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Japanese given name

Yuina

ユイナ

Given-name classification varies across source records.

ゆいなユイナYuina
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Reference coverage

Extended source depth

This reading group has a comparatively broad dictionary footprint across source-recorded spellings or records. The counts describe corpus coverage, not real-world popularity.

Distinct recorded spellings64

group-level written forms

Source spelling/reading rows65

records contributing to this reading group

Coverage levelExtended

based only on the imported source footprint

Pronunciation & romanization

How to read Yuina

The kana reading is source-recorded. Romanization and mora segmentation are deterministic reading aids generated from that kana; pitch accent is not inferred.

Source readingゆいな

Normalized to hiragana for comparison.

Katakana formユイナ

The same reading converted to katakana.

RomanizationYuina

Macron-style display. Vowel-sequence form: Yuina. Personal spelling and true vowel boundaries can differ.

Mora segmentationゆ · い · な

3 morae in this reading. Small ゃ/ゅ/ょ-type kana join the preceding mora.

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Meaning by written form

What can Yuina mean?

A Japanese name can be written in more than one way, and its meaning can change with the kanji used. Rather than assigning one English meaning to “Yuina”, this page explains each recorded spelling separately.

Kanji spellings10

character meanings available

Kana-only spellings2

no kanji meaning attached

InterpretationBy spelling

based on the exact written form

Kana-only spelling

ユイナ

This spelling is written only in kana. Because it contains no kanji, there is no kanji meaning to interpret here. The kana record the name’s sound; any personal or cultural meaning would depend on context not supplied by the dictionary.

Characters and loaded glosses
ユKana characterイKana characterナKana character
Kana-only spelling

ゆいな

This spelling is written only in kana. Because it contains no kanji, there is no kanji meaning to interpret here. The kana record the name’s sound; any personal or cultural meaning would depend on context not supplied by the dictionary.

Characters and loaded glosses
ゆKana characterいKana characterなKana character
Mixed kanji and kana spelling

ゆい菜

This spelling combines kanji and kana. Dictionary meanings are shown only for the kanji characters; the kana represent sound and do not add a kanji-derived English meaning.

Characters and loaded glosses
ゆKana characterいKana character菜vegetable, side dish, greens
Kanji spelling

佑依奈

These are dictionary meanings for the kanji used in this spelling. Together they can suggest associations, but they do not establish one fixed English translation or a particular person’s naming intent.

Characters and loaded glosses
佑help, assist依reliant, depend on, consequently奈Nara, what?
Kanji spelling

佑唯奈

These are dictionary meanings for the kanji used in this spelling. Together they can suggest associations, but they do not establish one fixed English translation or a particular person’s naming intent.

Characters and loaded glosses
佑help, assist唯solely, only, merely奈Nara, what?
Kanji spelling

優奈

These are dictionary meanings for the kanji used in this spelling. Together they can suggest associations, but they do not establish one fixed English translation or a particular person’s naming intent.

Characters and loaded glosses
優tenderness, excel, surpass奈Nara, what?
Kanji spelling

優惟那

These are dictionary meanings for the kanji used in this spelling. Together they can suggest associations, but they do not establish one fixed English translation or a particular person’s naming intent.

Characters and loaded glosses
優tenderness, excel, surpass惟consider, reflect, think那what?
Kanji spelling

優苗

These are dictionary meanings for the kanji used in this spelling. Together they can suggest associations, but they do not establish one fixed English translation or a particular person’s naming intent.

Characters and loaded glosses
優tenderness, excel, surpass苗seedling, sapling, shoot

Showing meaning context for the first 12 distinct written forms out of 65. The recorded-spellings section below retains the wider source set.

How to read these meanings

The English words shown here are dictionary meanings of individual kanji. They help explain what a spelling can suggest, but they are not a guaranteed translation of the full name and do not establish why a particular person was given that name.

