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Name Kin
Gender Feminine & Masculine
Usage Japanese
Scripts 金, 琴, 錦, 近, 均 (kanji), きん (hiragana), キン (katakana)
Pronounced Pron. /kʲĩɴ/
Theme gold
Edit Status Status3. usages AND description are verified

Meaning & History

This name can be used as 金 (kin, kon, gon, kana-, kane) meaning "gold," 欣 (kin, gon, kon, yoroko.bu) meaning "delight, pleasure," 琴 (kin, koto), referring to the qin, a 7-stringed Chinese zither, 錦 (kin, nishiki) meaning "brocade," 近 (kin, kon, chika.i) meaning "near, close" or 均 (kin, nara.su) meaning "average, level."

It was a popular name for girls in the second half of the Edo Period (1603-1868) - female names were typically written phonetically - and its popularity lasted until the first half of the 20th century, when 2-morae names, like Kin, were fallen out in favour of names ending in -ko. Since around the Meiji Period (1868-1912), it began to be used on males as well, though not by much. Nowadays, it's very rarely given to both genders.
Added 7/7/2015 by anonymous