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Gender Masculine
Usage Japanese
Scripts 洋一郎, 陽一郎, 與一郎, 曜一朗(Japanese Kanji)
Pronounced Pron. YO:-EE-CHEE-ṘO:  [key]
Other Forms FormsYōichirō, Yoichiro

Meaning & History

From Japanese 陽 (you) meaning "the sun", 一 (ichi) meaning "one" combined with 郎 (rou) meaning "son". Other kanji combinations are possible as well.

A famous bearer is Yoichiro Nambu, was a Japanese-born American physicist, a professor at the University of Chicago.
Added 1/7/2017 by cutenose
Edited 3/6/2020 by Mike C and cutenose