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Name Jou
Gender Masculine
Usage Japanese
Scripts じょう(Japanese Hiragana) ジャウ(Japanese Katakana) 恕宇, 丈, 丞, 乗, 常, 情, 浄, 穣, 譲, 錠, 成, 星, 青, 誕, 蝶, 定, 囁, 壤, 奘, 抒雨, 晟, 淨, 烝, 穰, 襄, 諚, 讓, etc.(Japanese Kanji)
Pronounced Pron. JO:
Other Forms FormsJo, Jō
Edit Status Statusnot set

Meaning & History

From Japanese 恕 (jo) meaning "excuse, tolerate, forgive", 丈 (jou) meaning "length", 丞 (jou) meaning "help", 乗 (jou) meaning "ride, power, multiplication, record, counter for vehicles, board, mount, join", 常 (jou) meaning "usual, ordinary, normal, common, regular, continually, always, long-lasting", 情 (jou) meaning "feelings, emotion, passion, sympathy, circumstances, facts", 浄 (jou) meaning "clean, purify, cleanse, exorcise", 穣 (jou) meaning "good crops, prosperity", 錠 (jou) meaning "lock, fetters, shackles", 成 (jou) meaning "turn into, become, get, grow, elapse, reach", 星 (jou) meaning "star", 青 (jou) meaning "blue, green", 誕 (jou) meaning "nativity, be born, declension, lie, be arbitrary", 蝶 (jou) meaning "butterfly", 定 (jou) meaning "determine, fix, establish, decide", 囁 (jou) meaning "whisper, murmur", 壤 (jou) meaning "soil, loam, earth, rich", 奘 (jou) meaning "large, great", 抒 (jo) meaning "tell", 晟 (jou) meaning "clear", 淨 (jou) meaning "pure, clean, unspoiled", 烝 (jou) meaning "many, offer, dedicate, to steam", 穰 (jou) meaning "abundance", 襄 (jou) meaning "rise, raise", 諚 (jou) meaning "command" or 讓 (jou) meaning "allow, permit, yield, concede" combined with 宇 (u) meaning "eaves, roof, house, heaven" or 雨 (u) meaning "rain". Other kanji or kanji combinations can form this name as well.

Famous bearers are Joe/Jou Hisaishi, born as Mamoru Fujisawa, is a Japanese composer and musical director known for over 100 film scores and solo albums dating back to 1981 and Jo Kanazawa, a former Japanese football player.

A famous deceased bearer is Joh Mizuki, a Japanese actor. His birth name was Ishikawa Yoshiaki. He was born in Tokyo.
Added 6/28/2017 by cutenose