Reading profile

How Yuina is represented

These counts describe records in the imported name corpus. They are not a ranking of how popular a spelling is among people in Japan.

Recorded kana readings2

ゆいな · ユイナ

Kanji-based spellings63

among the forms analyzed on this page

Kana characters3

in the primary dictionary reading

Morae3

small ゃ/ゅ/ょ-type kana combine with the preceding mora

Kana-only2

recorded spellings

1-kanji forms1

recorded spelling

2-kanji forms31

recorded spellings

3-kanji forms31

recorded spellings

JMnedict classification evidence

How this reading is classified in the source corpus

This separates dictionary classification from popularity. The same exact kana reading can be recorded as a given name, a surname, or both, and given-name records can carry male, female or unspecified source labels.

Primary reading recorded asGiven name

ゆいな in the imported JMnedict corpus

Given-name written forms64

65 source spelling/reading rows

Surname written forms0

0 source spelling/reading rows

Given-name labelsfemale 62 · unspecified 3

row counts carrying each JMnedict source label

Exact readingGiven-name evidenceGiven-name labelsSurname evidence
ゆいなYuina6465 source rowsfemale 62 · unspecified 3source rows · distinct forms: female 61 · unspecified 300 source rows
ゆいなYuina00 source rows—source rows · distinct forms: —00 source rows

Classification boundary: male/female/unspecified are labels attached to imported JMnedict name records. They are not population shares, probabilities, identity claims, or evidence that a spelling is currently common in Japan. A source row can also be repeated across different written forms, so row counts and distinct-writing counts are shown separately.

Spelling anatomy

Corpus structure behind Yuina

This section summarizes the exact source-recorded forms loaded for this reading group. Stroke and character-position statistics are descriptive corpus properties, not popularity or style scores.

Kanji forms with complete stroke data63

11–36 strokes observed span

Median total strokes23

among forms with complete KANJIDIC2 stroke data

All-kanji name-classified forms63

all component kanji loaded as jōyō/jinmeiyō classes

Other/unclassified kanji forms0

contains at least one character outside that loaded classification

Source-reading distribution
ReadingRomanizationMoraeForms
ゆいなYuina365
Recurring adjacent kanji sequences
衣奈5 analyzed forms衣菜5 analyzed forms唯奈3 analyzed forms依奈2 analyzed forms生奈2 analyzed forms優衣2 analyzed forms

Shown only when the same adjacent two-kanji sequence occurs in at least two analyzed source forms. Open a sequence in Kanji Pair Research for corpus co-occurrence context.

Reading ambiguity

Can the same writing be read another way?

24 of 65 displayed written forms have more than one given-name reading somewhere in the active JMnedict corpus. This is dictionary-record ambiguity, not a prediction of how a particular person reads the name.

Written forms checked65

distinct spellings displayed on this page

Multiple recorded readings24

exact written forms with 2+ source readings

Single recorded reading40

within this active given-name corpus

Largest reading set14

distinct kana readings for one displayed writing

A reading shown without a link is still source-recorded, but its destination group does not yet meet the reference-depth standard used for the main library. Limited records are not promoted merely to create extra internal links.

Kanji role reference

How recurring characters function across Yuina spellings

Position counts are calculated only from the distinct written forms analyzed for this page. KANJIDIC2 nanori are character-level name-reading references; they are not used here to decompose or assert the reading of a specific multi-kanji name.

KanjiCharacter glossesFormsFirstFinalInternalSoloStrokesKANJIDIC2 nanoriLoaded class
奈Nara, what?19019008—Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
結tie, bind, contract181800012ゆい, ゆうJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
菜vegetable, side dish, greens130130011ようJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
唯solely, only, merely121002011ゆJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
衣garment, clothes, dressing12001206—Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
由wherefore, a reason880005—Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3
優tenderness, excel, surpass7700017ゆ, よしJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 6
那what?606007とも, やすJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
維fiber, tie, rope6303014これ, たもつ, つぐ, ゆい +1Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
依reliant, depend on, consequently500508よ, よりJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
生life, genuine, birth402205あさ, いき, いく, いけ +21Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1
友friend330004う, ど, ゆJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2

Counts describe this source-recorded spelling set, not population use. A repeated kanji can contribute to more than one position role across different spellings.

