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Gender Masculine
Usage Japanese (Rare)
Scripts 菊之助, 菊之介, 菊之輔, 喜久之助, 喜久之介, 喜久之輔(Japanese Kanji) きくのすけ(Japanese Hiragana) キクノスケ(Japanese Katakana)
Meaning & History
This name combines 菊 (kiku) meaning "chrysanthemum" or 喜 (ki, yoroko.basu, yoroko.bu) meaning "rejoice, pleasure" & 久 (kyuu, ku, hisa.shii) meaning "long time" and 之 (shi, oite, kono, kore, no, yuku) meaning "of, this" with 助 (jo, suke, su.keru, tasu.karu, tasu.keru) meaning "assist, help, save, rescue," 介 (kai, suke) meaning "concern oneself with, jammed in, mediate, help, care" or 輔 (fu, ho, tasu.keru, suke) meaning "help."One bearer of this name is kabuki actor, Kikunosuke Onoe V (五代目 尾上 菊之助) (1977-), born Kazuyasu Terashima (寺嶋 和康).This name is very rarely used on boys, if given at all.