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Gender Masculine
Usage Japanese
Scripts 直典, 直亮, 直輔, 直裕, 直介, 直助, 直佑, 直弼, 尚典, 尚亮, 尚輔, 尚裕, 尚介, 尚助, 尚佑, 尚弼(Japanese Kanji) なおすけ(Japanese Hiragana) ナオスケ(Japanese Katakana)
Meaning & History
This name combines 直 (jika, jiki, choku, su.gu, tada.chini, nao.ki, nao.su, -nao.su, nao.ru, nao) meaning "fix, frankness, honesty, repair, straightaway" or 尚 (shou, nao) meaning "esteem, furthermore, still, yet" with 典 (ten, den, suke) meaning "ceremony, code, law, rule", 亮 (ryou, akiraka, suke) meaning "clear, help", 輔 (fu, ho, tasu.keru, suke) meaning "help", 裕 (yuu, suke) meaning "abundant, fertile, rich", 介 (kai, suke) meaning "concern oneself with, jammed in, mediate, shellfish", 助 (jo, suke, tasu.keru) meaning "assist, help, rescue", 佑 (u, yuu, tasu.keru, suke) meaning "assist, help" or 弼 (hitsu, tasu.keru, yudame, suke) meaning "help."One bearer of this name was Naosuke Ii (or Ii Naosuke if surname is used first) (井伊 直弼) (1815-1860) who was the Tairō (or, literally, great elder) of the Tokugawa shogunate from 1858-1860. His childhood name was Tetsunosuke (鉄之介), later Tetsusaburō (鉄三郎).