Exact writing research map

Move from a spelling to its readings, characters and literal sequence context

These relationships are exact and source-backed. Whole-name readings shown in each card come from JMnedict within the current name class; exact-writing search can surface records from other name classes. Character links open KANJIDIC2-backed kanji pages. Sequence context means the same kanji string occurs contiguously in another recorded written form—it does not prove shared origin or meaning.

Exact written form

ユイナ

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Yuinaゆいな
Characters in order
ユKanaイKanaナKana
Exact written form

ゆいな

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Yuinaゆいな · this page
Characters in order
ゆKanaいKanaなKana
Exact written form

優奈

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
KokonaここなYuinaゆいな · this pageYūnaゆうなYukinaゆきなYunaゆな
Characters in order
優tenderness, excel奈Nara, what?
Other public forms containing the same contiguous sequence
万優奈Given name · Mayuna · まゆな亜優奈Given name · Ayuna · あゆな佳優奈Given name · Kayuna · かゆな

The exact sequence 優奈 appears contiguously inside these other source-recorded forms.

Showing research maps for the first 10 distinct written forms out of 65. Every detailed spelling card below still links to exact-writing search and its component kanji.

Corpus pattern

Kanji recurring across Yuina spellings

Only characters appearing in at least two distinct analyzed spellings are shown here. Frequency describes this source-recorded spelling set, not real-world baby-name popularity.

奈Nara, what?19 of 65 analyzed forms結tie, bind, contract18 of 65 analyzed forms菜vegetable, side dish, greens13 of 65 analyzed forms唯solely, only, merely12 of 65 analyzed forms衣garment, clothes, dressing12 of 65 analyzed forms由wherefore, a reason8 of 65 analyzed forms優tenderness, excel, surpass7 of 65 analyzed forms那what?6 of 65 analyzed forms維fiber, tie, rope6 of 65 analyzed forms依reliant, depend on, consequently5 of 65 analyzed forms
Same reading, different writing

Explore written forms of Yuina

65 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading ゆいな. Other source readings can appear in this romanized group when the imported records converge on the same index form. Use Compare to inspect exact spellings side by side.

ユイナ

ユイナ · Yuina

Katakana ユイナMorae 3Strokes —

This written form uses kana rather than kanji, so there are no character-level kanji glosses to combine.

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ゆいな

ゆいな · Yuina

Katakana ユイナMorae 3Strokes —

This written form uses kana rather than kanji, so there are no character-level kanji glosses to combine.

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Spelling comparator

Compare Yuina forms side by side

Each exact written spelling appears once in this table even when JMnedict records more than one reading for that writing. Stroke totals and character glosses come from KANJIDIC2 when all component kanji are available.

SpellingOne source readingCharacter-level glossesTotal strokesLoaded character class
ユイナユイナKana-only spelling—Kana spelling
ゆいなゆいなKana-only spelling—Kana spelling
ゆい菜ゆいな菜 — vegetable, side dish11All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
佑依奈ゆいな佑 — help, assist · 依 — reliant, depend on · 奈 — Nara, what?23All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
佑唯奈ゆいな佑 — help, assist · 唯 — solely, only · 奈 — Nara, what?26All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
優奈ゆいな優 — tenderness, excel · 奈 — Nara, what?25All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
優惟那ゆいな優 — tenderness, excel · 惟 — consider, reflect · 那 — what?35All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
優生奈ゆいな優 — tenderness, excel · 生 — life, genuine · 奈 — Nara, what?30All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
優苗ゆいな優 — tenderness, excel · 苗 — seedling, sapling25All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
優苺菜ゆいな優 — tenderness, excel · 苺 — strawberry · 菜 — vegetable, side dish36All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
優衣奈ゆいな優 — tenderness, excel · 衣 — garment, clothes · 奈 — Nara, what?31All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
優衣菜ゆいな優 — tenderness, excel · 衣 — garment, clothes · 菜 — vegetable, side dish34All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
友依菜ゆいな友 — friend · 依 — reliant, depend on · 菜 — vegetable, side dish23All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
友依那ゆいな友 — friend · 依 — reliant, depend on · 那 — what?19All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
友衣奈ゆいな友 — friend · 衣 — garment, clothes · 奈 — Nara, what?18All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
唯七ゆいな唯 — solely, only · 七 — seven13All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified

