Yuka (name) explained
| Yuka / Yūka |
| Gender: | Female |
| Meaning: | different meanings depending on the kanji used |
| Region: | Japanese |
| Origin: | Japanese |
| Related Names: | Yukari |
| Footnotes: | [1] |
and are feminine Japanese given names.
Possible writings
Yuka and Yūka can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
- 由香, "reason, fragrance"
- 由華, "reason, beautiful"
- 由佳, "reason, good"
- 由花, "reason, flower"
- 有佳, "exist, good"
- 有香, "exist, fragrance"
- 有華, "exist, beautiful"
- 優花, "tenderness, flower"
- 優香, "tenderness, fragrance"
- 結花, "link, flower"
The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana.
People
- pronounced Yuka
- Yuka (有香), a Japanese singer
- Yuka (有華) a Japanese singer-songwriter
- , a Japanese long-distance runner
- , a Japanese rhythmic gymnast
- , a Japanese snowboarder
- , a Japanese ice hockey player
- Yuka Hirata (裕香), a Japanese actress and gravure idol
- Yuka Honda (ゆか), a Japanese musician
- Yuka Hoshaku (有香), a Japanese actress
- Yuka Iguchi (井口 裕香, born 1988), a Japanese voice actress
- Yuka Imai (由香, born 1970), a Japanese voice actress
- Yuka Inokuchi (有佳), a Japanese voice actress
- , a Japanese table tennis player
- Yuka Itaya (由夏), a Japanese actress and newscaster
- , a Japanese speed skater
- Yuka Kashino (有香), a Japanese singer and a member of Perfume
- , a Japanese swimmer
- Yuka Komatsu (born 1978) a Japanese voice actress
- Yuka Kosaka (由佳), a Japanese gravure idol, actress and model
- , a Japanese gravure idol, television personality and actress
- , a Japanese racewalker
- Yuka Motohashi (由香), a Japanese actress
- Yuka Murayama (由佳), a modern Japanese writer
- , a Japanese goalball player
- , a Japanese voice actress
- , a Japanese ice hockey player
- Yuka Onishi (結花), a Japanese actress and singer
- Yuka Orihara (born 2000), a Finnish ice dancer
- Yuka Sakazaki (坂崎 ユカ, born 1992), is a Japanese professional wrestler
- , a Japanese ten-pin bowler
- Yuka Sato (有香), a Japanese figure skater
- Yuka Saitō (essayist) (由香), a Japanese essayist and Suntory employee
- Yuka Saitō (voice actress) (佑圭), a Japanese voice actress
- , a Japanese attempted murderer
- Yuka Terasaki (寺崎 裕香), a Japanese voice actress
- Yuka Tokumitsu (born 1969), a Japanese voice actress
- Yuka Tsujiyoko (由佳), a Japanese video game music composer for Nintendo
- , a Japanese sailor
- pronounced Yūka
- Yūka (優香), a Japanese actress
- , a member of Hinatazaka46
- , a Japanese YouTuber
- Yuuka Maeda (憂佳), an ex-member of the Hello! Project group S/mileage
- , a Japanese women's footballer
- Yuuka Nanri (侑香), a Japanese voice actress and J-Pop singer
- Yuka Nomura (佑香), a Japanese actress
- , a Japanese politician
- Yuka Saso (笹生 優花), a Japanese professional golfer
- Yūka Setō (勢藤 優花), a Japanese ski jumper
- , an ex-member of Sakurazaka46
- Yūka Tano (優花), an ex-member of AKB48
Fictional characters
- pronounced Yuka
- Yuka Koizumi, a character from Guru Guru Pon-chan
- Yuka Nakagawa, a character from the Battle Royale novel, films and manga from the same name
- Yuka Takeuchi, a character from the Variable Geo fighting game series
- Yuka, one of Kagome's schoolmates from InuYasha
- Yuka, a character from Elfen Lied
- Yuka Sanada, a character from Genseishin Justirisers
- Yuka Mochida, a character from Corpse Party
- Yuka Kon, a character from World Trigger
- Yuka Osada, a character from Kamen Rider 555
- Yuka Ohta, a character from Ultraman Z
- pronounced Yūka
Notes and References
- http://www.babynames.co.uk/meaning_origin_name_Yuka.htm Yuka - Meaning and origin of the name Yuka
