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This name combines 八 (hachi, ya, ya'.tsu, ya.tsu, you) meaning "eight", 弥 (bi, mi, amaneshi, iya, iyoiyo, tooi, hisashi, hisa.shii, ya, wata.ru) meaning "all the more, increasingly", 矢 (shi, ya) meaning "arrow, dart" or 耶 (ja, ya, ka) meaning "question mark" with 雲 (un, kumo, -gumo) meaning "cloud."
The first combination can be used for both genders.

One bearer of this name was Yakumo Koizumi (小泉 八雲) (or Koizumi Yakumo if surname is used first), the Japanese name of writer Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904), who is best known for his books about Japan.

YAKUMO is also used as a surname.