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Hanabi
Pronounced hah-NAH-bee /hΙΛΛnΙΛ.bi/Medium
Meaning: From Japanese hanabi, 'fireworks,' formed from hana ('flower') and hi ('fire') - literally 'fire flower.' It is an ordinary Japanese word and appears as a modern given name and in popular culture.Medium
History & Origin
Hanabi is the Japanese word for fireworks, formed from hana ('flower') and hi ('fire'): literally 'fire flower.' Summer hanabi festivals are among the great public occasions of the Japanese year, with crowds gathering along rivers to watch the displays. As a personal name Hanabi is modern and unusual rather than traditional, and it is best known internationally through anime and manga characters. It reads as a vivid nature-and-light word-name (said 'hah-NAH-bee').
In the U.S. it appears only in very small numbers. Rare, vivid, and word-based.
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What does the name Hanabi mean?
Hanabi is the Japanese word for fireworks, from hana 'flower' and hi 'fire' - literally 'fire flower.'
How do you pronounce Hanabi?
It's said hah-NAH-bee /hΙΛΛnΙΛ.bi/ - three syllables, stress on the second.
Is Hanabi a boy or girl name?
Hanabi is used as a girl's name.
How popular is Hanabi?
Hanabi is extremely rare in the U.S.