89%RatingSave Gender Masculine & Feminine Usage Japanese Scripts 優, 悠, 勇, etc.(Japanese Kanji) ゆう(Japanese Hiragana) Pronounced Pron. YOO [key·IPA] Meaning & History From Japanese 優 (yū) meaning "excellence, superiority, gentleness", 悠 (yū) meaning "permanence", 勇 (yū) meaning "brave", or other kanji that are pronounced the same way. Related NamesFamily Tree·Details VariantYuuOther Languages & CulturesYong(Chinese) Yong(Korean) Dũng(Vietnamese) Other ReadingsIsamu, Masaru(Japanese) Same SpellingYuUser SubmissionYu PopularityDetails Last ranked #918 in 2010 England and Wales Categories brave, courage, gentleness, Good Morning Call characters, Jujutsu Kaisen characters, Magical Girls, The Kindaichi Case Files characters, YuYu Hakusho characters