The comparison table shows the first 16 distinct written forms; the detailed cards above show up to 80 spelling/reading records.

What does Yuina mean?

There is not necessarily one fixed English meaning. The reading identifies the spoken name; different written forms can use different kanji. Character glosses describe individual kanji and should not be treated as proof of the intention behind a particular person’s name.

Related readings

More names beginning with ゆい

Related by the opening kana of the dictionary reading. This is a deterministic browsing relationship, not a claim that the names share the same meaning.

Given name · female · limited reference

Yui

169 recorded spellings

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Yuiko

61 recorded spellings

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Yuika

59 recorded spellings

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Yuiri

23 recorded spellings

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Yuimi

19 recorded spellings

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Yuino

12 recorded spellings

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Yuito

9 recorded spellings

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Yuiha

8 recorded spellings

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Yuine

8 recorded spellings

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Yuisa

8 recorded spellings

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Yuiho

7 recorded spellings

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Yuira

7 recorded spellings

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Shared-kanji relationships

Other names sharing kanji with Yuina

These links are calculated from exact characters appearing in source-recorded spellings on this page. Sharing a kanji does not mean two names have the same reading, origin, gender or intended meaning.

Given-name relationship

Yui

依優唯奈由結維衣

8 shared kanji · 117 matching source-recorded spellings

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Yurina

優唯奈由結菜那

7 shared kanji · 485 matching source-recorded spellings

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Yuna

優唯奈由結菜那

7 shared kanji · 61 matching source-recorded spellings

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Yuika

依優唯由結維衣

7 shared kanji · 53 matching source-recorded spellings

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Yuiko

依優唯由結維衣

7 shared kanji · 42 matching source-recorded spellings

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Mīna

依唯奈維菜衣那

7 shared kanji · 40 matching source-recorded spellings

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Mayuna

優唯奈由結菜那

7 shared kanji · 38 matching source-recorded spellings

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Miyuna

優唯奈由結菜那

7 shared kanji · 27 matching source-recorded spellings

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Rīna

依唯奈維菜衣那

7 shared kanji · 25 matching source-recorded spellings

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Sayuna

優唯奈由結菜那

7 shared kanji · 9 matching source-recorded spellings

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Yukina

優奈由結菜那

6 shared kanji · 124 matching source-recorded spellings

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Yūna

優奈由結菜那

6 shared kanji · 82 matching source-recorded spellings

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Where to go next from Yuina

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Exact reading

Search ゆいな

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Yu / ゆ

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奈 — Nara, what?

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結 — tie, bind

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Evidence on this page

What each source establishes

JMnedict establishes recorded written forms, readings and name classifications; where safely associated, this page can also show JMnedict-supplied trans_det source text without treating it as a whole-name meaning. KANJIDIC2 supplies character readings, nanori, stroke counts, grade classes and English character glosses. The Ministry of Justice remains the official reference for Japanese child-name character rules. The Agency for Cultural Affairs romanization guidance is the reference for generated Latin-script reading aids.

Source boundary

The spelling-frequency and structural counts on this page are calculated from imported JMnedict records. They are corpus counts, not population-frequency claims. KANJIDIC2 supplies the kanji metadata used in character and stroke comparisons.

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