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Given name & surname · Japanese

日向

“sun”·“direction, side”

日向 (Hinata) is a feminine given name from Old Japanese. It is used in Japanese.

JapaneseWritten in Chinese characters script. In English: Hina.

Meaning & origin

What it means

日向 is built from elements meaning “sun” and “direction, side”.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where it comes from

日向 comes from Old Japanese.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

Built from Japanese 日 (hi, “sun”) + な (na) + た (ta, “direction, side”).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

日向HinaHinataHyugaHiganoHikō

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