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Yukie

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Pronounced yoo-KEE-eh /juˈki.e/Medium

Meaning: Yukie is a Japanese feminine name. The element yuki is often written with characters meaning 'happiness', 'snow', or 'courage', and the -e ending can mean 'blessing, inlet, or branch'; the exact meaning depends on the kanji a family chose.Low

In 30 seconds: Yukie is a Japanese feminine name, often blending 'happiness' or 'snow' with a 'blessing' ending. Carried by early Japanese immigrant families, it stayed very rare (said yoo-KEE-eh).
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Origin MediumJapanese
MeaningYukie is a Japanese feminine name. The element yuki is often written with characters meaning 'happiness', 'snow', or 'courage', and the -e ending can mean 'blessing, inlet, or branch'; the exact meaning depends on the kanji a family chose.
U.S. rank (1976)#10901 ↘ Falling
1976 U.S. births5 girls (0.00% of U.S. girls)
Peak year1922
Total births (all-time)≈ 243

Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data

peak 192219131976

U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.

SSA data updated May 2026. How we source & verify this data.

History & Origin

Yukie is a Japanese feminine name in which yuki may be written as 'happiness', 'snow', or 'courage', closed by -e, an ending suggesting 'blessing', 'inlet', or 'branch'. Because these choices vary, the meaning depends on the kanji. It appears in United States birth records among Issei and Nisei families in the early twentieth century, reached its small high around 1922, and its use continued into the nineteen-seventies, always rare.

A girl named Yukie belonged to the early Japanese-American community whose history includes the wartime internment years. The name faded among later American-born generations but remains an authentic, poetic Japanese name of its time.

Did you know? In Yukie, yuki can be written as 'snow', 'happiness', or 'courage', so the name's meaning shifts with the kanji a family picked.
Overall data confidence 50%
References - Yukie — Japanese feminine; yuki 'happiness/snow/courage'; -e 'blessing'; kanji-dependent

Variations

YukiYukikoYukia

Nicknames

Yuki

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Frequently Asked

What does the name Yukie mean?

It is a Japanese feminine name in which yuki can mean 'happiness', 'snow', or 'courage', with -e as 'blessing'; the exact sense depends on the kanji.

How do you pronounce Yukie?

It's said yoo-KEE-eh /juˈki.e/, three syllables, stress on the middle.

Is Yukie a boy or girl name?

Yukie is used as a girl's name.

How popular is Yukie?

It was always very rare in the United States, a Japanese heritage name given to only a couple dozen girls a year around the nineteen-twenties.

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