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Gender Masculine
Usage Japanese
Scripts 力也, 力哉, 力弥, 力矢, 力耶(Japanese Kanji) りきや(Japanese Hiragana) リキヤ(Japanese Katakana)
Pronounced Pron. ṘEE-KEE-YAH  [key]

Meaning & History

This name combines 力 (rii, riki, ryoku, chikara) meaning "bear up, exert, power, strain, strength, strong" with 也 (e, ya, ka, nari, mata) meaning "to be (archaic form)", 哉 (sai, kana, ya) meaning "alas, how, question mark, what", 弥 (bi, mi, amaneshi, iya, iyoiyo, tooi, hisa.shii, ya, wata.ru) meaning "all the more, increasingly", 矢 (shi, ya) meaning "arrow, dart" or 耶 (ja, ya, ka) meaning "question mark."
Added 1/16/2015 by m4yb3_daijirou
Edited 3/8/2020 by Mike C and m4yb3_daijirou