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Name Kunio
Gender Masculine
Usage Japanese
Scripts 国雄, 国男, 国夫, 州雄, 州男, 州夫, 訓雄, 訓男, 訓夫, 邦雄, 邦男, 邦夫, 都雄, 都男, 都夫, 九二雄, 久二男, 久仁夫 (kanji), くにお (hiragana), クニオ (katakana)
Pronounced Pron. KUU-NEE-O
Edit Status Statusnot set

Meaning & History

This name combines 国 (koku, kuni) meaning "country," 州 (shuu, su, su, kuni) meaning "province, state," 訓 (kin, kun, oshi.eru, kun.zuru, yo.mu, kuni) meaning "teach, instruct," 邦 (hou, kuni) meaning "country, home country" or 都 (tsu, to, miyako, kuni) meaning "capital, metropolis" with 雄 (yuu, o-, osu, on) meaning "male, masculine," 男 (dan, nan, o, otoko) meaning "man, male" or 夫 (fu, fuu, bu, otto, sore, o) meaning "husband, man."
Examples of Kunio with 3 kanji include 九二雄, 久二男 and 久仁夫 with 九 (kyuu, ku, kokono, kokono.tsu) meaning "nine," 久 (kyuu, ku, hisa.shii) meaning "long time," 二 (ji, ni, futa, futata.bi, futa.tsu) meaning "two" and 仁 (jin, ni, nin) meaning "benevolence, charity, humanity, virtue."

Bearers of this name include professional shōgi player Kunio Yonenaga (米長 邦雄) (1943-2012) and actor & voice actor Kunio Murai (村井 国夫) (1944-).
Added 3/6/2015 by m4yb3_daijirou