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Gender Masculine
Usage Japanese (Rare)
Scripts 源(Japanese Kanji) みなもと(Japanese Hiragana) ミナモト(Japanese Katakana)
Meaning & History
From 源 (minamoto) meaning "fountainhead, river source; source, origin," derived from a combination of 水 (mi), the combining form of mizu meaning "water," and 元/本 (moto) meaning "source, origin" with the addition of the Old Japanese possessive particle na.This name is very rarely used.