/period.

Note that the k̚ is an unreleased stop.
Added 1/6/2015 by m4yb3_daijirou
Edited 3/8/2020 by Mike C and m4yb3_daijirou